home stretch...part one

Okay ...so, I am on the final editing stages of the first paper. Which really is the whole paper minus one author. Right. 20 pages due next week, all written...now it just needs editing, fine tuning.

We had peer reviews which i was a little nervous about, especially since I really hadn't looked over the paper before I handed it off to another English nerd to read. ;) Lots of positive feedback! One of my reviewers was actually a woman who grew up in China so it was cool for her to read it! She even dug it. Which rocked because there is such a debate over... who may speak for who. As a German/British Isles American Mutt am I allowed to speak on behalf of first generation Americans? This is up for debate but apparently I did okay for my reviewer. :)

I actually feel pretty smart right now. It feels pretty awesome.

Next steps: crazy editing, submit this on Wednesday. CLASS IS DONE! Then get to work on fashioning this into a 30-5 pager to be submitted 6-8.

Random life stuff (i don't have much of one right now but...)::: I'm celebrating my sister's 25th birthday tomorrow! Yay! I found out today I am working the first summer session at the center. No word on a closing date yet. We're hoping by the end of the YEAR! or at least century... but Phil Jordan said May so...

.........HAPPY BIRTHDAY, ADRIANA.........