Turning the page

This post's theme music is "Get by" by Talib Kweli.

This afternoon was mellow. Light reading and locking myself out of my apartment for the first time ever in my life. Good thing Eric (the current roommate #3) was there to let me in.

It's been a busy time since returning to NYC.

1. Compiling, packaging, and sending off another grant for dissertation research...this time to the Inter-American Foundation/Institute of International Education (sent in Thursday).
2. Preparing for (as his TA) and attending Comitas's class on Practical Field Techniques (Tuesday).
3. Reading and giving feedback on Anthropology Colloquium drafts (Thursday).
4. Prepping for and participating in a Donor's and Partner's meeting with the Liberian Minister of Education, which included lunch with people from UNESCO, UNICEF, the University of Liberia, representatives from the governments of Japan, Sweden, Norway, and several schooling and education related NGOs.
5. Helping facilitate the weekly AnthroChat meetings.

March is the trip to Tampa for the Society for Applied Anthropology meeting.
April, I'm planning on going to see Mr. Brown, 9, and BWAN-A.
May to June is the Brazil trip for the Caribbean Studies Association meeting.
July to August should be an India trip.
September should be going to the DR, where I will stay (unless I trek over to Haiti for a brief visit).
With 2 papers to present and with no DR without doctoral exams, all this travel means I have to move-n-shake until time to go.

Steady on the Grind.