Some Tid Bits

Oops, seems I've been bad about regularly posting, something I promised myself that I would always do. It's just been super busy (ok not so busy that I don't have time to laze around in my pjs) but compared to the summer there's just a whole lot more going on. I also don't want to say that my creative juices aren't flowing, but grad school lacks the gems that my experience at Planet Pizza this summer provided.

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That's not to say that there's aren't some.... interesting folks here at school, but it's such a small community that I'd hate to mention someone and then have them find out. Especially since public health is big on group projects; can't really afford to be making enemies. The grading system here seems much more manageable than undergrad (I've heard getting As is very common-- welcome news) where one of my classes has open note/open book tests and another we are graded off of group assignments. I used to hate group work, especially since I was usually the one who got stuck being the leader and picking up the slack. But I think it will be a much better experience here because I'm working with like minded people who want to do well. So glad that there's some diffusion of responsibility; that way if I screw up, it's not the end all be all!

In the meantime, today is my one month anniversary of living in Atlanta! I can't believe it's been that long but at the same time it also feels like I've been here so much longer. It feels like I've known some of my friends here for years already. Friday career services hosted a reception for us to get to know our mentors (a professional in the public health field who is there to provide advice, guidance, etc.); mine works at the CDC in the Office of Preparedness, and before you turn your nose up at that, his boss actually designed the zombie apocalypse campaign that briefly make the rounds this summer. So awesome. 

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I'm still figuring out what I want to do career wise and my areas of interest, but emergency preparedness definitely sounds like something I could see myself doing (I always feel the need to stockpile goods and create a bomb shelter after watching apocalypse-esque movies). I've got time, and if there's anything I've learned, it's not to come in assuming that I've got everything figured out, which if you've been reading my blog, you know I don't have a problem with.