In two days, it will be May. Today, I wore a sweater, my winter coat and a scarf. It rained ice, then it sleeted, then. it. SNOWED. SNOWED! ON APRIL 28! WHAT!

The homicidal rage is making it really hard to concentrate on the one problem set, three papers, two presentations, and exam I have to get through before the end of the semester.

19 days till graduation... 19 days till graduation... 19 days till graduation....

I haven't talked much about my assistantship much on here. It's a pretty good job, and I am actually more committed to it right now than I am to my classes (which granted isn't saying much since my level of interest in school is at about -114% right now). I'm a Project Assistant, which means I do a little bit of everything- making posters, contacting speakers, arranging dinners, logistics, paperwork, etc. I've realized I really like project management, which is pretty valuable knowledge at this point in my life, but also, this job lets me meet a lot of really cool people.

For instance, yesterday I chatted with the former Ambassador to Nigeria at the copy machine. And I'm pretty friendly with the former head of the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization, who works a few doors down. Tomorrow I'll meet the former chief U.N. weapons inspector to Iraq, since we're hosting him as a speaker this week. The speaker we had last week is the newly-appointed UN Special Rapporteur on the right to food.

It's not like I'm going to go out and have a beer with any of these people, but for a policy nerd like me, it's pretty sweet. Now if only one of them could get me a job....

Aaaaand it's cold and snowing again. It's almost like Wisconsin wants me to leave. I'm going, okay?! You don't have to keep pressuring me!

I saw this outside my apartment this afternoon:


Even Nature is sad about Wisconsin's crapulent weather.