Somehow I find that time simply slips away from me and before I know it I'm woefully behind on catching up with people, paying my bills, answering e-mails, and of course my looming thesis. Part of the problem is that I've only been in Seattle for only around six weeks total since spring quarter ended, and the rest of the time I've been essentially a nomad.
Right now, I'm in San Francisco and plan to be here in the Bay Area for the next six weeks. It's the start of playoffs for my club team's ultimate season, so I'm down here to be around for practices and the Sectional and Regional tournaments. Last year I came down here for around a month before school started, doing a similar thing, but this year I was much more loathe to leave Seattle. First and foremost because Will and I just moved into a new apartment last week. I'm totally in love with it and am bummed that I don't get to really live in it until the end of October! Once I get back into town, I will definitely have to have you all over to check it out. We're living in a one bedroom apartment in a cool old building at Phinney and 50th, right across from the zoo. I really like the location, although I tried to go for a run and realized that being on top of a hill means it's impossible to find a flat route to run. I ended up doing hill sprints instead, which are not exactly my idea of a leisurely jog.
My plan is to really work on my thesis full-time while I'm down here. I'm banking on the fact that all the friends I'm crashing at have jobs that will leave me all alone and bored during the day, creating the perfect environment to focus on my thesis. That's the theory anyway... I also got hooked up with a job coaching 5th grade volleyball at a local private school while I'm down here. It's pretty much the perfect job for me right now since my co-coach is one of my best friends from my ultimate team, we only have practice twice a week, and I'll make enough to cover rent and living expenses for the months I'm down here. I'm a little nervous about how coaching 10 and 11 year old girls will go. They are sooooo small I have no idea if they'll ever be able to serve the ball over the net. My co-coach assures me that what they lack in size and athletic talent, they make up for in adoreableness.
I hope to hear what the rest of you are up to as well. And I'm sure to be back on the blog asking for thesis support once I realize how far behind I really am!
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