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| Russell organized a pannel discussion today from Economists who were here for the Development Econ. conference. I was so proud of him! He contacted these big name guys a couple of weeks ago, and then advertized, got food, etc. He drove them in our car to the Econ building. He was only expecting about 20 people to show up and when Jeff and I were setting up the room, we put out an optimistic 30 or so chairs. 55 people showed up! Russell interacted and asked the question of the pannelists - economists he greatly respects, who are Cornell alumns. The purpose of it was to inform current grad students what to expect when they get out of grad school and what to do know to prepare.
What did Sarah learn in the Development Economics Pannel Discussion?
1. That Russell has to keep writing papers in order to get a good job placement.
2. That Russell will perhaps be even busier when he is trying to publish papers.
3. That Sarah has to continue to be loving and patient with her husband and encourage him when he shines like he did today. This is what he loves!
I went to the Cornell Cinema last night with my new friend Karen. We saw The Puffy Chair. She is a Christian and wife of a first year Econ grad student. She does art and films. The movie was cool and it was fun to be rebelious and stay out until 11pm on a "work night." Tomorrow I'm going with her to the Annual Apple Harvest Fesitcal in Ithaca on the Commons. Yeah for apples and hot cider! I love the crisp air of fall, especially when I remember not to wear a skirt and sandels to work when its going to be cold. Then I'm just cold all day.
My new favorite things:
-Warming up hot water for tea in the morning and putting local honey in it.
-Putting fresh basil in salads
-Using my down comforter on the bed
-Wearing a vest or sweater over a white shirt
-Being able to put my hair in a tiny ponytail. (What I really want to do is get it cut again. I just have to make the appointment...)
-Sitting on my new couch and watching a movie
-Directing my new church choir and seeing their reactions when I ask them to do "sirens" in warm-up
-Reading "Blue Like Jazz"
-Wearing my long, brown, corduroy jacket.
-Being able to peel cucumbers and pull apart lettuce right over my sink and then just washing it down the drain and into the garbage desposal - marvelous!
-Walking out into my yard and sometimes seeing the sun set. | | |
| Help! Does anyone know how to change this from going across the screen to going down the screen? I don't know what I did to make it this way. | | |
| Okay, so I've been trying really hard to be diligent in my job search for the last couple of days, but there are just so many other exciting things to do, like cooking interesting things, and read Elizabeth Peters! I miss having people to talk to. Russ is studying for qualifying exams and is out of commission for like 3 weeks. So it's just me and my computer and the big wide world of Ithaca, which I can't explore because I have to apply for jobs!!! | | |
| Something Laura Taylor said to me today when I was expressing some past regrets: "You've still got a lot of live to life."
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| So, I like this quote that Mandy Landis put up on her website:
"I'm not smarter than most people, I just stick with problems longer." - Einstein
It's the sticking with problems thats to difficult! How do I learn to enjoy the problems of life? Russell's dedicated to solving all the econ problems in the world. How he does it, I have no idea - some sort of internal drive... I think its all about finding something that you enjoy sticking with. There's probably spiritual lessons to be learned here too, perseverance with prayer.
Here's another quote that I can relate to right now:
Perseverance is the hard work you do after you get tired of doing the hard work you already did. ~Newt Gingrich | | |
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