Just a quick post to share how grad school continues to surprise and amaze. Last week was a tough one. Tuesday came down with fever and chills accompanied by a wicked cough and congestion, which I am only just now starting to kick. Finished the week with disappointing performances in (count ‘em) three back-to-back co-chair interviews and one first-round phone interview with a company in Miami. And when I say disappointing, what I really mean is awful. Wretched, incoherent performances characterized by fuzzy-brained responses that sounded absolutely nothing like the ones I’d rehearsed beforehand. Disappointed in myself, I closed the week on a note of total dejection. And had a really good bawl at the expense of The Savages Friday night.

Imagine my surprise then, as this morning I have received not dings – but invitations! Two co-chair roles and second rounds with the Miami firm. Surprising, but I’ll take it…

P.S. The Masquerade Ball on Saturday was marvy. Here are photos of myself and Prince Charming taken from the limo we hired off the street post-ball on the way to some wretched (yet strangely popular) after hours club.