Hello readers!

This past week was another busy one...mostly revolving around the Accepted Doctoral Student Reception that the Admissions Office (my employer) held this Thursday. There was a lot of preparation early in the week and then the big event was an all day affair on Thursday. It was really nice to meet some of the prospective students and talk to them about their experiences, as well as what I have experienced here at Penn. It was also great meeting some of my readers, please leave comments or send me emails if you have any questions that I haven't covered!

This past weekend I went to DC to visit some friends from college. It was the start of the Cherry Blossom Festival and the weather was fantastic for the fun event. For those of you not very familiar with the event, check out the link. This year was the 95th annual celebration commemorating the cherry blossom trees given to the U.S. by the city of Tokyo. It's nice that Philly is so close to DC so even though I'm busy with school I managed to take a road-trip for the weekend.

Now it is back to reality. I have yet another busy week, including getting back into the ESL classroom at the Community College of Philadelphia because the faculty were on strike for the past three weeks. On that note, I have to get ready for tomorrow. Please keep the questions and comments coming!

~Lezlie