Hooray Day!

So today was another totally wonderful day. It started out like any other day, which means my car threatened to over heat from the moment I put the key in the ignition and I rushed in to the office like I had no idea that morning would come so early, but once the afternoon rolled around the magic started to show. And no surprise here, the magic started as soon as I met up with one of my old professors. Not only did he have some really encouraging and exciting things to say about grad school, but it was great to sit down and just hear about all the cool things he's been up to lately. It's so nice to be able to watch people that I care about and that I look up to succeed in such astounding ways.



It was also really nice to sit down and talk about anthropology and what we do without having to impress anyone or try and throw out names and theories like I'm in a spelling bee. One of the things that I particularly like about this professor is that he shares my passion for people's stories. I, probably naively, gushed about how I loved the "beating heart" in what we do, and how I felt that those ethnographies that removed themselves too far from the people they were discussing had missed the point of what we do. I love that my professor seemed excited to hear me say that. It really helped to change my thinking about applying to his program for my PhD. Not that I'm saying I've made any decisions, but after today's meeting, I'm much more comfortable with the idea of sticking around for awhile.

I had also intended to talk about kinship terms a little more today. Mostly because I spent sometime with my sisters this evening and we all laughed so much that my throat and face hurt, but the clock keeps catching my eye and making that "it's time to go" hand gesture. So I think I'll head off to bed. I'm sure I'll have plenty of other opportunities to gush about how much I adore kinship terms on other occasions.

Oh and just for the record, I promised the meanest one of my friends I'd make a note about how nice he was today. So for the record, meanie wasn't awful today. There, promise kept. And now I'm off to bed.