I know it's been a while but I thought I would update you on our progress.
It is 66 days until we leave for London! (Cue hyperventilation now)
We have navigated the labyrinth that is the LSE website to apply for housing, and get single rooms, which are far too expensive (plus, I will be denied the pleasure of annoying Siodhbhra at any hour of the day) so we are in the process of looking for other options. We have an idea, but fall back ideas are always welcome.
I found out that I have to take a test in the beginning of October regarding my "knowledge of international relations". This should be interesting, because I feel like I know basically nothing on international relations. ("But, Kathryn!" I hear you say "Why are you getting a Master's degree in it?" So that I can actually know something about it, that's why.) To this end, I got a letter recommending that I read one of two books and a "selection" of something like 8 books. What the heck does "selection" mean? Is it British for read all but one or read two or three?
I'm also looking for a job, which can be kind of difficult from 6,000 miles away. I am thinking I might be able to talk to some people during AirVenture, which is a HUGE airshow starting in a week and a half that I am working at.
This whole process is getting very interesting with me in Wisconsin, Siodhbhra in Beijing, trying to coordinate with people in London. Welcome to the globalized world!
Kathryn
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- Once upon a time, two young women met at a high school in inner city Long Beach, once attended by Snoop Dogg. (Cameron Diaz too, but more on that later.) Because one had a name that frequently caused her to be mistaken for someone of ethnic descent, she was admitted to Harvard University. The other nobly exiled herself to the wilderness of Michigan (we don't know where that is either), where she spent four years pining for the marginally better weather of London. Separation proved long and difficult, and when the latter brilliantly worked her way into the hearts of London School of Economics (LSE) admissions officers, the former jumped on the bandwagon. Thus a blog was born. These are the continuing tales of Kathryn and Siodhbhra, bold Yankee adventurers in a strange and rainy place.
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