Is February already half over?

Wow, it has been a while since I've written!

Usually I just try to survive the winter, but this year's weather has been pretty nice as NY winters go. It was such a beautiful day today-- almost 60 degrees. I found that I could walk outside and look around at all the pretty parts of the city I never see because I'm rushing to get out of the cold.

My friend Preeti and I went to the Chelsea Market, which contains too many wonderful shops to name (but i'll try): bakeries, italian and spice markets, flower shops, a dairy, chocolate, tea, wine, and coffee shops. All (or most) of the Food Network shows are also filmed on the top floors of the Chelsea Market building, which apparently used to be a huge oreo cookie factory (which I wouldn't have minded visiting either;). Chelsea is directly south of me about 100 blocks- on the west side of manhattan and is full of art galleries in converted warehouses, beautiful old apartment buildings with unique architecture, and a huge variety bars and restaurants that are quiet during the day. Preeti and I visited Billy's Bakery in our continuing search for delicious cupcakes around the city and I was so full from visiting the Chelsea Market that I decided to get a cupcake and their famous bananna cake with cream cheese frosting-- to go.

Today has been a good day:) I'm currently pretending I don't have any schoolwork to do and listening to the Rent soundtrack. I finally got to see the show last weekend when my friends Rachael and Jen visited. We had so much fun! Thanks girls;)

Other recent events include:
- Took the Presidential Management Fellows Test- if I do well I'll be named a fellow and invited to participate in special hiring status with the Federal Government. If not, I will for sure not be moving to Washington DC.
- An article I submitted to the student journal was chosen for publication. Yay! But unfortunately tons of work to edit and add research to my paper...

Otherwise I am still enjoying my classes and internship this semester and, though this is all a lot of work, I really look forward to knowing where I'll be headed in June. If I can just get through February I have a trip to Colorado and a trip to Paris to look forward to in March:)

I'll keep you posted...