Selfless vs. Selfish

There are some days where you just have to be selfish and focus on yourself before focusing on others. For me, today is one of those days.

I am constantly putting everybody's worries and problems ahead of my own, but these next two days I just need to focus on me.

I have my second grad school interview in a little over two hours, and my third interview tomorrow afternoon. I hope I do well on them, but I'm sure it's possible if I just relax and have confidence. Besides, personal interviews should go well since you are the person who knows YOU best, if that makes any sense.

So just an FYI, I might be replacing my selflessness for some selfishness and adopting the ways of a two-year old, whose favorite word (other than "no") is "me, me, me".

Once interviews are done, I should be back to my normal ways. ;)

Interviews

My interview last week at TCNJ went well. We were told that the final decisions would be made by last Friday. Unfortunately, I have to wait 3 weeks to receive the decision in the mail. I have another interview coming up though. This one is a telephone interview with Rutgers! I'm excited and nervous for this one since RU is my top choice!

I will know the final decisions from most of the programs by the end of March/early April, so I'm just hoping some of them will be acceptances.

Last night I cooked Coconut chicken curry with Jeremy for dinner, which was delicious (thank you Pascale for the recipe). I'd like to try cooking a lot of new recipes, so if you have any please send them my way :)

Speaking of recipes, I watched that movie Julie & Julia, the other day and it made me want to start a blog about cooking...or just eat all the food that was cooked in that movie.

I am in the process of sketching ideas for a painting (or two) that I want to make for Jeremy, but am slightly stuck in a rut. Basically, I am trying to paint an analemma (that word sounds dirty...) that looks like this:

and I'll let wikipedia explain what an analemma is. If I can paint something that looks even slightly as fascinating as this, it would be a great accomplishment.

I need to brush up on my painting skills (no pun intended).

Other than that, I've also started bike riding again, which is really fun to do in the early morning when the air is really refreshing and most of the streets/pathways are empty.

The combination of painting, bike riding, and learning new recipes will hopefully keep my recent positive mood a lasting one. :)