The first thing that I’ve learned in my time in Silicon Valley is the art of making the U-turn. It’s not like I never made any back in Colorado. There, they are an occasional occurrence- a special maneuver kept only for emergency situations. Here, the U-turn is a part of your daily commute. Don’t believe…

Here I am, finally, in Sunnyvale, CA. That was the longest drive of my life. The entire state of Wyoming was windy as all hell, so bad I was having difficulty keeping my car on the road. No offense to anyone out there, but, seriously, I don’t understand why anyone would ever want to live…

Today is my last day in Boulder. Yesterday my parents came up from Highlands Ranch and helped move all the rest of my furniture out, so the apartment is now half empty. My roommate’s stuff is still here since she’s not leaving till the end of July when our lease actually expires. I spent last…

Well, in spite of karma’s best efforts to totally screw me over, things might actually work out. I’m still pretty stressed, and still have a lot of crazy hoops to jump through, but I feel like I can actually manage everything. For now at least. I got another email from the TFA Bay Area staff…

Today, in the process of going through all the papers on my desk and deciding what needs to stay and what needs to go, I stumbled across the letter of recommendation that I used to get into TFA. Seeing this triggered something deep in my brain about needing letters of recommendation during the Induction in…