I realize I’m a bit behind on keeping up the blog — it’s been a pretty busy couple of weeks, but I do have lots of pics and stories that I will add shortly…

That said, I just had to share this email I got the other day. All of the students at HGSE (Harvard Graduate School of Education) have been just completely inundated with emails from seemingly dozens of different departments, offices, services, organizations, bureaus, etc., etc. across Harvard in the last couple weeks — with it (hopefully!) coming to a crescendo in these last few days as we go through Orientation Week.

BUT(!) I’m pretty sure I’m the only one in my class who got this one:

WHAT WERE YOU DOING 33 YEARS AGO THIS WEEK?

As I got to the bottom, I was thinking that I may not be donating this year… and then it occurred to me that I kind of just did a couple weeks ago when the first tuition bill came due!

Anyway, it is great to be back here.  I feel incredibly fortunate to be getting to do pretty much the same thing this week as I did 33 years ago 🙂

First day of school tomorrow!  For the next two weeks, I’ll be attending the IPSIE program (Intensive Preparation for the Study of International Education).  And “intensive” it will be, running from 9:30am-4:30pm each day.  We had a fun “meet and greet” last night at a restaurant in Harvard Square.  Just as I’d hoped and expected, I’ll be spending the next year with a bunch of creative people who come from interesting backgrounds — and each one has a passion for something that brought them here.

As you can see, I’ve already printed off several of the early reading assignments to try to get a bit of a headstart… I sure hope I remember how to do this!!