As most of you know, in July I moved to Washington, DC to start a new job.
I'm the Customer Service Coordinator with The George Washington University and Textile Museum. What this actually means is that I work most of the time with retail operations and part of the time as the museum's receptionist. My work with retail operations is similar to an assistant manager (I think). I'm liking it so far. It's a little slow at the museum right now because we are between large exhibitions. In September, two more will open and programming will pick up. This means I'm learning the ropes when its quiet.
So far I've done a few touristy things--like going to most of the Smithsonian museums my first week here. However, I still want to go back to the Holocaust Museum, get tickets for the National Museum of African American History and Culture (which is hard to get tickets for), walk the Mall, and go to a baseball game. I'm waiting a bit till its not a million degrees everyday.
As far as long term plans go, I'm working on prepping to apply to PhD programs in the fall. Including doing GRE prep--which essentially means relearning geometry and algebra. A lot of this work includes looking into faculty members at various institutions whose research interests are the same/similar to mine. I also have to figure out a research statement, a personal statement, and a writing sample.
That's pretty much all that I've been up to lately. I'm going to try to do a pictures update soon with pics from Boston and DC.
