THE FIRST ENTRY

My thought, originally, was to write a little bit every day while I was in Mexico. What a novel idea, I know. I wonder how many blogs exist filled with nothing but travel stories. I happen to know that at least one fellowship requires each of its fellows to write a blog about what they do while they're away. Blogs about travel. Anyway, even if it's been done before I still think it's a good idea.

My thought was to write about my two months working at the Museum of Mexican History, and, later, about the month I would spend doing research in and around the valley of Mexico and the state of Veracruz. Then came the swine flu.

The swine flu.

That good-for-nothing H1N1 virus has left me in quite a bind. First, the Tec de Monterrey sent their message saying that they were no longer able to host us. Then I found out that the fund I was going to be using for my research can't endorse trips to Mexico either. Both things, I suppose, make sense. But now what am I supposed to do?

In order to answer this question, I went today to the office of Undergraduate Career Services. They promised all of the disenfranchised Mexico group that they were going to help us find internships for the summer. But when I walked in, the lady was like, "well, there's an opening as a climate change analyst."

A climate change analyst?

A worthy endeavor, no doubt. But until I take any class remotely related to actual science I think I'd better keep looking.

I suppose that's all for now. Until next time, when I decry what my professor recently called "the cult of busy smartness!"