GRE - check!

UPenn application - check!

(more order in my life - check!)

Columbia and Stanford - started (no exclamation point, as there is a ways to go there)

Thanksgiving break - starting in 5 hours!!!

additionally, if you have never asked 18 year olds to write letters to a presidential candidate they are considering vote for, you must do this.  you get all sorts of awesome stuff like "President Obama, you have made a lot of changes, but you could be doing more for gay Americans" and "Herman Cain, experts say your 9-9-9 economic plan will raise taxes for 84% of Americans.  How is that okay when many families are struggling financially as it is?" and "Mitt Romney, your opponents have detailed plans of how to fix the economy.  How do you expect to win without telling us what, specifically, you will do?"  their ideas are so thoughtful and honest and varied.  i'm loving it.