I'm back!

My dissertation is submitted and I am about to start on my internship with the Great North Museum. (Check it out! http://www.twmuseums.org.uk/great-north-museum.html) I am so excited! I have to admit, I wouldn't mind a longer vacation. There is so much I'd like to do! Finish decorating the bathroom (started almost a whole year ago now! The shame!), deep clean the house, use the sewing machine Michael got me (still haven't even opened it, despite a mounting pile of sewing projects), writing letters, and most urgently, apply to renew my student visa... a lot to do.

But I am so excited to start this new project at the GNM. Based on the last meeting I had with Andrew and Sarah, my (I think) bosses at the museum, I will be working with the musical instruments in the stores, from all over the world, most of which are not cataloged or researched, and may have the opportunity to create a temporary ethnomusicology exhibit in the museum, which would be AMAZING!

During the placement I will also have to be writing a daily journal of my work, as well as a number of writing assignments for university credit. I plan to share my daily journal on my blog, so y'all might get some totally uninteresting entries, but hopefully some cool stuff too.

So lots more to come, but for now, hello again from England! <3 XOXO