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Nice little Saturday

Yesterday, I presented my capstone. My shaky voice was not too bad, actually. Immediately after that, I (along with 4 friends) met with the Senior Vice President for Finance and Administration for Johns Hopkins. To give another presentation. We talked to him about the health effects of climate change  and why we think divestment from fossil fuel corporations is a good strategy for collective action to show trillion dollar corporations that leaving a healthy home for our children is more important than their profit margins. Anyway, our group did a great job, and the VP was kind, but it was also  frustrating...bureaucrazy! (I actually meant to type bureaucracy, but the typo makes for an apt descriptor, so I will leave it!)  Fortunately, I got to drink a beer with two wonderful friends (Katherine and Jessica) afterwards. We went to Jessica's house (she's awesome--she's a medical student from northern California), and we got to see her adorable son Jack whose first birthda...

Puppy-sitting

This weekend, we're puppy- and cat-sitting for friends who are scouting out their future home in Klamath Falls, Oregon . My MPH classmate  Katherine is planning to start a wellness center there with another classmate (Stephanie--a family medicine doctor who also founded  this clinic in Uganda). They plan to address chronic diseases (such as obesity and diabetes) by working with individuals in clinic and with the community to address built environment issues. They are both remarkable people (as is Randal, Katherine's fiance), so I can't wait to see what they end up accomplishing! I've gotten to know the three of them very well this year, because we worked together on this and this --plus, Katherine and Randal live about a block away from Chris and me.  So Chris and I are hanging out with an adorable yellow lab/ catahoula (and dachshund?) mix puppy named Maizie and a cat (I don't know cat breeds) named Bogey: {Oh hi, Maizie!} {Bogey has a l...