After seven and a half hours at the mercy of public transportation across three states, I’m finally home for Thanksgiving. 
But before I left Amherst for Brooklyn, I got some good great fantastic news.
You might remember me posting about writing a bunch of essays here, getting a recommendation from my professor here or mailing a particularly nerve-wrecking piece of mail here. Well, the fruits of my labor have ripened, as I read the first line of this email:
Dear Olga,
I am pleased to inform you that you have been accepted into the New York Union Semester spring 2010!
Many of you know that I’m graduating a semester early and have been really nervous about what I’ll be doing. Well, now I know! The Union Semester is an internship/academic program through the CUNY Murphy Institute in New York.
So, next semester I’ll be:
- Spending 32 hrs a week working at a labor union or labor-related organization
- Completing a bunch of graduate courses to receive a Certificate in Labor Studies
- Living and going to school in NYC!
It’s pretty exciting…almost as exciting as this:
I received a coupon for Pepperidge Farm Puff Pastry Sheets as a part of the Foodbuzz Tastemaker Program. One of my dear friends came over today and we decided to bake while chatting.
We found a quick and easy recipe for Individual Puff Pastry Apple Pies, and c’mon…how good does that sound?
The process:
Don’t judge…couldn’t find a pastry brush, okay? 
And only 20 minutes later:
These turned out fantastic! The puff pastry is so convenient and flaky. I bet you someone with some creativity could whip up something delicious really fast. Like my mom.
I’m going out in Williamsburg with a bunch of friends tonight and it’s getting ready time.
I hope you have a happy and delicious Thanksgiving!
Hell freaking yeah! Congratulations!!!!!! That’s an amazing opportunity!
Congratulations on your very exciting and impressive news!!
That’s such awesome news Olga! So fitting for your interests! I’m so proud of you!
YAY! CONGRATS OLGA!!!!!!!!1
congrats olga! that’s so exciting!
happy thanksgiving!
Congrats Olga! I hope I’ll be seeing you around more then too.
Congrats Olga! That’s amazing and what a fantastic opportunity it will be for you!
Happy T-day to you and your family!
CONGRATS! Such wonderful news
Oh gahhH! CONGRATS GIRLY!
WOOO HOO!
happy thanksgiving! those puff pastries look deeelightful!
Did you pee your pants when you heard the news?! that’s AMAZING, Olga! so ridiculously proud of you
p.s. anything is 10x’s better stuffed inside a puff pastry.
Puff Pastry stuffed apple ravioli tastes even better than it sounds.
lol,
MAJOR CONGRATULATIONS, GIRL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!