Hectic week!

Well, the next week is going to be pretty busy for me. I am taking my Ph.D. comprehensive exam in the field of public administration. I received the exam at 8:30 this morning and I have until 8:30 next Friday morning to finish the exam. It is 5 questions, of which I have to answer three, and each question is limited to 7500 words (which turns out to be between 25-30 pages...apiece!).

The questions that I am going to answer deal with congressional delegation of legislative power to the bureaucracy, the bureaucrat as a rational actor, and the recent attacks in the literature on the bureaucracy as an organization. Yes, it will be as fun as it sounds.

I will be blogging a little bit during this time; I know I still owe a review of the show the other night, I will do that sometime tonight hopefully. Anyway, once the exam is done, I have a lot to look forward to in August...

• The Olympics
• DirecTV installation
• Bachelor weekend (Aug 15-17)
• Weekend in Missouri (Aug 29-Sept 1)
• Start of College Football

...just to name a few.

So, pray for me on my exam! Especially for concentration and focus.