Randomness

Today was a pretty decent day at school. I'm enjoying this whole not having Calculus thing. After my early morning lecture, I went down to Boston Stoker (Starbucks iced tea is not very good), and got to do some reading for class, and a ton of reading from Brave New World, which is the book I started reading. I tend to have two books going at the same time. I have one at home, and one in my school bag that I can read in between classes when I don't have studying to do. I'm still working on Hayduke Lives! for my home reading, but I think I'll be wrapping that up soon. I've been really lucky with the books I've read recently, I'm really enjoying both of these right now. Once I went back to campus, I did a little more reading from my book before lab. Though the lab was kind of long, it was neat to do my first Gram stain of bacteria samples. I'm lucky that lab is usually pretty interesting, so though they usually take a while to complete, at least I'm not bored while doing it.

When it comes to the whole "where will I be next year" topic, I'm leaning more and more towards going back to MUM next year. I talked to an old friend from MUM, and apparently she is about to start the same program I'm hoping to get into. It would be awesome to have classes with her, and possibly even get to walk with her at graduation. We used to hang out all the time when I used to be at MUM, so I would love having someone around to chat with, and possibly work with on big projects (which is a big part of this program I believe). She is also thinking about doing the same concentration as me, so it would be nice to have a study buddy for my concentration classes (i.e. Environmental Science stuff), and not just BIS classwork. I am going to setup an appointment with my advisor tomorrow hopefully to see what I need to do. I think I'll be able to start in the summer if my class doesn't go at the same time as my BIO lecture or lab, and that way I'll be able to get a head start before fall semester. It would be so nice to get done after next year. If I can see the finish line for this degree, I will feel much better about this whole school thing. I'm not happy at WSU, and I think that's making going to school and staying motivated very hard for me.

The only other thing I've got going on right now is the Glen Helen 5K on Saturday. I've decided that I probably won't run in it, since I haven't kept up with my running goal, but I'm still excited to do it. The Glen is one of my favorite places to visit in this area, and I'm glad to help give back to it, even if its only a small amount. I'm in the process of trying to convince more people to come up for it, so I hope they have a great turnout. It's such a great resource in the area, I think that people would be glad to get involved.

Tonight I think I'm going to finish going over the Chapter we covered in lecture today, and do some fun reading as well. But for now, I'm going to make myself some dinner. Corn on the cob and grilled chicken breast is the menu I believe... with a chance of some rice if I feel like making it. I'm pretty hungry... so... that will probably happen. Time to make dinner!