Recap on Life

I honestly have no idea what my last real blog post was about, so I'm not sure where I should start off this wonderful new blog post to catch folks up on the goings on of my life. I've decided I'm going to arbitrarily pick a point within the last month and go from there. So... since May 15th-ish... my life has been crazy busy. I have started back up at Miami (well... their more affordable branch campuses), and I am glad to be back. My professor right now is the wonderfully delightful Mike H, who I was fortunate enough to have a few of his classes back in the day. Though he is an art professor, he is teaching my first class for the BIS (Bachelors of Integrative Studies) degree, and it is actually going really well. I've always enjoyed his teaching style, and we actually get to do things that require some creativity, so I can finally kick start the right side of my brain after a year and a half of being focused on Bio and science courses. I'm kind of worried that the whole "if you don't use it, you'll lose it" principle has taken its effect on my creative side, but hopefully there is still an inkling of creativity left in this ol' brain to save me.

While I've been going to MU for summer classes, I have also been finishing up the spring quarter at WSU. Since I have classes at MU in West Chester on Monday and Wednesday evening and on Tuesday and Thursday at WSU in the morning, I always wonder if I'm going to get confused and head in the wrong direction on I-75 while trying to get to class. Luckily I haven't made that mistake, and I think I am done with WSU now, so I will have one less thing to worry about. The final in my Bio class is optional, so if I did decently well in the class without the final, I'm not going to go on Tuesday. I took my last exam in there this morning and did alright, so I think I should be good. It will be nice to not have to commute there twice a week and to West Chester another two days. I actually enjoy traveling and driving, but the commute has been kind of crazy and I'll appreciate not having to pay for gas as often. This will also give me more time to ride bikes. Andre and I have not been spending enough time together... so it will be nice to rekindle my relationship with him... though he is a bit worn down and needs to fixing up so he doesn't give up on me.

Speaking of riding bikes... I purchased a new book today called Major and it's the story of Major Taylor who had an amazing cycling career in the late 1800s and early 1900s... though not many people know about it. I honestly only know of his name, because there is a cycling group in Dayton named after him. As I'm starting to read his story, I'm learning a lot about him and it's pretty interesting stuff. If you are interested in cycling, you might want to check out the book. Major: A Black Athlete, A White Era, and the Fight to be the World's Fastest Human Being.

So... that's what has been going on in my life... except for the greatest thing to since New Years in Chicago... but that will be posted in the next blog. It's so great that it will require multiple posts to recap. Prepare yourself!