Hey, everyone-
I hope you all had a wonderful Christmas with loved ones. I certainly enjoyed my time at home with my parents and sister, playing games and cooking and sewing and etc. We also got to see a lot of relatives and some family friends.
But break is over, and a new semester has begun. With 18 credits once again, I decided not to do the archeology artifact illustration work. Part of me realizes I am missing out on a great opportunity to make some good money and add something to my resume, but those are the only reasons why I would be doing it and right now in my life, I don't want to add extra commitments unless they are something I really want to do.
My classes this semester include: Intro. to Watercolor, Comparative Chordate Anatomy and the lab (5 credits), an anthropology course called Globalization and the Human Condition, an Honors seminar called Robin Hood from Ballad to Book to Movie, Scientific Illustration, and Intro. to Ballet (for a fun break between classes.)I'm also in a non-credit fitness class with two friends. It is called piloxing (pilates and boxing) which we are going to try to make into a regular thing since it is too cold to bike or walk to campus anymore. This semester, I am still a mentor for GIRLS Power, an Honors Ambassador for potential students on college visits, a BPMI Club member, a tutor if any students need help with fiction writing or the bio. class I took last spring called Plants and People, and I still want to stay involved in CPC (Collegiate Presbyterian Church.)
Instead of writing about all of my classes at once, I will try to just focus on one a week. First up: Comparative Chordate Anatomy. The professor for this class and lab is very interested in her subject matter and about teaching it to her students (always a plus.) I feel like she could be a character in a Woody Allen film, but maybe its just because she has a New York accent which is pretty uncommon here. Anyway, for those of us who have not taken evolutionary biology or vertebrate biology, we feel a little overwhelmed. We fly through material very quickly- we are already in chapter 3! I understand the concepts, but I have trouble remembering and remembering how to spell all of the phylums and subphlyums and classes and yada-yada. At least a lot of BPMI students, Jake (one of my UA coworkers last year), and a few other people I know are also taking the class. This gives me some options for study buddies later in the semester or at least people with whom I can commiserate.
Last night a BPMI friend hosted a little party, and several of us BPMI-ers came early to help her make potato pancakes, or latkes, for one of the hors d'oeuvres. We never got around to playing games or watching movies that people brought, but it was perfectly fine, and we had a really nice time. Today I leave for a CPC retreat. It was scheduled for this weekend because we do not have classes on Monday due to MLK Day. I am looking forward to the games, sledding, good food, and good talks.
Things are going well for me now- I'm on top of my surf board enjoying the ride, but I know I'm in a washing machine that could suck me down very quickly into dark oblivion where all the lost socks go and never return. OK- that was a little dramatic. But anyway I feel like this semester will be fine as long as I stay with my board. I might fall off now and again, but that is why I wear a safety ankle strap (my family, my friends, and my faith.)
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