Saturday

Well, I must say it was an eventful day. My parents came into town, bringing me a new mirror for my car. Yay for my car being fixed, I can now drive again!

Mission: Awesome Game - accomplished. Tech beat up WVU 34-17. Take that, Mountaineers! We beat your sorry asses in your own house! Besides that, it was good times - we had a bunch of friends over, which made the experience all the better.

After the game ended, it looked like it was going to be another lazy Saturday, despite the mountain of work I had to do. I wasted some (read - a lot of) time before getting down to business. I actually got thru 4 chapters worth of Genetics without falling asleep. This is a miracle unto itself. Add to that the fact that I still had energy and drive to do a chapter's worth of Biochem outlining, and here I am, utterly amazed at my own efficiency.

Hooray for the fascinating world of fat...er...lipids. Yea.

I'm still sick (damn cold) but I'm clearing up nicely and might be OK by tomorrow, probably Monday though. These things always seem to hang around just a little bit longer than you think they will.

Have you ever had that feeling that you were on the verge of something monumental, but couldn't tell what it was or whether or not it was going to be good or bad? I've been doing a lot of thinking lately and having a lot of interesting/deep conversations with people, and it seems as if everything is either on the verge of resolution or collapse. This has kind of been bothering me. I enjoy improvisation in my life, spontaneity and whatnot, but that's not what this is. What it is, I don't really know, but it's this surreal feeling that everything is spiraling out of my control and I'm not entirely sure that I'm going to like the way it ends up.

More thoughts on that later...

One thing is for sure - I'll be in school for at least 5 more years after 2007. I've officially decided to pursue my Ph.D, and the 'rents are actually pretty supportive. I told them this morning about the two seminars I've attended in the last few days, and I didn't think they'd be that thrilled with me staying in school for that much longer. They want to be able to retire and move on shortly after I finish school. As soon as I assured them that I would have no financial needs (yay for tuition waivers and stipends), they seemed a bit more receptive. More on that later too...the search for grad schools begins now.

Or maybe tomorrow, because I'm awfully tired right now...