Back to School

We've hit the home stretch. As of tomorrow, I've got exactly two weeks until winter break. How sweet it is. And yet it's kind of not. I'm realizing that my undergraduate years are flying by - I'm more than halfway done with college. Well, just over halfway done with undergrad. Tack on the five more years it'll take to get a Ph.D. and I'm nowhere near done.

Crap.

I'm officially done with Genetics. No matter what grade I get on this last homework, I have an A, so I won't be taking the horrific final. I'm still going to the class, but I refuse to take notes. We had fun today writing messages to each other and cracking on the lecture. Good times.

Scheduling was crazy this semester. Now I know how it feels to not get a class I wanted. It's scary. I thought I hadn't gotten Biochem Lab, so I added a couple of classes (somewhat reluctantly) to become a full-time student. Then I found out that no one got into the Lab because the University screwed up and eliminated the class. Not cool. The fact that I had added credits interfered with me getting into the Lab, but I dropped some credits and finally got in. *Sigh of relief* It's gonna be murder - a 6-credit, writing intensive Biochemistry lab. Ugh. But at least I got in when I needed to, right?

Right?

I had a good break at home. Didn't do much - sat around, ate, watched movies, and slept. All in all, a successful break, I'd say. And I'm going to do as much of the same as I can over the ensuing vacation. Except that I'll be working. So I'll be up at 5 AM every morning so I can head off to the sewage plant. Whoop-de-do. But money is money, so it's all good I suppose.

I start teaching next semester. I'm a TA for General Chemistry, so I mediate the problem-solving sessions, give quizzes, and grade homework. It's kind of like one big tutoring session, but I'm getting paid for it. Nice. I'm looking forward to it, but I'm also a bit concerned that I'll be ripping my hair out by the end of the semester. And I don't want to be bald.

I guess that's about it. My desktop computer is finally on its last legs - it lags and won't connect to the internet. I thought it was NTC's problem, but now there seems to be something wrong with the computer itself. I'm still having them come out to try to fix it, and I'm just going to play dumb. Maybe they know how to fix the problem. So I'm using the laptop exclusively. Thank God I have it, otherwise I'd be up shit's creek in terms of my classes. No internet = no access to notes and assignments.

God bless the G4. Sweet, sweet OS X.

Now Biochem.