September 2006 Archives

It was one of those weeks where nothing quite feels connected as it should. We've all had those weeks. Every event just feels shlighly askew. I lost my folder of notes and found it again, only to lose it a day later. It's just been... like that. Classes have fully started now with labs and homework, so I am getting busier. My appointment book is starting to fill out with review sessions, meetings, and the occasional party.

Which means that I actually need good food, so I have done a bit of good cooking lately, prompted by some good sales on chicken, for instance. I am hoping to be able to cook enough in one day that I can have leftovers for a day o so after that, and crock pot dishes are good for that, as well as soups. To further that end, I went all the way to Superstore to get a stock pot that was on sale, only to find out that they'd never stocked it. I was not so impressed.

I am hoping to get a bit of my chem homework done earlier in the week. I found out this Friday that it's best to start it five days or so before the due date. Yikes

As I was watching the U of M football game against Notre Dame, I realized that I only have one year left in my undergraduate studies. It seems somewhat hard to believe that so much time has passed up here. I origiinally came up here almost on a whim, and now I am in my fourth year, trying to figure out where all the time has gone. What's more, I now have to negotiate my way to what I am doing next, a somewhat difficult maneuver given that I am not sure of overall direction yet. In any case, I will do everything in my power to go out with a blaze.

Spent the day going through and rearranging furniture, doing dishes, and looking over chemical kinetics and the problem set for environmental chemistry. I think I'll be actively cursing this class before things are done, but I guess you learn through pain. The prof made these questions quite hard, and since it is such a large percentage of the final mark, the problems have to be solved well.

At least it finally feels like its fall out there. It was no higher than 4 C and it was raining all day long. Gotta love it.

It really is the best way to start the morning out. Bleary eyed I normally stumble to the kitchen and begin the time tested morning ritual which has served me so well in the past. Somehow in there, I think I need to factor in a morning jog. Over the years, I have picked up that habit and dropped it more times than I can count. But it was beneficial for me in the past, so I think I should start it up again so that I can stay awake in class and get a least some decent physical activity in a day. At least, that'sthe plan as it stands so far.

My apartment has changed a bit i the last couple of weeks. All of my old roommates have finally moved out, so I have a set of three new ones, although the third has yet to even move in, despite the fact that classes have started. The last guy took his furniture with him too, so at present time, we don't have a dining room table, which is a little weird. I think we also need to pick up a few shelves and a cheap vacuum cleaner. Once things are a little more stable and set up, I'll try to post some photos of the new look.

Classes look to be rather difficult this year, as I have all upper level science courses. Environmental chemistry may give me the most grief, but it's too early to say. My Genetics 390 (Genetic Techniques) may be pretty difficult as well. I'll have to spend quite a bit of time this year slogging through the material before I achive any sense of mastery. Not really looking forward to that, but at least a lot of my classes are quite interesting this year, so that should make things a bit easier. In the next few days, as I have done in the past, I will try to post a calendar of my schedule, so it's easier to get a hold of me.