forth and back
this is the first day it's genuinely rained since i've been here, which has been almost a month. when that hit me today, it was like i got suckerpunched. everything has just kind of flowed nicely and smoothly. classes started, orientation was okay, and i settled in well when i moved in. it almost feels like somehow i belong here, and the fun hasn't really started yet, because i haven't set foot in a lab to do *actual* work in almost a month. oof.
i fell off my bike, the bike i truly adore, and got pretty badly hurt. now i am scared to go whipping around the hills and bends of the beautiful trail here. i am healing, but my neck hurts like hell and i am ugly with my bruising and massive road rash. one of my new friends told me i should wear it proudly, like i was in battle. i kind of don't want people to know the pavement won at 20mph.
classes are going well- well then again it's day two of eleventy billion at school. one of my classes is a joke, the others have potential. the one class that will surprise me, no doubt, is statistics. math is something i like but i've seen stats as a necessity and not a science. i think i have a really good prof who will show me otherwise.
the area still hasn't ceased to be pretty, even with the influx of students back to the area. in fact, through my yellow lenses in the rain tonight it looked entirely golden, and that was amazing. hopefully this kind of optimism will create a strong momentum in me. i haven't really faltered much yet, though i've had some fleeting moments of insecurity and felt vunerable once or twice (the whole going to the ER alone thing made me grow up a little/lot), but otherwise i feel solid. i have a strong will and a strong heart to get me through the rough times here.
hopefully this weekend will bring some fun. it's really my last weekend with no lab work for like, forever. i have some house projects and there's some stuff going on around campus that may be fun to get into- there's a grad student run, a swing dance, a pizza expo on the drill field, studying with new friends, drinking, etc. we'll see though, i might need to catch up on sleep too.
i fell off my bike, the bike i truly adore, and got pretty badly hurt. now i am scared to go whipping around the hills and bends of the beautiful trail here. i am healing, but my neck hurts like hell and i am ugly with my bruising and massive road rash. one of my new friends told me i should wear it proudly, like i was in battle. i kind of don't want people to know the pavement won at 20mph.
classes are going well- well then again it's day two of eleventy billion at school. one of my classes is a joke, the others have potential. the one class that will surprise me, no doubt, is statistics. math is something i like but i've seen stats as a necessity and not a science. i think i have a really good prof who will show me otherwise.
the area still hasn't ceased to be pretty, even with the influx of students back to the area. in fact, through my yellow lenses in the rain tonight it looked entirely golden, and that was amazing. hopefully this kind of optimism will create a strong momentum in me. i haven't really faltered much yet, though i've had some fleeting moments of insecurity and felt vunerable once or twice (the whole going to the ER alone thing made me grow up a little/lot), but otherwise i feel solid. i have a strong will and a strong heart to get me through the rough times here.
hopefully this weekend will bring some fun. it's really my last weekend with no lab work for like, forever. i have some house projects and there's some stuff going on around campus that may be fun to get into- there's a grad student run, a swing dance, a pizza expo on the drill field, studying with new friends, drinking, etc. we'll see though, i might need to catch up on sleep too.