Once you get locked into a serious drug collection, the tendancy is to push it as far as you can.
Life is pretty good. My hormones and neurotransmitters and all of my body systems seem to be getting along excelently. I just feel good today. really good- not stressed out. this is a quite rare occurence, in fact. I've even laughed uncontrollably lately.
Classes seem to be doing okay. I'm attempting to take 4 classes this quarter. 44y seems to be a lot of work, but less stressful than last quarter (it is a bio lab, writing in the major, required course). I am re-taking chem 35 because I got a c-, and am wishing I had retaken chem 33. oh well.
my other two classes are pretty damn amazing. I am taking a human nutrition class in which I am learning quite a bit (though the physiology part of it is hugely simplified, which ticks me off). I'm changing my diet to a healthier, leaf-based diet. no, I'm not going vegetarian, because I still like the occasional meat. but it isn't necessary. did you know broccoli is 1/2 protien? even though I hate it, I am eating more broccoli.
My last, and by far best, class is Human Behavioral Biology taught by prof. Robert Sapolsky- who is fucking amazing. Just amazing. I'm reading his book "Why Zebras Don't Get Ulcers" on stress and stress response... and it is just fanstastic.
Can I attribute some of my inner peace to a more balanced diet and actively reducing my psychologic stress? maybe not, but I can feel smug and morally superior. and I am in love with Sapolsky. His class, by the way, fills up every single seat and the aisles of Hewlett. I don't know, the capacity is 400? 500? something huge like that. 2 hours, 3 days a week. the best part- the lectures are videotaped, so that I can stare, transfixed and drooling, at Sapolsky from the relaxing and non-claustrophobic comfort of my very own room.
I am rambling an awful lot, and I don't think I care. I feel good. Yosemite last weekend was critical to my relaxation. I had a wonderful time. And this week marks 5 months with the boy, with whom I am very happy. Even if I do feel like a cradle-robber every now and then.
Classes seem to be doing okay. I'm attempting to take 4 classes this quarter. 44y seems to be a lot of work, but less stressful than last quarter (it is a bio lab, writing in the major, required course). I am re-taking chem 35 because I got a c-, and am wishing I had retaken chem 33. oh well.
my other two classes are pretty damn amazing. I am taking a human nutrition class in which I am learning quite a bit (though the physiology part of it is hugely simplified, which ticks me off). I'm changing my diet to a healthier, leaf-based diet. no, I'm not going vegetarian, because I still like the occasional meat. but it isn't necessary. did you know broccoli is 1/2 protien? even though I hate it, I am eating more broccoli.
My last, and by far best, class is Human Behavioral Biology taught by prof. Robert Sapolsky- who is fucking amazing. Just amazing. I'm reading his book "Why Zebras Don't Get Ulcers" on stress and stress response... and it is just fanstastic.
Can I attribute some of my inner peace to a more balanced diet and actively reducing my psychologic stress? maybe not, but I can feel smug and morally superior. and I am in love with Sapolsky. His class, by the way, fills up every single seat and the aisles of Hewlett. I don't know, the capacity is 400? 500? something huge like that. 2 hours, 3 days a week. the best part- the lectures are videotaped, so that I can stare, transfixed and drooling, at Sapolsky from the relaxing and non-claustrophobic comfort of my very own room.
I am rambling an awful lot, and I don't think I care. I feel good. Yosemite last weekend was critical to my relaxation. I had a wonderful time. And this week marks 5 months with the boy, with whom I am very happy. Even if I do feel like a cradle-robber every now and then.