Summertime...
Back in the 'nasty. What does this mean?
Well, I'll be here for another 11 days, until June 1st when I leave for my internship in New York. I would love to see all of ya as many times as possible during that time, especially if we can come up with cheap things to do as I am extremely broke. :-) My birthday (I'll be 20! No longer a teenager!!!!) is this coming Tuesday, and I'm going out to an awards dinner with my mom because she had to be there anyway for work. Honestly I don't really know what to ask for this year, I wanted my little sister's iPod, but refurbishing it would cost about 170 bucks (I checked Apple's website) so I'm scratching that off the list. Now its down to headphones, gift cards, and a blender. Generally, I'll be spending the majority of this week helping my dad with house-work during the day, trying to leave evenings open for friends. I have to paint the bathroom, and he's got a bunch of stuff he'd like to see done as well. The week after this I plan to just leisurely pack, read, and mentally prepare for living in a big city.
I'm recovering quite well from the trauma of being way over my head in the lab...for which I am extremely grateful. It was pretty scary for a while there, as my dad put it, it was handled inappropriately. Really, they should have dealt with the animal portion of Tammy's lab in a much more professional manner, not assuming that the 3 college undergrads could handle running things with NOBODY who knew what was going on around. Really, I can't be expected to diagnose parasitic infections in bearded dragons or liver problems in degus. Just ain't gonna happen. Thank heavens for Dr. Wilson and Dr. Christopher, who saved the day more than once by helping me with practicing for presentations and reviewing abstract drafts. I did indeed submit an abstract to the Society for Neuroscience annual meeting, I'll have my very own poster in a room of probably several thousand better posters. Wilson has been particularly amazing, facebook notes from profs are just the best:
Amanda - I never thought of you as shy. Quiet, maybe... thoughtful, but not shy. I'm sure that I don't see all facets of you, but I'm sorry to see you despise anything about yourself. Take care,
Jeff
This was in response to my changing my "status" on Facebook to "Home in Saginaw, but despises her shyness." He's just such a nice guy, I'm glad he likes me. When I changed my status after that, he sent another note just saying " :-) ". It was real cute.
The semester ended well grade-wise, I pulled a straight 4.0 for the term. That brings my cumulative up to a 3.90, which is very exciting. I honestly can't believe I managed to enjoy myself as much as I did and still do really well in my classes, but I'm going to call it a fluke. With organic chemistry in the fall I can't afford to go out as much as a did this semester, not by a long shot.
In other, more personal news, I'm thinking I'd kinda like to pursue a romantic relationship. Yes, I have a person in mind. No, you don't get to know who it is just yet. Suffice it to say that I'm generally at ease around him, I'm actually attracted to the guy, and he would be probably the best guy I've ever dated if things work out in the fall as I'd like. My goal for this summer then is to keep a casual correspondance, probably 99% through Facebook, and see how it goes. It's a bit hard to gauge what his interest level is, especially since I know he's rather shy. I think I'll just pursue, friendly-style (not particularly forward, just nice and fairly consistent) and see where it goes. Quite a limb walk for me, since he's been a perennial crush of mine, and taking a step out there puts me at risk of rejection and an end to my daydreaming. Oh well, what's life without a little romantic entanglement?
Seems like all of my friends are having good luck in the relationship dept., and it feels like my turn must be coming soon. It's been so very long since something truly good happened my way...
The whole plan to get a bit more in shape before NY is going ok, if I can stay the hell away from Red Lobster. Damn cheddar biscuits....so amazingly tasty. Yardwork is excercise, so that's incentive to help my dad out, which he appreciates.
I guess that's the update, I think I've covered everything.
My friends, I love you. I don't get to say that enough. Here I can and it can't be awkward because you have the option of believing that I'm not actually referring to YOU. Think what you like...
Well, I'll be here for another 11 days, until June 1st when I leave for my internship in New York. I would love to see all of ya as many times as possible during that time, especially if we can come up with cheap things to do as I am extremely broke. :-) My birthday (I'll be 20! No longer a teenager!!!!) is this coming Tuesday, and I'm going out to an awards dinner with my mom because she had to be there anyway for work. Honestly I don't really know what to ask for this year, I wanted my little sister's iPod, but refurbishing it would cost about 170 bucks (I checked Apple's website) so I'm scratching that off the list. Now its down to headphones, gift cards, and a blender. Generally, I'll be spending the majority of this week helping my dad with house-work during the day, trying to leave evenings open for friends. I have to paint the bathroom, and he's got a bunch of stuff he'd like to see done as well. The week after this I plan to just leisurely pack, read, and mentally prepare for living in a big city.
I'm recovering quite well from the trauma of being way over my head in the lab...for which I am extremely grateful. It was pretty scary for a while there, as my dad put it, it was handled inappropriately. Really, they should have dealt with the animal portion of Tammy's lab in a much more professional manner, not assuming that the 3 college undergrads could handle running things with NOBODY who knew what was going on around. Really, I can't be expected to diagnose parasitic infections in bearded dragons or liver problems in degus. Just ain't gonna happen. Thank heavens for Dr. Wilson and Dr. Christopher, who saved the day more than once by helping me with practicing for presentations and reviewing abstract drafts. I did indeed submit an abstract to the Society for Neuroscience annual meeting, I'll have my very own poster in a room of probably several thousand better posters. Wilson has been particularly amazing, facebook notes from profs are just the best:
Amanda - I never thought of you as shy. Quiet, maybe... thoughtful, but not shy. I'm sure that I don't see all facets of you, but I'm sorry to see you despise anything about yourself. Take care,
Jeff
This was in response to my changing my "status" on Facebook to "Home in Saginaw, but despises her shyness." He's just such a nice guy, I'm glad he likes me. When I changed my status after that, he sent another note just saying " :-) ". It was real cute.
The semester ended well grade-wise, I pulled a straight 4.0 for the term. That brings my cumulative up to a 3.90, which is very exciting. I honestly can't believe I managed to enjoy myself as much as I did and still do really well in my classes, but I'm going to call it a fluke. With organic chemistry in the fall I can't afford to go out as much as a did this semester, not by a long shot.
In other, more personal news, I'm thinking I'd kinda like to pursue a romantic relationship. Yes, I have a person in mind. No, you don't get to know who it is just yet. Suffice it to say that I'm generally at ease around him, I'm actually attracted to the guy, and he would be probably the best guy I've ever dated if things work out in the fall as I'd like. My goal for this summer then is to keep a casual correspondance, probably 99% through Facebook, and see how it goes. It's a bit hard to gauge what his interest level is, especially since I know he's rather shy. I think I'll just pursue, friendly-style (not particularly forward, just nice and fairly consistent) and see where it goes. Quite a limb walk for me, since he's been a perennial crush of mine, and taking a step out there puts me at risk of rejection and an end to my daydreaming. Oh well, what's life without a little romantic entanglement?
Seems like all of my friends are having good luck in the relationship dept., and it feels like my turn must be coming soon. It's been so very long since something truly good happened my way...
The whole plan to get a bit more in shape before NY is going ok, if I can stay the hell away from Red Lobster. Damn cheddar biscuits....so amazingly tasty. Yardwork is excercise, so that's incentive to help my dad out, which he appreciates.
I guess that's the update, I think I've covered everything.
My friends, I love you. I don't get to say that enough. Here I can and it can't be awkward because you have the option of believing that I'm not actually referring to YOU. Think what you like...