Listening to: My favorite Korean tv show's soundtrack.
Mood: Content
Wow, June has been crazy! I decided to wait until the end of the month to make a post, because I just had too much going on. Time is flying, and I can't believe we're into July already. Therefore, I better spill the beans before August hits and my head is under water. Let's see...what happened to me?
Oh yeah. My car exploded. (Exaggeration for effect). I was so proud of myself too, because recently I had swallowed my pride to ask how to use the pressure gauge at the gas station to fill my tires (reinforcing the women-car stereotype, unfortunately). Then a week later my car started to shake violently a couple times, so I made an appointment, but alas, it died before I could get my baby into the service station. Therefore, at 6am the neighborhood watches as a towtruck pulls my car onto the bed and drives me off. I found it ironic that Jimmy Buffet was playing "Come Monday, it'll be alright". It was Monday. I was not alright. Anyways, 6 hours, 500 bucks, and 4 engine parts later, my baby was up and running again. I filled up his tank as a lollipop for being good at the doctor's.
Alright, moving on. Midterms. That was a week of hell. I had a marine chemistry and marine mammals exam. I was terrified for the chem one, so I studied roughly 30 hours for it. Got a B. Only 4 people beat me. I guess I can't complain, considering people from the other class literally came out sobbing. I got an A in marine mammals. Now, you may not think that would be too hard, but people got lower grades in that than chem! There was A TON of information, and I had to memorize many scientific names. I felt like a Baelenopteridae was weighing on my shoulders (a blue whale, you un-sciency people!). Anyways, every spare moment I had I studied, and it payed off. Yay. And afterwards, as if I could rest, I had to crunch out a 10 page paper that's being torn apart as we speak. Again, yay.
Finally, some fun came along, when I got to clean my bathroom. No that wasn't the fun part. Joce was coming to stay with me, so I had to scrub. She flew in on Thursday and I picked her up and brought her home, so she could attempt to wear off some jetlag (she flew in from Malawi, Africa and had been flying for like, 20 hours) and then we went for a picnic on the beach (while it poured down rain) and then I gave her a tour of the Oceanographic Center (which took about 2 seconds) and then she passed out in the car while I was in class. The next day I took her to the beach in the morning just to chill, and we had Pirmani Bros. right on the ocean front. She couldn't get over the fact they were in Ft. Lauderdale. Then she chilled at home while I worked, and then we had dinner and a surprise birthday celebration for her, since she didn't get to celebrate in Africa. Then we went to a brunch held by Fran, who recently moved out to be closer to the school. We checked out her pad, and then I went to drop Joce off at her other friend's house. Let me tell you. It was posh. Both the parents are retired and very nice. The dad was out smoking a cigar and talking with his son-in-law who also had a cigar and iPad, while the mom showed me around and talked about her marine biologist sister in the Keys. At this point, Pam and Em's supercilious voices came into my head ("OOHHHHHHHHH, the LAKEHOUSE!") and I laughed to myself. She asked me to stay for steak and ribs, but alas, the library called. I stayed and played poker with the girls for an hour then left. My apartment just didn't look the same after I got home :)
For the 4th, I met up with Fran and her sister Dominique, as it was her last night in the U.S. before flying home to Switzerland. We watched fireworks on the beach, then hung out at this beach bar/nightclub called Da Big Kahuna. It was fun. And today, I came full circle, as I am now back to cleaning my bathroom. Oh, the poor life of a graduate student...
Mood: Content
Wow, June has been crazy! I decided to wait until the end of the month to make a post, because I just had too much going on. Time is flying, and I can't believe we're into July already. Therefore, I better spill the beans before August hits and my head is under water. Let's see...what happened to me?
Oh yeah. My car exploded. (Exaggeration for effect). I was so proud of myself too, because recently I had swallowed my pride to ask how to use the pressure gauge at the gas station to fill my tires (reinforcing the women-car stereotype, unfortunately). Then a week later my car started to shake violently a couple times, so I made an appointment, but alas, it died before I could get my baby into the service station. Therefore, at 6am the neighborhood watches as a towtruck pulls my car onto the bed and drives me off. I found it ironic that Jimmy Buffet was playing "Come Monday, it'll be alright". It was Monday. I was not alright. Anyways, 6 hours, 500 bucks, and 4 engine parts later, my baby was up and running again. I filled up his tank as a lollipop for being good at the doctor's.
Alright, moving on. Midterms. That was a week of hell. I had a marine chemistry and marine mammals exam. I was terrified for the chem one, so I studied roughly 30 hours for it. Got a B. Only 4 people beat me. I guess I can't complain, considering people from the other class literally came out sobbing. I got an A in marine mammals. Now, you may not think that would be too hard, but people got lower grades in that than chem! There was A TON of information, and I had to memorize many scientific names. I felt like a Baelenopteridae was weighing on my shoulders (a blue whale, you un-sciency people!). Anyways, every spare moment I had I studied, and it payed off. Yay. And afterwards, as if I could rest, I had to crunch out a 10 page paper that's being torn apart as we speak. Again, yay.
Finally, some fun came along, when I got to clean my bathroom. No that wasn't the fun part. Joce was coming to stay with me, so I had to scrub. She flew in on Thursday and I picked her up and brought her home, so she could attempt to wear off some jetlag (she flew in from Malawi, Africa and had been flying for like, 20 hours) and then we went for a picnic on the beach (while it poured down rain) and then I gave her a tour of the Oceanographic Center (which took about 2 seconds) and then she passed out in the car while I was in class. The next day I took her to the beach in the morning just to chill, and we had Pirmani Bros. right on the ocean front. She couldn't get over the fact they were in Ft. Lauderdale. Then she chilled at home while I worked, and then we had dinner and a surprise birthday celebration for her, since she didn't get to celebrate in Africa. Then we went to a brunch held by Fran, who recently moved out to be closer to the school. We checked out her pad, and then I went to drop Joce off at her other friend's house. Let me tell you. It was posh. Both the parents are retired and very nice. The dad was out smoking a cigar and talking with his son-in-law who also had a cigar and iPad, while the mom showed me around and talked about her marine biologist sister in the Keys. At this point, Pam and Em's supercilious voices came into my head ("OOHHHHHHHHH, the LAKEHOUSE!") and I laughed to myself. She asked me to stay for steak and ribs, but alas, the library called. I stayed and played poker with the girls for an hour then left. My apartment just didn't look the same after I got home :)
For the 4th, I met up with Fran and her sister Dominique, as it was her last night in the U.S. before flying home to Switzerland. We watched fireworks on the beach, then hung out at this beach bar/nightclub called Da Big Kahuna. It was fun. And today, I came full circle, as I am now back to cleaning my bathroom. Oh, the poor life of a graduate student...
