Is Time Subjective?

I'm on spring break now and for some reason I'm bored. Today I went to work early in the morning, got there and found out it was Saturday not Sunday. Brilliant.

Last quarter went pretty well though. I got an A and a B in my classes. This boosted my GPA above the 3.0 mark...so I can actually dream reasonably about grad school. Still need to do well on the GREs though.

School starts again on Wednesday. I will be talking 2 seminars in psychology and sitting in on a molecular and cell biology class.

The chaos of the last quarter

So the school year is finally over. Yay! I now find myself broker than I have ever been, uncertain if a roof is going to remain over my head, and looking for a job. Going to college is not good on the finances. I'm on the verge of ruining all of my credit I have built up over the last decade. It will all be worth it in the end.

On positive note it is summer and I have time to relax. Which means studying for GREs, contacting people at grad schools I want to do research with, and getting people to write me letters of recommendation. Maybe I'll find time to spend with my love and enjoy the sun and good things Bellingham has to offer.

Failure is the secret to success

I've work pretty hard to get to the point where I am at. It's been a bumpy, bumpy road. I just found out a little over a week ago that I did not get into the behavioral neuroscience program. I've been working the past year to get in...but I have also learned more about school, science, and what I want to do...so in the end...it's not all that bad. I'm now a psychology major. Which means less work and more time for me to have a more relaxed life and be able to spend more time with my honey and taking care of me. Which will be nice. I will also have more time for research which I'm really excited to start. Dr. Rose whose lab I'm in just got published in Neuron so that is pretty exciting. I read the article and I got to say the genetics and molecular stuff is mostly over my head, but I got to see the microscopy and read about cultures and it just got me thinking about all the cool stuff I'm going to get to learn. Our 1st lab meeting is next monday. I talked to Dr. Rose to and she said that really good things were said about me at the program decision meeting. K.J. said I was taking his class and blowing everyone out of the water...so that makes me feel good. It is just my downfall when it comes to math. I got a D in pre-calculus and to get into the program now I need a C-. I'm not going to take it over or reapply though because I also found out I wouldn't have been able to complete the program before the end of next year and therefore would not have the financial aid to pay for it. I have also been becoming more and more drawn to social neuroscience. Which is an even newer field within the relatively new field of neuroscience. It's basically they study of how the brain relates to our social interactions and the self. So I get to look at things like personality, bonding, emotion, violence, ect. I think it's pretty cool and the grad. schools I have found offering this field of study you only need a degree in psychology so it doesn't much matter. Also I will now be able to take more psychology classes. So it's all good. Still been busy though. I think this is the hardest quarter I have ever taken in school. I've been really busy and there is a lot of work in all of my classes, except Oragnic chemistry....which is well organic chemistry. Which I have not been doing so hot in because It's where the been slacking so I can pull off everything else. So I'm glad to say there is only a month left....but I still have a ton to do.

I think my brain's going to explode

The school quarter started a couple of weeks ago and it already seems so long ago. I've been more busy this quarter than ever before. I am now co-president of the neuroscience club. We have had a club meeting, a journal club meeting, and a high school outreach session. Coming up we have a booth to attend on thursday, a program Q&A session, another outreach at UW, as well as another meeting, and club activities. I have also been learning to run the website, and keeping the e-mails updated...oh and we have to meet with professors about the future of the club (first one on Mon).

I have been able to get stuff done for myself too though. I finally got on a research team with Dr. Rose. We will be using C. elegans as a model organism and I'm suspecting we will be studying memory, since that is what her most recent work is on. I have yet to start though because we are waiting on equipment. She just started last quarter and the whole department moved to a brand new building this quarter which is super sweet. She is expecting a 10-15hr commitment out of me...but I'm happy to actually be doing research. I also finally applied for the Behavioral Neuroscience program and should know if I get in a little over a week from now. I'm really nervous because I know of about 10 people applying and there are only 6 more slots for the year. People keep telling me I'll get in because I'm president of the club, but I don't think that is a good reason.

Oh yeah and there is school work...which is what I'm actually suppose to be doing right (I'm procrastinating). I have a 5 page paper due on Monday which I have yet to start. I have a lot of writing to do this quarter. This paper and 2 more 7 page ones for this class. 6 , 1 page summaries and a 10 page paper for my other class.

It's the beginnig of the quarter and I'm a bit overwhelmed. I was also hoping to start a workout routine and to start talking to my friends more.

Ok yeah so I should go write my paper.