Observation

Today I scheduled for fall classes. I did not schedule Biochem, in hopes that I did decent on this first midterm. As I prepared my schedule for fall I also updated my schedule for the rest of college. I marked all the classes that are only offered certain quarters so I make sure I take them at the right time. I also began checking my math to make sure I'll have enough classes for my major level classes and for my minor. In addition I still need to check General Education Classes (GEC's) to figure out how to get them all (many unfortunate things come with that). I rearranged things and it doesn't look entirely frightening. SO that's good. I'm throwing in quite a few evolution of genetics and stuff like that. Mark said it's really boring, but who knows... maybe I"ll like it.

The sad thing that happened when I was scheduling was that I could pick out more Psychology classes that I wanted to take than Biology. I enjoy my Psychology classes entirely, and always struggle in my sciences. Actually, that's a lie. I did AWESOME in bio, and actually liked it. The problem is that when biology gets hard, it turns more into chemistry. BUT, I haven't really taken my Mol Gen classes or anything yet. I decided to take the easier Microbiology. Why? Because the easier one is just 1 class, not 2. And the lab is an hour shorter. I also found out that OSU has an intro to physiology class, but I can't use it towards my major. BUT, I wanted to take physiology to help me be better prepared for Grad school, so it's a plus! Now I don't have to take 2 hard classes to get there! I'm somewhat excited that eventually I can take a Ethics or Philosopy class to also prepare for grad school, and hopefully it can fit into a needed GEC (I don't want to have to take a different one just to make it a GEC, but I will if needed). So things are looking a little bit brighter. I just thought it was weird that I'm more excited about my minor than I am about my major. The good news: What I want to do combines my favorite parts about my major with my minor. The bad news: I need to get a degree to move on to grad school to do what I want to do!!!

I can't believe week 5 of the quarter is already here! After this, only 5 more left! And 2 of my 5 classes are done on Tuesday of week 10. CRAZY!! I'm anxiously awaiting the return of my history and biochem midterms from last week. This week: History quiz, Psych quiz/part of midterm, and Ochem lab midterm. The last one is my concern. Ochem lab midterms are hard. So much info! But I'm sure I can do decent. I haven't been doing as well on labs this quarter, but I just need to get it done!

I can't wait for next week and the following, a little less stressful. Maybe I can meet Kate for lunch one of those weeks. Well... time to study! (most of you who read this aren't in college anymore... aren't you glad?)