Treading Water (or heating at reflux)

This semester has been a season of treading water.  It seems like the only things that are all the way done are things that are needed for the next half of the day (or next actual day if I’m really lucky).  There is no working ahead or catching up, just treading water.  Up until now, I’ve [...]

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Inching My Way Toward…Something

Our microwave stopped working in January and we have decided not to replace it.  We found out over the last eight weeks or so that we really didn’t need it, we just thought we did.  It was a very strange realization because I truthfully would have defended that appliance as a NECESSITY and NOT OPTIONAL [...]

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Promiscuous Protons (or just more chemistry)

Disturbingly, I am dreaming about school more and more lately.  Usually this is entirely unhelpful, and certainly not restful.  It contributes to a general sense of “unwellness” that goes along with all the stressing I do over every little point in every class.  (I’m working on it, I swear.)  But last night, I dreamt about [...]

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I (still) can’t count carbons

This is a recurring problem in my organic chemistry career.  I consistently add carbons where there were none before and sometimes magically make them disappear.  I am certain real chemists do this all the time, but they probably don’t have professors looking for very specific intermediate compounds.  Oh well.  At least today I caught my [...]

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I Still Think I’m Too Old For Facebook

One of my friends at school has been after me to register at facebook so she can send messages about our group there instead of on the school email.  I’m not very technologically hip so I don’t really get the difference, but I was pretty sure I was too old for this crazy new-fangled thing. 
So she [...]

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Back to Reality

Break was super marvelous.  I learned how to make a New Jersey omelet and that I am not a good rock climber.  Easter hats, hard to come by in the frozen tundra, are plentiful out east and mine made it home without being squished – despite the best intentions of my flight attendant.  There is [...]

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Rick Bayless is my Hero

I used to cook at our house.  Then I went back to school and between the long commute and the homework, the meal preparation time went right down the drain.  So, in steps Pablo with his trusty German knives and a stack of Rick Bayless cookbooks.  My favorite thing this week is a garlicky soup [...]

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Aahhh productivity

Today many things were half crossed off the big to-do list.  New mattress for odd size bed – ordered.  New pots and pans – picked up and fondled, choices narrowed down.  Spring break packing – ok, that’s not anywhere close to happening yet.  But break is only one week away and I am so ready.  [...]

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Misunderstood

Apparently, I misunderstood something important about a class I’m taking this term.  The university requires two “writing emphasis” classes as part of the general degree requirements for every student.  I heard people complaining about these and wrote off the whiners because everyone knows that writing is important!!!  Plus, I knew it had been a looong [...]

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Wednesday is for swimming

I haven’t fixed that pesky cable yet, but hope to get to it after physiology lab today.  School doesn’t leave me as much knitting time as I would like so I have to squeeze in a few stitches at a time. 
Yesterday, I received my official acceptance into the professional program at the school and even [...]

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