Your two year old brings you a molecular model shouting, “Mama, you need homewuhk mackachoo?” “Ma-ka-choo” is how Baby A says molecule. It totally cracks me up.
Archive for April, 2008
You Know You’ve Spent Too Much Time on Chemistry When…
Posted in School, tagged School on 30 April 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Counting Down
Posted in Overheard, School, tagged School on 29 April 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Many folks in my life are counting the days until graduation. I’m not at that point yet (actual counts vary from 107 to 119 weeks), but I am counting down to the end of the semester – 9 class days and four exam days to go!
In truth, I start counting on day one. I usually keep [...]
Books I Have Loved: Emil and the Detectives
Posted in reading, tagged Books on 25 April 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I was blessed with parents and teachers who left books all over the place while I was growing up, almost so that I couldn’t help but read. My mother read out loud to us until we grew up and moved out. Still, when we are together now, we will read to each other. I am a [...]
Ace and Susan
Posted in School, tagged School on 24 April 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The rats are doing well. Ace and Susan made it through the night and seem to have recovered from our amateur surgical efforts. Live animal surgery is so different from dissection. I knew that in my head, but seeing it and being a part of it was very different from what I had expected. The [...]
Overheard In the University Center
Posted in Overheard, School, tagged Eavesdropping on 24 April 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Boy walking by: I never thought I would say that someone could shred on an accordion, but that guy shreds.
Watching for Withdrawal
Posted in School, Thankfulness, tagged School on 23 April 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Today in Physiology Lab we are removing testes and ovaries from rats. Some of the people in our lab are uncomfortable with the actual surgery part, but I am more worried about time. We have three hours to perform three surgeries and none of us has ever done this before. I always feel rushed in [...]
A Thankful Heart
Posted in Thankfulness, tagged Thankfulness on 22 April 2008 | 1 Comment »
For as much whining as I do, you would think there is nothing good going on in my life. This is not true. There is much to be thankful for. As I watch winter (finally) change to spring here in the frozen tundra, I am doing my best every day to take the time to be [...]
A Day Late
Posted in School on 21 April 2008 | Leave a Comment »
One of the things that has changed since I first came back to school is the way people speak in front of me. At first, I noticed that people were careful about their speech – maybe not wanting to offend that older lady in the classroom. Lately, that has changed and so I get to [...]
For the Love of the Breakfast Potato
Posted in School, cooking, tagged food, School on 20 April 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Last summer, we purchased a farm share from one of our local Community Supported Agriculture farms. Each week for sixteen weeks, we received a box stuffed full of fresh vegetables. Not being particularly connected to the growing seasons (read: totally ignorant), we were never sure what to expect and each box brought fun surprises. Having this supply [...]
Tips For Giving An Effective Presentation (or the perils of going to school with young folks)
Posted in School, tagged School on 10 April 2008 | 1 Comment »
Why is it the spring semester feels so much longer than the fall? I know we are moving toward the long, light-filled days of summer instead of Christmas parties and general holiday merriment, but is it something else?
It has been busy in homeworkland; I have three exams in the next eight days. I was able [...]
