Blogging at Work II

I do not have internet at my apartment yet, so, alas, I have been unable to post for a bit. The only opportunities for internet access have been at work or at home, and as I've been up at the U for two weeks, my access has been fairly limited. But, my class is done, I am back to work, and hence the post.

The class I took at the U was amazing to say the least. I got some fantastic ideas for teaching, I listened to some amazing professors, and I got to feel my brain really working again. It's not that my brain doesn't work when I'm teaching, but it's a different kind of work. Hearing words like allelic frequencies, selective serotonin uptake neurons, and somatic cell nuclear transfer stimulate a part of my brain that's been on hiatus ever since graduation. Simple monohybrid Punnett squares just don't do it for me anymore. =) Because of my recent cerebral stimulation, I've seriously been looking at going to Purdue in September to a graduate school expo. I'd get the opportunity to see Purdue, to talk with some other schools, and to maybe get a little bit of a feeling of what grad school would hold for me. (Like a $30,000/year stipend for teaching an ungrad class. Can anyone say, You'll pay me to go to grad school?!?!)

I've been getting quite a bit of sun this summer with all of my various outdoor activities, and I think I'm darker than I've ever been. Oh, I'm still pasty and white, but my freckle ratio has dramatically increased which makes me look darker.

Speaking of outdoor activities, the school garden has been overcome with weeds. So if any of you feel the need to get your hands dirty and to help me out, I would greatly appreciate any weeding help you could offer. I might even splurge on a pizza for dinner if you came.

School starts in less than one month, and I am much calmer than I was last year. I'm slowly getting used to the fact that I'll be teaching actual students again in one month. I'll be spending three out of five work days at the school getting my room ready, planning lessons, tidying up the lab space, and other such tasks that right now seem to be too long to list. Ug.

I think that's all for now. Alas, my life is not too exciting. I'm not on any fun vacations, I'm definitely not in Europe, I haven't a boy in this world or the next interested in me, and I've not been complemented on my appearance in such a long time. Oh, well. I really am blessed in a plethora of ways. =)

Blogging at Work

So, I am sitting here at work. Dr. Gardner is still out to lunch (where is he? It's like 1:30), I finished the work I had to do in like 15 minutes, and I've balanced my checkbook already. So, I decided to blog after being mildly inspired by Alisyn's random ramblings.

I went to the new ward on Sunday. It was an interesting experience. I felt overwhelmed at the amount of people I need to get to know, but at the same time I felt very complacent. My ward is combined with another ward for the summer, so in five weeks I won't need to know half of the people. Awful attitude, right? Well, that's how it goes. Especially when I'm going to need to know 200 students in eight weeks . . . and, strangely, that takes precedence. Perhaps that's what's wrong with me! Anyway, the ward had a "welcome" party that night to welcome all the new people to the ward. I went to it, and after introducing everyone to everybody, all of the people who knew each other started talking to each other. That left me and the other new person to talk to each other because, well, no one else would talk to us. This welcoming committee needs to branch out a little bit and start welcoming those who, um, need to be welcomed.

In other news, the new place is finally put together (for the most part). I'll be having a housewarming party sometime soon, most likely after my class at the U is done. I feel like I'm getting a steal of a deal there, and I'm quite content.

Tennis is coming along swimmingly. I actually quite enjoy it. I bought a tennis skirt and shirt up in Park City the other Saturday, and now I am quite the tennis star.

I went to dinner with Selytina last night, and I realized how much I miss her! I was sitting at my desk yesterday thinking, "Gosh, I need someone to talk to!" and her name popped into my head. So I sent her a text, she replied, and three hours later we ended up at Macaroni Grill together. It was fun to chat with her and to have the kinds of conversation you have when you are with Selytina. She's so funny.

I think that's it for now. I hope you are all doing well.

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