Grasping here

Ok, so I was going to update on Monday I think, and I didn't. It's just so hard to come up with things to write on here.

My summer routine is pretty much set right now. I get up around 6 AM, do all the morning things like eat, judge outfits on ABC, and shower. I leaver here about 7, 7:15 ish and park at 4 diamonds, the free parking lot on campus. I keep thinking that I'm saving myself 81 dollars parking there. There is the added benefit that I walk to UCCS from there, which is probably about one or two miles. So I end up at my place of work around 8. From 8:15 to around 9:30 I set up experiments, flasks, etc. At 9:30 to 11:00 I meet with my biochemistry instructor for our independent study stuff. It's looking more and more likely that I'm going to be published (maybe Journal of Physical Chemistry B) before the end of the summer on that project, so I'll be able to put that down. Then from 11 AM to 1 PM, I dit on my butt and watch soccer for pay, basically. Occassionally I give a placement test or two.

After 1 I normally go back to the bioenergetics lab, though in the future that's going to be cut short by some of the work I'll be doing in the biochem lab. We found out that it might be a good idea to examine this substrate in its anionic form before sending it off to be published.

I get off of school around 5 or 5:30, and then come home. That's basically it.

I have however found a wonderful little diversion in two things, actually. The first is this amazing thing the public library has gotten over the last year or so and I haven't noticed. They're called Playaways, and basically, they're like mini-iPods with books on them. Basically, self sufficient books on tape. I listened to Pride and Prejudice last week and this week I'll be listening to 1776. Next week is Unsung Heroes, and the week after that promises to be Redemption. I REALLY like listening to history oriented books on tape, but that's because I'm a history nerd.

The second thing is that I bought the HBO series on John Adams, and I have found it INCREDIBLY historically accurate. I mean, I'm surprised at how much historical evidence is present in all of this. It's really surprising how much research went into it. I'm through the first DVD, and I have 3 more to go. I highly recommend it for any history nerds out there.

I don't know if I mentioned it to all you peoples, but I changed my schedule. I found out that it would cost me $25 more to take a one credit class, so I signed up for introductory piano. I figure I'm entitled to some fun before I dedicate myself totally to working my whole life, right?

Finances look like they may stabilize. My boss/mentor has a job proposal for me that I'll probably take. There's this water company that's marketing super-oxidized water, and they need to test it to ensure it's not going to kill someone. She said they really need someone to do this, and that she could probably get them to pay for my tuition in exchange for doing the work. I'm definitely intrigued by all of this. More to come later.

All in all, things are look decent for now. Hopefully I can update with some more frequency...