Gotta Love October

I love October, and not just because I was born this month. I'm boycotting my birthday anyway, I'll be 21 every year from now on. The humidity leaves and the air is cool. After such a miserable summer I'm excited for fall.

School is okay. I was sick last week and it was a real pain to try and keep up when all I wanted to do was curl up and die. I managed though. Got a 100 on my math test and a 94 on my english paper. I have a huge computer test this Friday. I was worried but now I'm pretty confident. No school next Monday so I have a long weekend to work on my research paper. Registration for Spring starts on Oct 16 and I've already picked my classes Math 101, History 102, Religion 201, Biology 101 and Biology Lab 101. Sounds heavy but it will be fine.  The 2 classes I'll have the most trouble with will be Math and History. I'll be going to school this next summer too. From May 15,07 to June 9, 07 I'll take Chemistry 101 and Chemistry Lab 101. Then from June 12, 07 to July 7, 07 I'll take Biology 102 and Biology Lab 102.  Finally from July 10,07 to August 4, 07 I'll take both English 102 and Speech 101. I'll have a few weeks off before I start Fall classes which will consist of : Math 105, Chem110 & Chem 110 Lab, PE 107, History 101, Sociology 201.  And last but not least my last semester will be SPRING 08 (hurrah!) Organic Chemistry, Microbiology 211, PE 108, Physics 101, and Art Appreciation 231. Sounds like alot huh? HA! It is, I'm fast-tracking, which means I'm taking compressed courses......its harder but so far I'm doing fine. I should have a 3.8-4.0 GPA this term. My financial aid requires me to have only a 3.0. I'm golden. By April of 2008 I'll be applying to Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond for their Applied Sciences program. So, there it is, the next 2 years of my life.

Once I get into VCU, I'll go through some orientation classes and then start more advanced classes like Hematology, clinical immunology and pathogenic bacteriology. The basic clinical sciences program only runs 2 years but I may try applying for their fast track Masters program, that runs 3-4 years.

Joe finally finished the shed, the inspector passed it last week. I'm so glad too, now we can get our stuff out of storage.  Lets see, what else? Ummmm. Oh yeah, Sydney starts Viola lessons this week. The county offers free lessons and renting the instrument is cheap so we thought we'd give it a try. She isnt happy that she'll have to practise out in the back yard.

Ok, well, that about does it. I'll try and write again this month. Tata!