a new start, week 1

it's kind of sad that i've only written one post and i'm already tempted to write "it's been awhile." but hey, it's been awhile. things have been going fairly well. week 1 of school just came to a close as of today, and since i'm not planning on dropping any classes this semester, today was the last opportunity to do so without having it go on record as a W. well, it's certainly going to be an interesting semester: systems physiology (w/ la placa), statistics (w/ lu), conservation principles in bme (w/ le doux) inorganic chemistry (w/ zhang), and inorganic lab. sys phys has been a nice addition, i was dreading it at first, but after a couple classes, i'm definitely enjoying it. it helps to read the textbook before going to class and listening to the lecture. the material from the textbook has been great to read too. i'm actually enjoying reading that textbook. yes, i'm a nerd. shh. but it does make me feel like maybe i can get through this degree.

but i'm getting ahead of myself on that one. not only because of the other classes i'm taking, or the fact that it's still the end of the first week... there's stil a long way to go before i can even start thinking like that.

lu and zhang are challenges. i can't get through their accents, and it's going to be a long hard semester to be able to learn the material. but they've got decent gpa's, and there's gotta be good reasons for that. i'm sure it'll work out if i read ahead like i do in sys phys.

so that's that in terms of classes...

exercise-wise, i am so out of shape. wednesday i finally decided to get off my lazy bum and play racquetball against soles. and lost. it was a good game though. great game. but i realized i am SO OUT OF SHAPE. and then i ran stairs with elyse... and then i realized I AM REALLY REALLY OUT OF SHAPE. AND FAT. i could hear the familiar *blup blup* noise. made me self-conscious. sigh. and then i've been fighting soreness since. ran with hibisca and did some light weight workouts. so i got something happening tuesdays/thursdays and wednesdays at least. i'll get some swimming and tennis in there and it'll be active.

frisbee has been very rusty. but it's great to be out there again. i wouldn't mind getting some turf burns again. and re-learning the flick. it'll take time though. i don't feel like i belong anymore. that's bad.

i hope i can still manage to do this once it gets busy. i hope i can actually stay organized and be responsible.

the week's been great. being able to see the sunlight once again, not being stuck in lab. it stings that i had to quit. i find myself missing the lab, and i hope i can come back over the summer to it again. however, it has taught me to use my time fairly wisely -- to actually do work instead of wasting it all away. so i find myself less stressed and enjoying more hours of sleep. i got a random call from stuart today while i was in sys phys from either england or zambia, i couldn't tell which. but that made me smile too. i miss everyone. i miss the people that decided to be lame and co-op for this semester. one of them's visiting tomorrow and i'm pretty sure at least three of us will be bothering her when she gets done with whatever she's doing. she better not bail. i miss the people that are overseas or across the nation. we live so many lives, even though we're just one person... and it would be so much simpler if all our worlds just decided to come together. how cool would that be?

being able to hang with the roommates has been great too, instead of seeing them for a brief period of time before going to sleep. it's nice to be yelling at john again, and watching stedman play halo 3. there's something brainless and blissfully relaxing about it. and rock band is the new fun around the apartment. i've missed my friends. i hope i won't be so antisocial this semester. we've already got some lunches going during the week.

15 months.

sorry my writing's been going all over the place. but just fyi,

it's been a great week :)