“Books are the perfect entertainment: no commercials, no batteries, hours of enjoyment for every dollar spent. What I wonder is why everybody doesn’t carry a book around for those inevitable dead spots in life.”

— Stephen King

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Make it or Break it Classes

I just finished what I was told was a make it or break it class for my degree. Microbiology. Accelerated class, as the whole course is accelerated. The class itself was only 4 weeks long. I did find it difficult, but with most difficult things, I found keeping my nose to the grindstone and studying…

Microbiology & Dating

Time keeps marching on and I find myself busier than before. I have one more class before it ramps up to 100 and I begin to attend school in person. It makes me nervous. Sometimes I forget how close it is, then I look at a calendar, or count how many assignments I have left…

Another Spin Around the Sun

Today marks another spin around the sun for me. You would think after as many as I have had this would be old hat, but I still feel something at the sight of my birthday. Nostalgia, longing, a sense of hope maybe? Surely some sense of loss at the years that have passed. Birthdays are…