Hello all! 5 more days until I am up to my neck with 22.6 credit hours. I am very very excited to start school, although with these lovely pink scars on my forehead, I'm not excited about the yearbook picture. We have orientation on Tues and Weds, followed by a "President's Welcome Reception and Dinner". It'll be really exciting to be around people that are walking down the same life path as me. I imagine it'll be much more fun than college. In college, everyone is about the same age and going through similar things, but everyone has different interests. Here, everyone will be working toward the same goal and going through the same training for it! I'm thinking it'll be a breath of fresh air.
This week has been another laid back week. I have taken a couple drives and the green is gorgeous. There are places where the trees just cover the road and everywhere you look there's green. When there's not green, there's marsh or murky water. I have crossed over the Mississippi River like 5 times, which is pretty small here compared to when I was in Louisiana, but still a sight to see. I drove around yesterday, through towns and neighborhoods (instead of all highway). I ended up in St. Paul at St. Thomas University. That area made me feel like I was back in Colorado. There were nice houses and lots of trees, kind of like the neighborhood just east of the Natural History Museum in Denver. I took my time driving by Lake Calhoun, where people had their boats out and everyone was leisurely biking the paths. Sometimes it's nice to just breathe and reflect on where you come from, as well as what lays ahead of you.
I went to sleep at 6 am (today) after what I have come to call "The Battle of the Bugs"!!!! I did some research and the spiders are just hardcore Daddy Longlegs. They are much bigger than the ones in CO, with long spiny legs and they can spin a web like nobody's business. I closed the windows, so I haven't had anymore centipedes (knock on wood). Now, I am mostly battling the rolly polly looking bugs that are called "sow bugs". Even though they aren't harmful to humans, these things are suicidal! They walk along the ceiling and then plunge to the floor, but they don't die. CRAZY bugs!!! I killed 12 of them last night and then gave up on sleeping by my bedroom window. I talked to Lee and Donna, we're gonna see if we can put some caulk around the windows, just incase.
I hope that everyone is doing well. Send me some good ju-ju for the upcoming week and I'll be sure to keep you posted on the lovely cadaver that I will be dissecting! Someone give Ryder and Sienna some big hugs and kisses for me!!! LOVE YOU!
