Post-Valentine's Post

It's the day after Valentine's Day. The actual day of Valentine's Day wasn't that special for me this year. I mean, I got some Valentine's from friends, but I didn't actually get around to doing anything for them and that's usually the best part. Last year I made all my friends hand-drawn Homestar valentines. ;) Plus, Andy and I celebrated over the weekend. He got me a huuuuge card (which I still don't know what I'm going to do with), some "coupons" for things like, "a date where I don't complain about you paying" and, "a hug whenever you need it" and a pair of nice silver earrings (the boy has taste ;).) I got him a "Roy Rogers" kit (Coke, cherry syrup, maraschino cherries) on the recommendation of Steve and the movie The Last Samurai. We spent most of the day at the mall attempting to pick out my present and getting Andy a haircut. :) It was a nice day. I also went to the Cheesecake Factory for only the second time in my life and it was quite good.

Laura has friends coming over this weekend. It should be fun. The room will actually be clean for Laura's friends because Andy is also probably going to be visiting me On Monday since I won't be going to Yakima for the weekend. Even though I really miss my family . . . :\ The other day, as I was walking out of the science building with Steph, I heard a sound that I thought was a sprinkler and the weirdest thing happened. My heart actually jumped for joy. My whole psyche was literally squealing in happiness at this sound which I associate with the dry climate and irrigation of home. I was quite crushed when we came through the outer doors and I realized it was only a very choppy-sounding lawn mower. :( That right there can tell you that I'm missing home a lot right now. I'm crushed that I didn't hear a sprinkler. I think the sunshine we've been having recently has done it. I also think it has officially started my spring fever today. I couldn't keep my eyes off the blue, blue sky . . . ~sighs regretfully~

Anyways, I got offered a TA job next quarter for the plant section of general biology. Dr. Nelson teaches it and he highly recommended me for the person who handles these things. ;) Hmm, wonder why. :P However, I am also going to be taking care of the greenhouse, working at the library, keeping up with o-chem and its lab, AND taking plant taxonomy which has two lab times per week. Just a hunch, but I don't think I would be able to fit in another lab time and time for grading papers in on top of that. :\ I hope I'll be able to TA for this class next year. I would love to.

Speaking of my plant taxonomy class, it features a camping trip to, of all places, Eastern Washington! :D Hey hey! Maybe I'll be camping somewhere close enough to home that I can visit. ;) It will be sooooo cool to finally be able to identify all the different sages and tumbleweeds and grasses. XD I've wanted to be able to do that ever since we got the plant identification book on flowers of the Cascades.

My classes this quarter are fairly blah. Statistics, UCOR, and the death-bringer organic chemistry combine to make a thoroughly boring, sometimes frustrating quarter. Good thing I'm halfway done. Anyway, the one bright spot is, once I'm done with organic chemistry, I never have to take another chemistry class again! Woo hoo! :)

Well, that's all I can think of for now and I am getting hungry. See you again soon, blogging community!

The Pleased Planter

P.S. I am surprised that no one suggested names for the other fish in my photograph. There's still just Sherbet and the big orange one and the little white one . . .