Happy Friday!

Oh, hi there!

So this weekend I will be writing about the trabecular microstructure of some rib samples... examining sex and gender related intra-skeletal differences in bone microstructure in theoretical paleopopulations, and comparing those differences to previously observed vertebrae samples.


Two weeks ago I looked at that assignment and thought to myself... "wow, I'm screwed."

Today I look at it and think... "oh that's not so bad."

See? I'm going to be just fine here. I keep wondering if I'm missing something, or if maybe I'm doing something wrong. I have this class on Fridays for new student parent transfers. It's basically a course for credit, that tells you how to balance life and school, how to deal with a bigger workload and more complex material, and it's kind of structured as a support group for parents. Everyone in the class is totally overwhelmed and stressed out, and I'm kinda like... um... YAY everything rules! So I'm thinking, am I just awesome? Or am I delusional? What's going on?

I am seriously the only one in the class that isn't scared of the reading and the papers. After today I was sort of thinking that maybe Golden West is just a really good community college? Because I don't really see that big of a difference in the workload or anything. And everyone else is FREAKING OUT. I mean obviously the professors at Berkeley are AMAZING, but I had some pretty good profs at GWC too. These classes are just more interesting and specialized.

Maybe it's just the combination of my not working and not living with the stress of living with my family that is making me feel like this is all easy peasy. Or maybe it's just that it's the 3rd week and in a couple more weeks I'll want to kill myself. Who knows? Either way... I'm feeling good and I'm excited and I don't think I'll ever get over how rad it is to be here.

It's funny to be wandering around the campus and just thinking to myself... "finally." I mean I really feel comfortable here.

Sometimes I think maybe I'm making too big of a deal out of it in my head, and then I think... who am I kidding, I'm at UC Berkeley! That's totally a big deal. And I love it.