Catherine

I promise I haven't been ignoring you. I've been so crazy busy, I totally forgot to update LJ:
Saturday (10/18, I think): I got up ridiculously early  (5:55 am!) because I had to meet on campus at 6:50 am to go to Neighborhood Pride Day in Santa Ana. We got there around 7:30 and were assigned a house. For four hours, we painted the house, trim and the garage. We also completely cleaned out the garage, and did some landscaping in the front yard (a few new plants, bark, and stepping stones). I got two spider bites on my ankle -- but since I'm not dead yet, I'm assuming it wasn't poisonous. It was a long, hard, hot day already, and it wasn't even noon. The roomies and I went to a party at 10 that night for a friend's birthday. I couldn't drink much since I was driving (sad face) and I ended up not getting home until nearly 4 am. That was fun. 

Also, when did gas prices fall below $3 per gallon? The price of regular was $2.43 at Costco today. I filled up my car for under thirty bucks. Awesome! Especially so since I don't have a job and can barely afford food so I don't starve, let alone gas for my car.

Last week was horrid. I had three exams in a row on Friday, so I spent the entire week from Saturday until Thursday studying pretty much non-stop. My schedule went something like this: wake up (7:30 am), go to school by 9 am), go to lab, back to school, get home (3 pm), study, eat, study, go to bed (2 am). I read four chapters in my physics book, transcribed my notes, and made a cheat sheet. When I got tired of physics on Thursday, I studied for cell bio, and then went back to physics. I took a practice midterm for cell bio and quizzed the bf on another version. I went to bed at 2 am, and I still hadn't even started studying for animal behavoir. I actually got two hours off in lab to review for that class, and then it was time for the first of three midterms. I had physics at noon, cell bio at one and animal behavoir at 3. It was like taking some sort of standardized test. I found out yesterday that I got an A on my physics midterm, so all that studying actually paid off this time. Yay! =)

Saturday I went to visit my grandparents at their apartment in Loma Linda. My grandfather's down here from NorCal to get proton radiation treatments for his prostate cancer. He needs a total of 45 treatments, and he already has 20. Hopefully he'll be done by his birthday and be able to celebrate the holidays cancer-free. I'm keeping my fingers crossed.

Other than that, my life has been uneventful (except for Tuesday, but that's a different post). How have you been?