All That Jazz--Week 9

Well, it's getting down to the clutch. My senior project is due in about a week or so. At about the same time, I will be taking my finals for Botany and Physics. I can't believe how quickly this term has gone. What a whirlwind school year this has been so far.

We had nominations for Circle K executive board positions on Tuesday. I was not nominated for Service Chair like I thought I was because someone else e-mailed Heather asking to be nominated. In addition, about four other people nominated themselves for the position. It's okay, though, because Heather nominated me for Social Chair, a position I would be sharing with another girl. She is going to Ireland Spring Term, and I am probably going to be gone Winter Term, so it works out well. Social Chair is in charge of setting up a fun activity for everyone in Circle K to get together to do. I have some great ideas! One would be a trip to the Davenport farmers' market or a maybe a game night where everyone could bring a board game that we could play in groups. Elections are Week 1 of Spring Term, so I have a little while to prepare my nomination speech.

Hannah came to visit us on Tuesday, as well! It was so great to see her again. I can't wait until she is back on campus again so we can hang out like we used to. She even brought me a scarf and a bead ring from Ecuador! I feel bad because I didn't really get her anything from London...

After a rather hard day at school on Thursday, it was great to go out to dinner at Panera Bread with Sarah and Devon. I had, of course, the wonderful Vermont cheddar mac'n'cheese along with a small Caesar salad and a side of their delicious bread. Well worth the eight dollars.

I took my third Physics exam on Friday. I think it went okay (at least better than last time). I also received a package from Mom containing not only the black long-sleeved cardigan that I left at home but also some quarters (I need them for laundry this week!), yogurt pretzels, and onion salt (which is strangely difficult to find in the grocery store). Friday night was so much fun because I went with Sarah and Devon to the Augustana Jazz Ensemble concert. Wow. I forgot how much I love jazz! They did a fantastic job. I knew a few of the guys from my classes and from work, so that was fun. We also looked at some of the art in the museum (located in the basement of Centennial Hall, where the concert was held). Afterwards, we watched the Disney movie The Princess in the Frog. It is so cute! If you haven't seen it, I highly, highly recommend it. I can't believe I hadn't seen it until Friday night!

Yesterday, I made some great progress on my poster for Molecular Genetics (the Results section is basically done except for a couple things I haven't done in lab yet) and finished my homework by 5 PM so that I could volunteer for Cans for Kids. I think I told you about it before: we sort bottles and cans into bags to pay for the occupational therapy of autistic children. We can only take the five-cent refund bottles and cans; the rest goes into the regular recycling. It's a little dirty but totally worthwhile and fulfilling. Devon went home yesterday morning, so it's just been me and Sarah for the rest of the weekend. Last night, we watched most of My Fair Lady and then played the Lord of the Rings Trivial Pursuit game. Sarah won, of course, because she's a dork like that (not that I'm any better...).

Now, Sarah and I are just watching the Superbowl (for the commercials, of course!) and eating supreme pizza and tater tots (with salad for me because I love my veggies).

This week looks pretty intense. Tomorrow I am presenting my one-minute aerobics routine, taking a lab quiz in Botany, and presenting the results of our fast plant experiment with the rest of my group. I will be glad when tomorrow is done because the rest of the week will be a little less stressful (if only slightly). Tuesday I am helping to run the fundraiser for BBB. We are selling flowers (it is Valentine's Day soon, after all). The rest of  the week will mainly be spent finishing my senior project, which I hope to share with you soon. Saturday is Kiwanis Pancake Day, so I will be making pancakes for people along with Heather and Stephanie (another co-president of Circle K) and maybe a couple of others, too. Well, I hope that you are all enjoying your Sunday Fundays, as I know I am. Have a great week, and I'll be back to tell you all about my week before you know it. Ciao!