Wednesday

Should I be doing homework right now instead of writing a post? Yes. But I don't want to do that. I figured I wouldn't like physiology when I signed up for it, and I figured right. My professor talks way too fast and relies too much on power points. She also doesn't use power point in a very effective way. Each slide has about as much text as one of my posts (which is to say, too much writing). Anyway, that's what I'm supposed to be studying for.

My day was good today though. I had a really nice work out this morning, and then I went for a little swim during my lunch break. It was so nice. And this time I actually did some swimming. I swam from one end of the pool to the other several times (this would be a lot more impressive if the school pool were as large as the pool in this picture. It's not that long). And my classes were fine, too.

Sadly, I don't have much Chloe news today. Today is one of my two long days at school, so she spent close to 8 hours at day care. By the time she took a 2 hour nap at home, I only got to spend about an hour and a half with her. That makes me a little sad. But at least she ate her dinner tonight. I've had the hardest time getting her to eat ever since I took her to the doctor. Hopefully her appetite has returned for good.

I had a little disappointing conversation with the T.A. in my mammalogy lab today. He's a graduate student and he was one of the T.A's for my Vertebrate Biology class last spring. I asked him if he'd tried to get a job after he received his undergraduate degree. He said yes, and that's why he's in grad school now. Apparently he applied for 70 jobs and only got one call back, which was to tell him they weren't hiring him. So I asked what sort of jobs he had applied for. He said he'd applied for conservation jobs at Fish and Wildlife, etc. So pretty much he applied for the types of jobs that I want to get when I graduate. I'm just hoping that since I'm looking to get a job with the government, they'll have to fill a quota of female employees, and maybe I'll get a job since I'm a girl. My grades aren't good enough to get a job based on my academic achievement. I'm not involved in ANYTHING (honor society, clubs, etc.) I really don't have anything to make me stand out from the crowd. That doesn't mean I won't try to get a job when I graduate. I'll apply for a bunch, but I won't be surprised if I end up having to go to grad school. It's not that I don't want to do more school. Far from it. I would love to have a PhD in Zoology and be the leading authority on... something. But I have to be realistic. I have kids and I have a husband who is working himself to death while I go to school. I need to get a job and start bringing in money before Miguel falls of a bridge or works himself to death. I want him home with me again.

I better get ready for bed. I have another long day tomorrow.