It says "30 posts." Not "30 meaningful pieces of writing."

Alex pointed out how my blogs, while plentiful of late, have not involved much writing. I have several in progress but time to blog has been scant. Here's a school update.

1) 3 classes!! That's it!! Today I registered for my final three classes of my Bachelor's Degree in Liberal Studies through the University of Iowa. Starting in January, I will be taking Pathophysiology, Biostatistics, and U.S. Involvement in Foreign Affairs After 1900. Also, those first two classes will fulfill requirements toward my nursing degree, so I'm very thankful for that.

2) This semester is rapidly coming to a close. This week, I'll be working on the following:

Organic and Biochemistry: My last lab is tomorrow! And then a final in two weeks. That's all. I also have one more unit to complete on metabolism for my lecture class, and I'm hoping to get that done possibly tonight. I have asked the instructor to let me take the final early so I can get it out of the way.

Speech: My delivery of a speech on book banning yesterday went okay. I didn't practice as much as I should have due to a scratchy throat these last several days. All in all, I was so impressed with the class! Clearly the students all spent a lot of time preparing. The best part definitely came after class when several students and I began a great conversation about tolerance in the Christian church. The next project for that class will be a group effort focusing on persuasion. The speech we just did yesterday was the biggest project of the semester, so I am glad to have it behind us.

Nutrition: This is the class I tend to put off due to other more pressing concerns and more challenging subjects. However, a final will be coming in a few weeks and I need to get focused on that. I also have a dietary analysis to write by this Sunday involving my own 3-day intake.

Microbiology: As I wrote before, my last lab was a total loss with nary a bacteria to show for it all. My instructor confirmed that I destroyed the media with heat and gave me some pointers to keep that from happening again (like, if the plates start turning black, chances are it's too hot. A thermometer is also helpful! :). The school is sending new supplies. This puts the rest of my labs on hold until I can successfully grow my biota in a culture plate. Grow, babies! Grow! We just started the third unit in that class which revolves around diseases, pathogens, and very scary disorders that make you thank God that you still have your skin. Literally.

So that's what's happening. I also need to write an essay for my nursing school application. All of my prerequisites and paperwork should be completed shortly. I just can't believe it.

POSTSCRIPT: Now that I have looked at the chapter on metabolism, I thought I'd share that an average human adult processes about 6 tons of food and 10,000 gallons of water in a 40 year period. Quite remarkable!