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After not posting in so long, it's sad my last post contained no information. Takes a few tries to get back in the habit I guess.

For those who care, here's what my semester looks like:
Statistics: Easy. The professor is nice and actually a good teacher, but goes sooooo sloooooowly. I knew this, but had to take him anyway b/c of time conflicts.

Public Management: Lots of reading. Lots of bunk theories and common sense I don't need to sit in class to figure out. But the prof and some of the case studies are interesting. I actually found an interesting book on environmental management, and can do a project on it. My friends who are teaching have showed me I need to make the most of courses I wouldn't necessarily choose to take.

Geographic Information Systems: Love the subject matter- making and using maps, aerial photos, etc to compile information and solve problems. The independent assignments are great, but the lectures are seriously disappointing and the students are unresponsive as a result. Based on what I've heard about this class, I'm hoping it gets better.

Groundwater Flow Modeling: Not as boring or scary as it sounds. My wonderful applied math prof teaching us about his passion in a cool Dutch accent. Using math and computer programs to figure out where water goes when it's underground. It scares me that I like classes like this and aquatic chemistry (more modeling). I'm afraid I'm an engineer at heart, and missed my calling. Then again, maybe they were just good classes.

Maybe the classes this semester don't look so good. So far, they haven't taken much time, so I've had time for work and play without feeling behind. That may change, but it's been really nice.

3 weeks

How did it get to be the 3rd week of school? Here are my theories on how it went by so fast...
1. Too much fun- my roommates and I (collectively known as Rasheesha, a combination of our names)have been going to the many beginning of the year gatherings, and manage to have a lot of fun when we stay in, too.
2. Too much work- I'm continuing my work in the water chemistry lab. We have half the workers, and extra work, with limnology class samples to run. Plus data to enter and reports to write!
3. Too much responsibility- I've had to spend some time getting Environmental Management Association started for the year, but it's paid off so far- our first meeting had great attendance!
4. Too much moving furniture- first we had to buy furniture, then we had to move it so they could deodorize the carpets (see story below), then we had to move it back, then we had to move it again so they could change the carpet pad! Moving in to our townhouse has generally been more work than I expected.
5. Too much Harry Potter- did I mention I was temporarily obsessed this summer? I started listening to the books on tape during some car trips this year, then started madly racing to read books 1-6 before school started. Why? Because once I get to a certain point in the book, I'll stay up till 3, 4, 5 am reading.

I don't feel like typing the story I promised, so here's the short version: our carpet smelled like pee. It stunk (literally), but it gave us some good laughs/quotes. Such as:

S:Maybe it's not pee, maybe it's drugs (explanation of why we kept lying on the floor)

R: Dang it, it smells down here. I was counting on you, nose (addressing her stuffy nose)

S: I mean, if you think about it, every place has pee somewhere.
A: What, at Woodbridge or in the world?

R:Are you thinking about snogging?
S: No, the thought of pee generally drives that out of my brain.

Sorry about the crudeness, I promise my next post will have no mention of human or animal waste.