Crunch time

It's crunch time for me (and I'm sure for all other students out there) and I'm really starting to feel the days off I had to take last week. Unfortunately time does not stand still just because I had to make a trip to the ER, undergo some tests (that would have been awesomely cool if I hadn't felt so crappy), then be prescribed medicine that makes me super-drowsy. But whatever, I would probably be in the same position if I hadn't been sick, so I guess I shouldn't complain.

Today was my second immunology test -- I feel more confident about this one than the previous one, but I don't know that that means much. My TA told us after the first one that if we got over a 60 on it, we were "golden" but I'm not so sure I believe her. Luckily I did get over a 60, but I guess I'll just have to see how the curve pans out. The highest grade was a 92 (again, according to the TA) but we were also told the lowest grade was 58 points lower than the highest grade. With a range from 34 to 92 I'm not so sure what to think; seeing a distribution would be more helpful than knowing the average.

Thursday is my second cell and developmental biology test -- for which I have done no reading. I've learned about 1/2 of the material on this test in other classes, so it's not all foreign to me. I do need to review though, and I'm supposed to be studying with some of the folks in my class, so I should look at it before then so I'm actually useful in discussion. I did really well on the first test so I'm not too concerned. It'll all balance out.

Hmm, what else has happened lately... Keegan and I went to Wilmington last weekend (as I was starting to feel bad) to see his aunt and uncle's new house. It was really nice and it is exciting for Keegan to finally have some relatives in the area. They are wonderful and have already told us more than once that we should feel free to come and stay there, telling us the codes to the houses and giving a key to Keegan's mom. Yay, beach! Speaking of Keegan's mom, she's in the Galapagos then on to Machu Picchu -- so very jealous. I can't wait to see her pictures!

For Halloween Keegan and I carved our pumpkin and gave candy to all the little kiddos in our development. There were some crazy-adorable children out that's for sure. I can't wait to dress our kids as pumpkins and M&Ms or something; those seem to be classic round-baby costumes. Although there was a toddler carried to our door dressed as Yoda. :-) We have a lot of leftover candy, which I'm sure I subconsciously bought so that Keegan and I could eat it all. This weightloss thing needs to happen soon. Keegan and I have set a goal that we'll each lose 15 pounds before the new year -- I can do it! He can do it! He's also trying to put muscle back on for his ski trip in January; he'll need to be in good shape to cope with all the cold and constant physcial activity involved with skiing!

We finally have all of our wedding pictures! I am going to buy a nicer album to put them all in. I'm sure I'll get around to that by our 5th anniversary or something...

My task list is pretty daunting, including finishing another draft of my paper, continuing the name-change stuff on all my various things (passport, bank, car title, etc), abstracts and fellowship applications, presentations, studying... you know.

Sigh.