13

day 13.  a picture [i think] my hair looks nice in.
i like doing the straight hair thing.

this picture was taken last december.  philip and i had just gotten to minneapolis, I think josh picked me up, we went to Roseville, I got my hair cut/straightened (I'd like to do it a lot more but it takes a lot of time and arm strength. . . more than I have. . .) and we met a couple of my undergrad professors and their families for dinner at Khan's Mongolian barbeque.  Yummo.

Today was not such a great hairday.  I've tried to stretch the straight hair look from MN but today was the end.  I (race) walked to the metro this morning in rain/mist.  Enough said.  Precipitation doesn't mix well with straigtened hair (even when a hood and umbrella are providing protection from the elements). . .

I had class today.  I then had a two hour stretch of time.  My plan was to go to the gym and then work on my paper before my appointment at the campus writing center.  Well, I got to the gym and realized I had no swimsuit and no shoes.  That posed a bit of a problem. . . instead of running in the rain barefoot or swimming naked, I opted to go spend extra time at the library.

It didn't do me tons of good as I just stared stuck at the section of my paper I've been struggling to organize for the last two days.  I went to my appointment and learned the hard way that I should not bring process material to the writing center - proof reading only!  The guy started by commenting that he had done all he could to avoid biology in school. . . I knew I was in trouble.  The appt ended very early as he suggested that I seem too stressed and should go home and take a break two paragraphs into trying to edit mechanical stuff.  Genius.  Or NOT.  Seriously, who gives "don't do any work" advice around finals week?  I was kind of annoyed (okay, quite annoyed).  I gathered my stuff and marched off to the med school library and thought, "take that 'go home and take a rest'!"  It's kind of coming together but definitely isn't the best thing I've ever written.  I am trying not to obsess and kill myself over it as I think the grade will be fine, but I hate knowing/feeling like it's not an absolutely outstanding paper.  My last editing appt is on Thursday morning, so it's got to be finished for real tomorrow night.  I WILL have it handed in before we leave for NYC on Friday. . .  so excited to have a weekend free of school stress (the case material for my next final project isn't handed out until Monday).  So if you can say a little prayer for me for final inspiration to pull this paper together and feel good about the finished product that would be super :)