I AM OFFICIALLY ON SPRING BREAK!!! After a VERY tiring lab I am back at the dorm and waiting for my mom to come and get me to go back home for the week. I never thought this week was going to end, it’s been going SO slow. But finally it has come to an end, and it wasn’t too bad an ending. I must say Tucson, no probably Arizona in general has some really crappy parks, they’re all desert. But that’s what we did, we went to a huge park, which really seemed like it was more for hikers, and did the counting cacti thing. For some reason, probably because it was fairly cheap, they rented a school bus to take us there. I kind of felt bad for the people taller than me, because I could barely fit in the seat without slanting my legs some. Then we got to the park, and we had to hike some. The TA said we had to get to the top of this rather large hill, and although some thought he was joking he wasn’t. Funny thing is it was harder going down than it was going up, probably all the loose rocks. We then commenced looking for little cacti, which may I say isn’t easy. You know why everyone always noticed the big saguaro? Because the little ones are EXTREMELY difficult to find, especially if you’re looking for some under 28 inches. Even though my group lied about the height on a few of them we found 15 of the saguaro and barrel cacti. Luckily we didn’t spot any rattle snakes, although one of my group members said he saw something like looked like a snake that was moving away from us. I was freaking out some, especially when there were a bunch of holes in the ground that a snake could pop out of any moment. This is perhaps one reason I didn’t mind having an early morning lab, it was probably still too cool outside for the rattlesnakes to come out and sun. However, when we were walking back to the main path we did see a little rabbit running away, it was so cute! The entire hiking thing was tiring, but then when I got back to campus (after the bus having some issues getting started), I had to climb four flights of stairs to get back to the classroom. And then when that was over, because I didn’t want to wait for the elevator to come back up, I took the stair down. At that point my legs felt like jelly. Then I had to ride my bike about a mile back to my dorm, and when I got back I kicked the stupid tennis shoes off (I hate wearing tennis shoes, my toes are too cramped up in them and there’s no ventilation like flip flops), splashed some cold water on my face, drank about half a pint of water, then collapsed on the bed for a few minutes. I actually think I’m going to lay down a bit more before my mom gets here, although I have to have enough time to finish packing and change out my sheets so I can wash them at home. And I need to pack my backpack with everything I need to study over break, which includes math, chemistry and biology. Won’t that be fun? I probably won’t get around (much at least) to any of my sciences, but I have a math test on the Thursday I get back so I REALLY need to study. It’s strange, yesterday, when only like 10 people showed up to class, and he went over what would be on the test, and gave examples of the different rules for derivatives and everything I suddenly got it. I still don’t completely understand any of it, except the really basic first couple rules for derivatives, but somehow I managed to get a clearer picture. With a bit, or a lot, of studying I should be able to pull a passing grade on the next test, which I really need. And then because I made a bunch of stupid mistakes on my chem test, like really stupid mistakes, I’m going to try and learn some of the material we’re doing now, which is really just Lewis Structures. Biology I’m not as worried about, since I got a high C on the last test, although this plant stuff is harder. I’m not good with plant biology, never have been.
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