So the first picture is the exterior - apparently the parts that are sticking out are going to be meeting areas attached to labs. Then the middle is the "garden" area featuring endosome-shaped pools and mitochondria. Finally, in the atrium they have the ever-important X and Y. :) I was amused, to say the least. Dara was upset that they used a eukaryote instead of a prokaryote. She said that there would have been more floor space if they used a prokaryote. :) LOL So that is my real science nerdiness. :)
Moving on... so I'm at the end of week 3 and I just have my Genetics lab today and then I'm done. And it's an easy one that requires little to no work, so that is good. I should get out pretty quickly, which makes me happy. Especially since my lab yesterday night for Gen Bio went WAY long. Holy moly... if those students plan on staying in Biology, they need to learn to pipet faster!!! My mom pipets faster than they do! (And that's no joke... she knows how) :)
So this week has just seemed exceptionally crazy busy. The other faculty members (both new and old) told me that that is typical. So at least I feel a bit better. But yeah... I just feel like my butt got kicked this week with work. I had so many plans to get things done and they just got thrown out. I was in survival mode. Of course, it didn't help that I found out on Tuesday night that I was supposed to write the majority of the Gen Bio exam and have it done by Wednesday afternoon. THAT was a shock, to say the least. So I spent all Wednesday morning working on that. Then I had to write an exam for my Principles class... but I was expecting that, so it wasn't a big deal. But yeah... I will be a grading fiend next week! And somehow I have to catch up again and stay ahead of my students. I know it will all get done... and I realize that I could be worse off than I am (some profs ARE worse off right now!). But yeah... it's still no fun. Have I mentioned to any of you that I'll be glad when this year is over?? :) LOL
What else? So Paul mentioned that I should contact publishers of the textbooks that we use to get my name on their list so that I will get copies of textbooks when they come in, etc. So I did that today and have already been getting phone calls and e-mails in return, which is good. I'm going to get a bunch of books in the mail in the upcoming weeks, so that should be fun. I wonder how they do that when you get a big package? Cause I just have a little box. Interesting. I guess I'll find out!!! I'm really liking this whole free book thing though. BIG fan. :)
Oh! Today was pay day! So nice after over a month without a paycheck... and even longer since I've had a "real" paycheck. Although it was depressing to see so much money taken out for taxes and FICA. FICA really killed me. I just sit here watching my money go into it and you know that I'll never see a dime of that. All you retired people out there (dad) better appreciate my contributions!! :) But yeah... definitely a nice treat on Friday. It's funny... the faculty mailboxes are in the faculty lounge and in the morning there's usually a group of about 6 people (including me sometimes) who are in there drinking coffee and chatting. And basically you never see anyone else come in or out. Yeah... you KNEW it was payday because people were coming out of the woodwork to check their mailboxes!! And it's so ironic because you know that most, if not all, of them have direct deposit... so you're really only picking up your pay stub. But everyone was in there checking their boxes as soon as they got on campus. I was amused, I must say.
Anyway, that is the scoop over here right now. I think I'm getting into the groove of things... so far. We shall see. I'm just taking it one week at a time. And I get as much done as I can and hopefully I'll get to the rest next week... or the week after... :) All righty kids... I should be going for now. Enjoy the nice weather... I hear it's going to be crappy at the beginning of next week again. So we better enjoy this while it lasts!!!
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