may 8, 2023 - monday week 9

so... i didn't post every day last week like i said i wanted to. oops.

today, i worked on a lot of extracurricular stuff - a big event is coming up for one of my clubs, and an important meeting for another is the day after that. in the middle of all that work, though, i managed to find some time to work on my classes! x) i did a biochemistry problem set, which was our roughest one yet. yikes.

i know i probably sound like a broken record, but i can't believe it's almost the end of the year already. it's been hard to stay motivated recently, but at least i have a supremely easy finals schedule this year (just one, and it's a normal test, not cumulative. i also have final projects in at least one class), so i know it won't really feel like summer once i'm out.

i'm looking forward to my summer gig! i'll be doing rounds overnight (since i'll be working a residential camp) and so i'll have lots of extra time to do stuff and be productive. hoping to do a lot of crocheting. maybe i'll pick up a couple of khan academy courses or something to make sure i'm doing something over the summer! :)

may 3, 2023 - wednesday week 8

today in anatomy lab, we dissected a fetal pig and a sheep pluck (heart, lungs, and trachea), and there was a cow heart for us to look at. i knew that the ventricles had thick walls, but you really don't appreciate HOW thick until you can see one in cross section. it was really interesting!

in research, we were finally able to do our microwave reaction to get tungsten quantum dots since our microwave was fixed. we were having some problems with the uv-vis, so here's hoping that clears up a bit by next week!

i can't believe it's already close to the end of the quarter and the school year! time flies etc etc

may 1, 2023 - monday week 8

i'm not sure how it's already may, but i suppose there's not much we can do other than keep trekking.

i've been spotty on here and letting the queue take over, my apologies! hoping to get in a post every day this week.

we registered for fall quarter today! i didn't get the elective i wanted, but it went... somewhat smoothly otherwise. at the very least, i got all of the classes i needed. physical chemistry, here i come! i've heard a lot about it @_@

april 27, 2023 - thursday week 7

it's been so busy over here! planning the launch party for our art and lit magazine, preparing for and doing tests, working on research, and more! the end of the year is always rough and i'm definitely starting to feel it. but i'll go on! :)

in some really exciting news, i got a job offer for the summer today!! i'll be acting as an ra at a residential camp at a really good university a few hours away from home. i went to this camp the summer before high school and took a three week chemistry course, and i consider it one of the reasons i decided to pursue chemistry in college, so it's really exciting that i can offer that experience to the next generation (so to speak). i can't wait, even though it kind of sucks that i won't be at home for so long.

april 26, 2023 - wednesday week 7

happy birthday to me! :) i'm 20 today!

look at this gorgeous nanowire solution! we didn't make it, it's from sigma aldrich, but we can still appreciate it LOL. today after some uv spectra we realized that we might have accidentally made silver nanoPARTICLES and not nanoWIRES.......... oops. but our quantum dots are looking good! we're also 3d printing some spacers to make the actual electrochromic device, so i had to learn a bit of blender today. lots of fun!

my gf and i went to dinner which was nice, even if i may have pushed off studying a bit... always time to catch up later though! i got my schedule for fall term worked out and a couple meetings scheduled at least.

april 19, 2023 - wednesday week 6

lab day! today in anatomy lab, we took an ecg from a crayfish. we then injected him with epinephrine and acetylcholine to see the effect on heart rate. it was really interesting (although i felt bad because our little guy was probably scared half to death)

in research, we performed some more centrifugation (yayyyy) and characterization, and then we started actually putting the nanowires on plates to see if they work right! we tried drop coating but my research advisor didn't like that so we airbrushed the solution onto some other slides. we'll see how they work next week!

honestly didn't have much study or work time for other stuff today, oops

april 18, 2023 - tuesday week 6

nice productive day today! i transferred two days of biochemistry notes so i'm catching up there, and i did research on my notion guide (read: watched people's videos on it). i didn't have orchestra tonight so i had some extra time, which was nice!

i started revamping my notion and, while it's pretty bare bones now, i'm excited to make it better! i'm going for a room theme, so i have my desk (school stuff), my vanity (journaling and habit tracking), and my bed (sleep tracking). i just added the habit tracking so i'm excited to utilize those! one thing, though... i realized that i need to drink way more water. oops.

the weather today has been AMAZING!! it was chilly in the morning (love) and then was just the right amount of warm later. if it could avoid getting any warmer than this that would be great 😔😔

april 17, 2023 - monday week 6

i know i said i was going to be productive over break. i lied. but now school is back in session so time to do stuff once more! ^_^

i had three meetings for various things today, we're really coming back with a bang @_@ but i've transferred loads of biochem and anatomy notes into notion! the only thing i really have left to do tonight is work on my notion guide some more and (maybe) transfer more biochem notes.

summer is in reach!