one week

It's scary to think that I will be done with my second year in one week. I am excited for summer, but I am so nervous about the finals. I am too "stressed" to study. =( I am going to get my life back together this summer: work out, eat right, write, read etc.

What if people normally run instead of walk? When you are out in the street, you see everyone running. You see someone walk and you have to slow down to ask, "Hey, what's with the slow walking?" And maybe the person will say something like, "I'm so early for work that I have to walk." Then you think to yourself that you have not walked in so long and you will try to fit in some time for walking this week.

can't wait for summer

I have less than three weeks of hell left. One evening exam, one in-lab exam, one take home exam, four final exams and two lab reports to go. Excuse my lifelessness until then.

MotD: Diethyl Malonate

It smells like apples and is used in the malonic ester synthesis. :( I didn't get to make this one but I did synthesize isoamyl acetate, which smells like bananas! I will bring some home and let my mom sniff them. She likes the smell of bananas.

.edit// [06/11/10] I actually threw out the isoamyl acetate while cleaning out my lab bench. :( I am so careless.  

things i am grateful for

i have the best mother in the world
i have family and friends
i am healthy (probably)
i have an education (one i can make better use of)
i can choose to do what i want (with repercussions but nonetheless)
i can be whomever i want (in my mind)
i am limited only by myself (and that is already horribly limited)
i have internet (and perhaps running water)
i have myself  (and mostly to myself)
if i were to die right now, people would probably notice