It's been requested that I take more photos, as I don't seem to do that nearly enough, so I've just randomly taken pictures as I wander the campus. I shall sprinkle them throughout this post. Like the following:
Sunny blue skies in pleasant 60 degree weather the first weekend I got back. This is a eastward facing shot of campus, three quarters of the way down the hill from Upper campus to Lower campus.
As I said before, I am pleased with my school schedule setup. I'm taking 16 credits this semester, French 101, Animal Physiology, Genetics, and Wildlife Diseases. I am super stoked about that last class, as its only offered once every six semesters or so, and thus far seems like it will be a class well worth waiting for. First day we were instructed to buy rubber booties and coveralls, as we would regularly be elbow deep in some animals innards and we needed something that could be easily cleaned/sanitized. We will be conducting necropsies as the lab portion of the class once a week at the newly refabbed necropsy suite in the Biological Research and Diagnostics Facility on campus. The animals studied will vary, depending on what crops up as available (ADF&G calls if a dead animal shows up from car accidents and such). The first necropsy will be Stellar Sea Lion pups. Freakin amazing! There will definitely be birds (waterfowl, ravens, raptors), moose, caribou/reindeer, and a canid of some flavor. So. Stoked. Any class where they have to hose you down afterwards to get rid of gore can't help but be utterly epic.
New room, pre-unpacking. This is my side, Becky's is to the left.
The rest of my classes look like they will be alright. French should be just peachy, animal physiology will really be a review of stuff I've already learned (and I am a bit bummed that all our labs use humans as test subjects...I know we are animals too, but really, I'm not in this field to test humans), and Genetics will be, well...genetics. Not precisely looking forward to that one, but we shall see.
Wooded path from hill that separates Upper and Lower campuses to my apartment.
Other than that, not much else is going on. The weather has been rainy on and off, and yesterday was downright chilly. Our nights have lows around 40 currently, and on clear nights I am able to see the aurora from my bedroom window :) I'm rather happy about that.
Picture taken from my window behind me as we speak. The rain just let up for a little bit. The aurora dances above that treeline on clear nights :)
I'm working again as well, student assistant in the Dean's office at the Rasmuson library. Easy Peasy Lemon Squeezy work there. And now, I shall bury you in a flurry o pictures...
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| New building coming up for us science majors |
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| Summer is definitely gone, fall colors starting to show all over |
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| Best game of Ticket to Ride I've ever played. High score of 204, and I was purposely trying to not win as I was introducing it to new people. |
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And the rain started back up again and it's pouring. Time for cozy blankets, hot tea, and new episode of Doctor Who!
I will try to keep up on this...but don't expect much if I decide things are boring :P Oh, and by the by, packages are still welcome, and I have the same PO box ;-D
