 Well this semester didn't go as smoothly as I had hoped. I passed orientation, ceremonies, and thanatology with a 'B' and made it through management with a 'C'. Unfortunately I didn't pass my anatomy class by .6 percent [I'm using my dad’s laptop whose shift key is apparently not working]. I skipped out on my paper to study for the four other tests i had that week so I can really only blame myself. It was kind of upsetting though how insensitive my teacher was when I asked if there was anything I could do to bump up my grade from a 74.4 to a 75. I was prepared to hear him say no but I was very hurt by his attitude as he smiled and nodded in agreement while I explained the negative ramifications of my being held back a semester. I was also taken back when he told me if I wanted to I could petition my grade to the dean but in the end it would do nothing for me except let me 'vent'. I think he might have just been in a bad mood though [especially after only two people passed his class with a B and a little more than 15 with a C while over 25 students did not receive passing grades and even more withdrew]. Anyhow, after much thought I've decided to make the best of it and while I’m retaking anatomy I'm hoping to get into some other classes with transferable units that I could put towards a bachelor’s degree. Right now I’m up in Roseburg, Oregon visiting my dad but when I get back I plan on scheduling a meeting with my school counselor to talk about my options next semester. Since school has ended I've been pretty busy with thankfully much more fun things than finals. The day after classes ended my two littlest sisters spent the night for the weekend. We went to the strawberry festival in Garden Grove and had a blast. We had bought strawberry funnel cake from the Kiwanis club [since I remembered having learned about them in my funeral service ceremonies class heehee] which my sisters thought was very yummy. After my mom picked them up I headed over to my boyfriends to help him clean out his RV for our mini vacation that was in two days. We had such a great time camping out on Doheny Beach for three gorgeous days while I tried unsuccessfully to learn how to surf haha. When we got back we again had to clean out the camper and I had to get ready for my first plane flight [which again was coming up in just two days]. On the 5th of June me and my aunt flew Alaska Airlines from Cali to Oregon. It was a very exciting adventure and I've fallen in love with the sight of hot wheel sized cars and miniature houses. I've never seen anything in the sky as cute as the tops of cumulus clouds. On the flight I started reading Aldous Huxleys novel Ape and Essence, which after starting I became so unable to put it down I finished it later that night. It takes place in southern California and I was very amused when I read the characters were digging up graves in Forest Lawn. I don't really want to tell anything else about the book but I very much enjoyed it although it became a little too dark for me at certain points. Now I'm slowly working through the second half [I finished the first half during winter break before the spring semester started] of the History of Embalming and Preparations in Anatomy, Pathology, and Natural History by Jean Gannal, translated with notes and additions by R. Harlan. Some of it seems like a foreign language to me but i enjoy reading about the history of different cultures and how embalming has changed as time progressed. I plan on rereading it after I finish school and has a greater understanding of the embalming process. Well I've got to stop typing and go hang out with the family, hope everyone's summer is going well, toodles. ~Gaea |
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