Winter Break. I am through a year and a quater of college and am still "on track". It takes so much effort just to maintain this status, but I try to remind myself it is worth it in the long run. A couple of things have to fall into place in the the next month or so. I would love to line up a house for next year with the Doug and Colin as well as a few others. Also I need to secure a research position for the summer of 2007. I am not sure if I am going to enjoy the work in the lab every day in the summer, but I know it is a huge hurdle to the path to Med School. I think this is the first time I have even mentioned it, but it has been on my mind for quite some time. Hopefully I can line up something for the summer and devout my life to spectroscopy and IR analysis. It should be a gay ole time. I am not sure how the housing is going to work out. We spent some time looking into several places at the end of the last quarter, but we still need to secure a location. I am sure wherever we end up is going to work out well, but it is a matter of just finding somehwere that works. One of the lots was quite tits, but it is going to be a hard fought battle to secure. I still am not sure about two of the guys we are living with, but I think it will work out alright. I can't wait to have everyone over to "christen" the place and finally be able to call somewhere my own. I hope that I am able to connect with a bunch of people before break is over, as well as attend a smashing New Years Eve party at Casey's house in Cbus. I hate it how I only have a few weeks to meet up with everyone from other schools as well as my family. I feel like I have already grown up and left my house and started my own 'story'. I only see my brother a few times a year, and I know it is only going to get worse. After this summer he has to attend pharmacy school year round for the next few years, which means I will really only see him on the holidays. It is such a big change from years past where we always saw eachother. It is a strange feeling swithching lifestyles. I have always looked at my mom and my uncles and thought about how it must have felt adjusting to a different lifestyle, and I am starting to understand the change. Before I know it I will be one of those "uncles". I hope we can remain in touch and stay connected through these next few years. Emily on the otherhand will be spending more time with myself at THE Ohio State University since she recently was accepted. I think it is going to be a great experience having her at the same college with me. I think it is going to be tough keeping tabs on her and making sure she is keeping up with her work, but I wouldn't want it any other way. I am sure that we will have many good times (like my mom and my aunts and uncles and my grandparents) celebrating our years at the best school in the world. Next quarter proves to be a challenge. I am taking the next Organic Chemistry course (252) as well as the corresponding lab (254). The class meets three times a week with a recitation. The lab meets three times a week with two four hour lab sessions that will surely test my patience and laboratory prowess as well as a lecture. I hope I can build my relationship with my professor over the next quarter. I only have one more quarter of this chem after winter quarter and then I move onto Biological Chemistry, which I think is up my alley. I just can't wait to start my major classes next fall (Anatomy 200 will be a fantastic supplement). OK so the entry was a bit long, but all of it has been running around my mind for the past few weeks, and it feels great to finally get out of my system. I am sure I will enjoy this next week or so of relaxation. | 
