I'm not sure if I've mentioned this or not, but I'm taking a class this summer. A cell biology class that is the prerequisite for all of the prerequisites I'm going to need for nursing programs. Awesome. It's been pretty easy so far, mostly chemistry which I have a pretty good grasp of already. But things seem to be progressing to a tougherness that should make things more interesting soon.
The real exciting news, however, is that the bigdeal writing conference starts this Sunday. I've worked things out with my biology instructor, Arthur, so that it will be okay for me to miss a week of class. Excellent. It should be a fun week, an experience if nothing else. I'm hoping to learn a lot and to meet some fun and interesting people. I'm trying not to pressure myself too much about making serious connections with top professionals in the literary world. I hope to. But I don't want to get myself all freaked out before I even have a chance to say hello to anyone. I'm not sure signing with an agent or a finding a publisher is actually my primary goal for this conference anyway. I want to learn. I want to meet people. I want to have an experience or two. Everything else is just gravy. Of course, if you know me, you know that I feel there's no such thing as JUST gravy. Gravy is good. I really like gravy. Some foods aren't worth anything without gravy. . . Anyway, I'll try to sneak in at least a couple of posts while I'm away, but it looks like I may be quite busy with the conference, so I'm not sure how much time I'll have. But if I don't get in adequate updates, I'll try for a big one after a get back.
I'm grateful for gravy (20).
If you ever need a hand with you cell course, let me know. I LOVED cell biology. Signaling cascades, cell cycle, cytoskeleton...all super cool stuff. I'm a huge fan of the cell.
ReplyDeleteI think you should have titled that post "Gravy." There was a surprising amount of information about how much you enjoy the stuff. Personally, I don't care much for it. I'd be interested to hear your thoughts on the wonderful world of gravy and it's contributions to humanity. Maybe you could write a book about it!
Thanks for the offer. Not sure if I'll need help with the class or not. So far I'm following things pretty well, but it's still just a lot of chemistry up to this point. Of course, I have missed two days now, so who knows.
ReplyDeleteMmm gravy. Tonight at dinner there was an opportunity for gravy, and I missed it. I got my dinner, sat down, and looked around to see that everyone had gravy. Everyone. Damnit! What kind of author doesn't notice that there's gravy? Not any author I'd like to know, that's for sure.