Here I am over halfway through my last semester of prerequisites. The classes have been going exactly as I expected.

Logic – incredibly boring subject, terrible teacher, but easy to pass
Nutrition – not learning a darned thing because food and exercise are already a hobby for me, and my sciences courses cover everything else this class teaches, only in more detail
Eastern World Religions – babbling professor who wants most of all for us to understand how reductionist western cultures are, and how we can’t ever really know these religions. Most actual information (not politically correct jibber jabber) is a repeat of what I learned in my electives at CU. Same with the jibber jabber. So again, not learning much.
Old Testament – A once a week grueling class of looking at the Hebrew Bible from a literary and historical perspective. It’s far to easy to wow the teacher with my “critical thinking.”
Anatomy and Physiology 2 – the only class I enjoy, nay, love. I wish this was stretched out so we could go into the biochemistry in more detail. My new professor (different from part 1 I took over the summer) is fantastic. What I find one of her best qualities is that she knows how to work the classroom computers and projectors. In fact she uses a tablet PC to add notes to her lectures as we go. Why can’t all teachers take a course on how to use their equipment? It drives me crazy when they claim ignorance and blame the machines for malfunctions.

In short, I’m almost through and I’m very happy about that. I’ve applied to three nursing programs, in preferred order: Regis University, CU Denver, and Metro State College. Regis sends out their decisions first, on Dec. 3rd. I can’t wait to find out if I’m in. It’s clearly the best school/program with a great reputation around the state, and a great location for commuting. It’s also the most competitive for admittance. I’m worried about not getting in for a couple reasons. One, letting my ego take such a blow. See, I’ve been meeting a lot of other prospective nursing students. They’re not the brightest bulbs in the pack. I think if most of my competition is like the students I meet then I’m pretty set. Second, if I don’t get into Regis then this mind numbing semester of blahbbity blah courses will be for naught. Don’t try and say “Oh Rachel, it’s always good to take critical thinking courses and learn about other cultures.” No. I did that. Like, 50 hours of that at CU four years ago. I’m done with that. So I really hope Regis makes this time worthwhile.

Besides school I’m holding down some part time work at my office and doing the old transcription for the Retina Center. Who knew I’d have the same job I started my junior year of high school? 🙂 It’s nice to have a reliable fallback.

I still go to ballet once a week. I haven’t had time for the cat shelter but I plan to go more when this semester is over. With the cold weather I’ve resumed knitting. Molly apparently loves chicken nuggets, Jem has learned to roll over, and the beta fish is still alive. I finally set up my surround sound properly this last weekend. Hey, I haven’t fully tested it yet. That’s a good excuse to end this post. Off I go to watch the opening sequence of LOTR.