Calculus is killing me. I have never been so confused and frustrated in my life. I even resorted to buying a book called "Calculus Made Easy" and guess what? It still isn't easy! The book goes over a bunch of basic things we did in Calculus l, but it only covers one thing that we've done in Calculus ll. The other night I finished my first whole problem of the semester! A WHOLE PROBLEM! I was so excited. It just so happens that the one problem I finished is that "one thing" from Calculus ll that the book covers. This is no coincidence, this is me being dumb.
Really, this class ruins EVERY DAY for me because I have the class EVERY DAY. I'm really considering dropping it. Some credit hour calculations that I made tonight make me want to drop it even more. You see, instead of taking Calculus ll I can take some statistics class, which everyone says is really hard, but hey, why not try it? So I figured out how many credit hours I have left to take for my degree, and I need 30 hours in my major, and two foreign language classes. This comes to 36 credit hours. If I drop Calculus ll, which is 5 hours, and add Statistics, which is three hours, this brings my total to 39. 39 credit hours could be accomplished in three more semesters. And I know you're thinking that I could stay in Calculus ll and take a full 18 credit hours, and get it done in 2 semesters. But I will remind you that I am behind in chemistry labs, so I will theoretically have one organic chemistry lab per semester (if I finish in two semesters.) I highly doubt this is going to work though, considering that each lab is two days a week for three hours. I don't think there is any way I could get all 18 credit hours to fit without overlapping time problems, especially when the other classes I need have only one or two sections. Also, 5 out of the 6 biology classes I still need have labs! That would make 7 labs total, which if split into two semesters means 3 in one and 4 in the other! Impossible! So this is why I will need to finish in three semesters, which will allow me to drop Calculus ll if need be.
I know I talk about school all the time now, but it's the only thing I do!
Ok, now I am going to talk about bugs. I love them! Catching bugs has become much easier in the past week, and it's so much fun! I went over to Carol's this weekend to catch bugs by her development and it was quite productive. Among my catches were three dragonflies and a 3-4 inch mantis! Those dragonflies are hard to catch. I also scooped some mosquito larvae out of Carol's birdbath, and today I looked in the vial and I now have two adult mosquitoes! My dad also caught a huge bumblebee for me (which was still twitching his legs three hours after being in the killing jar. I now put all my bugs into the freezer, because let me tell you, it's really scary to all of a sudden hear a two inch grasshopper (who you thought was dead) jumping around in a tiny jar! Clink, clank, clink! Not to mention horror stories I've heard about moths and butterflies coming back to life while on a pinning board!) Later on, Kory and I went up to the school to catch some bugs, and it was hilarious. Kory was all about catching the dragonflies, so he was just running around the field chasing them with the net. He claims to have caught one and accidentally let it go, but I just don't know. I think they're very hard to catch while flying. The ones I have were caught while they were just perching. They are vicious little creatures too! I swear the one tried to bite me. I have this image permanently stuck in my head of the last one I caught, his huge green head staring at me, his mandibles chomping together sideways, trying to eat me. Imagine this, but pretty, green, and chomping. Scary!
Hey! Today is my and Kory's four year anniversary!
