Week 1 of Semester 2, Round 2--Disappointment and Elation

Well, what a break and first week that has been.  I’m sorry I disappeared again from the blogging, but I had a huge blow to the ego at the start of the break.  Originally, I had failed out of the university from failing 2 classes—Anatomy II and immunology.  I spent most of the break trying to change flights, enjoy time with my friends, and making sure it was a legitimate grade.  Long story short, there were some variations in the manner of grade calculation, and I ultimately ended up with a passing grade in Anatomy II.  This allowed me to repeat second semester.  I’m still not sure what to do after this point, but I DO know for sure that it’s better to leave the school passing the semester, so I opted to stay at Ross at least for another three months.  Let’s just say it was the biggest emotional rollercoaster I’ve been on since arriving here a little over a year ago (wow… a year… dear god…).

So, I re-start as a “greenie,” and it’s interesting being in another class yet again… feeling even more like an outsider with this class than I did with the black class.  We’ll see—they might just be very reserved.  At least I have Amy (who had repeated her first term) and Emily in this class.  “My” firsties seemed pretty excited to still have me around… but I’m pretty upset that Natasha didn’t win her appeal on basis of a personal issue with an instructor.

As was the case with last semester, I still joined some clubs, but I’m not getting AS involved as I had been in the past.

• ·         AAFP (my last term as vice-president)
• ·         P.A.W.S. (webdesigner)
• ·         Scuba Club (member)

I figured I can STILL attend any interesting lectures from other clubs… much better for me.  Plus, I’m still in charge of the volunteer schedule for the campus tortoises and am staying on the leatherback monitoring network, having seen two nesting females now.  It was pretty damn amazing—they’re HUGE.  Definitely made hiking 50 hours up and down a beach worth it.

Mr. RUSVM was Saturday.  It was… interesting, to say the least.  It started off really strong—I was impressed with everything until the second topic was over, and then it was all downhill from there.  I’m sorry, but a man with fake boobs smashing beer cans is not a talent, in my opinion.  Unfortunately, he won overall… and third (the black class) won second place.  Russell, the orange class (sixth), was dancing for the “viral YouTube video” portion, stepped wrong, and ended up with an oblique fracture through his fibula and tibia.  Ouch.  The look of pure shock on the guy’s face was just horrible.  Keep him in your thoughts for a speedy recovery—he’s definitely out for a semester, as it’s hard to do field work and surgery on crutches.  I’m glad that the judges gave him the win for that round—it was great sportsmanship. 

Well, I suppose I should head off to bed again—I have to get ready for a full week of classes again.  Hope everyone was well in my absence, and I’ll see you all next week.