My Plant

Residentency Halls on Rockhurst University's campus do not allow for people to keep pets in their dorm rooms, (with fish being an exception). In order to comply with this rule but still have something to care for I decided to bring a plant with me to college. This plant and I go back a long way, over two years, to a hospital reception party where I took him from the centerpiece of the table. Luckily he needs only a limited amount of sunlight to survive, otherwise he probably would have perished living in my room all alone over Christmas break. When I got back after break, my plant looked rather sickly and I immediately began the revival process of watering and giving small doses of limited sunlight. I believe he is on the fast track to recovery, and even managed to sprout two new leaves out of the top. I'm not sure what this next semester holds in store for me, but I hope that I can persevere and flourish the way my plant has in the face of adversity.

Back to School, Back to School.....

As of Wednesday, January 20th, I am back to my ongoing job as student. I spent my six weeks of Christmas vacation relaxing with the family, visiting old friends, shadowing dentists, and playing miniature ping pong with my little brother. After all that down time I was definitely ready to get back to school. This semester I will be taking Analytical Chemistry, Honors Biology II, Oral Communications, Global Business, and an intro Theology course for a total of 17 hours. I'm especially looking forward to Honors Bio II because I get to conduct an independent research project. I'll write about that later on.

Most recently I have began applying for Summer jobs in an attempt to get ahead of the competition. My job finding experience last Summer was a tedious one to say the least. I applied to 20 different local restaurants and was rejected at every last one of them until I got hired by a concrete company. Although one restaurant did hire me temporarily then dumped me before I could begin work and Outback Steakhouse gave me an full interview then said I failed the questionnaire/intelligence test. I was not aware that it took intelligence to work "Down Under." Keep that in mind next time you eat at Outback; all of the employees must be geniuses. But I digress....

So in order to avoid certain rejections of local Cape Girardeau companies, (at least in the dining sector), I applied out of state. I currently have applied to: Hawaii's Hawksbill Sea Turtle recovery project (they're an endangered species, pictured left), Florida Sea Base in the keys, and I entered a general application to Yellowstone National Park. Will any of these places hire me? Based on past experiences, probably not. But it can't hurt to try.