Well, not really, but I just got a knock on my door and was greeted by two of my residents and a prospective student. And guess what… she knew me from my blog! It’s an eerie thing to meet someone who knows more about you than you know about them, but its very cool!
If you’re around campus for any reason, and you see me… feel free to wave, holler, do a happy dance. I’ll be glad to say “hey”. And as I’ve said before, if you have questions about anything in a particular post or anything about Rhodes in general, send them my way. I’m not an expert, but I’ve got some Rhodes experience!
Anyway, so before I left on break, I told you about a new life goal that I was about to fulfill. Ready to know what it is? I got to go snorkeling in Belize. *insert pre-teen squeal*. It was beautiful, fantastic, wonderful, everything I thought it would be and more. Basically. Oh and life goal 937,009 was accomplished as well. I held a monkey! Actually, it was kinda tossed at me when I asked a young boy in Honduras, “Es un mono?” and there was no warning. I think you can see the shock on my face.
Anyway, Spring Break was great for the soul and I came into this week ready to work and be on top of things. And I was. I had an organic quiz and a physics test. I’ve been waking up early, going to bed at a decent time. And because of all of that, I treated myself to a Jerry’s snow cone and a pedicure.
I had a really cool lab today in organic chemistry using synthetic dyes and various different types of fabrics. I usually do enjoy organic lab, but this one was so fun and very easy. My favorite part was that two of the dyes we used dyed different fabrics, different colors and then we had to show which fabrics were which by using a key. See the picture below:
Actually, now that I think about it, I had a really great time in my physics lab on Tuesday as well. I’m not going to lie to you. I am not a big physics fan. I struggle with it; I get very frustrated; and I pity my lab partner for having to put up with me. Luckily, Stephen is my lab partner. Anyway, in that lab we set up a circuit and using the resistance and voltage, we found the current in different parts of the circuit. We compared our experimental values to our theoretical values and are largest error was 3.2%. I mean, that pretty much makes us awesome!
On a not so happy note, a member of our Rhodes housekeeping staff passed away this morning. I’ve told you so many times about the community at Rhodes and it always focuses on the students, the professors, and residence life. But today, with Ms. Loretta’s passing happening earlier this morning, I sat with the Bellingrath housekeepers Ms. Cornett and Ms. Carmen as they comforted one another and we talked about how great Ms. Loretta was. It was then that I felt a whole new sense of community. In an email that was sent out to all staff and students, her supervisor said the following about her: “She was also fun-loving and full of life. If she ever had a problem you wouldn’t know about it. And when I saw her this morning she was as fun-loving as ever.” And from everyone I’ve talked to today, this couldn’t be more true. The sense of community here is always present, but in tough times, it becomes very palpable. I am so thankful for this. My prayers are with her family, friends and co-workers.
Well, that’s all I’ve got for you right now. I’m going to go continue being on top of things so that I may shower, sleep… you know… those essential things in life! As always, comments, questions, complaints are all appreciated.
Rhodes love,
Sarah
Dude, I’m so glad you had a good time at Cabaret! Also, I totally get this whole “almost famous” syndrome–just the other day, someone was like, “You write that blog, right?” Made my day.
Also, Physics is difficult. Props for having the cajones to take it.