One week later (?)

Did I say a week? How long is a week? I make promises like this because I think it will force me to actually do it, like a deadline. I guess I sort of lost track of time with finals coming up, accept in relation to spring break which is when I will see Ceri. Oh yeah! I’m going to Ohio on Wednesday. I guess that was the main point of my blog, to tell you all where I’m at and where I’m going.

To tell the truth I don’t know where I’m going. I still haven’t found a project and it makes me wonder why I’m borrowing so much money and feeling so poor. I have a final proposal due for a class tomorrow which is supposed to be something I would present to my committee.

Loma Linda is a good school I think. The Department of Earth and Biological Sciences is quite small and comes with the usual advantages and disadvantages. Advantages are; Fellow students are friendly and supportive. Professors are understanding and willing to help when asked. Classes are in depth, interesting and small, about 6 per class. Small classes are really nice for discussions (actually four is optimum, that’s what I learned in sociobiology.) Loma Linda requires a lot of class hours to graduate compared to other schools. Which brings us to disadvantages; Resources are limited. They don’t offer very many classes. I have basically three to choose from for next quarter. Being a medical school, of course they subscribe to a lot of medical type journals, not nearly as many ecology and biology journals. I’ll probably have to find at least some of my own funding through grant proposals.

The city or Loma Linda isn’t very nice. It’s hardly a city really, pretty much a lot of houses and a hospital/school. I would like to fix my car so I can go see some other parts of California.

I went bouldering at Joshua Tree yesterday with some friends. That was fun. The air was a lot cleaner. Ethan did a V8 on the ceiling of cave that was flippin’ cool. I forgot my camera but I’m sure I’ll go back and take pictures later. I haven’t climbed seriously for 10 months or so and have gotten somewhat out of shape since I ran the Lincoln Marathon. I could tell extra weight, less endurance and conditioning was effecting me. Ceri is going to pass me up since she has been climbing twice a week and I climb about, oh, once every 3-4 months. I better be careful or she is going to beat me up, she’s all buff now.

I’ll be spending the majority of my spring break in Ohio but me and Ceri will take a trip to Jamestown, North Dakota for Amy Barbers wedding on the 27th. We are going to stop at my Grandparents on Friday night, then spend some time in Minneapolis on Saturday afternoon/evening. Then I’m flying back to LAX from Detroit on Tuesday the 29th.

That’s all I can share for now. Keep bugging me and I’ll try to post more often. I’ll probably have time over spring break to post some pictures and offer more thought provoking opinions.

Peace and Love

bryant