Art Show, Med programs

My goal for yesterday was to get all of my homework done so I could have nothing to do tonight. I got very close. Technically, I still have work to do on my pointillist painting but I’m tired of making dots and from far away it looks like the whole thing is dots instead of layers of solid color with dots on top. I don’t know what I’m going to do with tonight but I know I don’t want to have anything to do. On that note, I have chemistry to do before I will be in the clear but that won’t take me very long and then I’ll have the whole evening free.

Probably there’s things I can do for my show next weekend but I don’t want to do anything tonight and I don’t have anything pressing that needs doing so I’m going to put everything off for a day. The funny thing is that I feel more relaxed after this past weekend than I did over the entire spring break. I have no idea why, because it was more stuff in less time but I feel better and more in control than I did last week. Maybe it’s because a week was too long to be away from stuff and doing things. Maybe it’s because I got a lot accomplished and decided not to include the self-portraits in the show. Maybe it’s a combination of a lot of things. Who knows?

I accomplished a lot yesterday and I don’t even feel bad for going to bed without finishing my film reading. I finished it this morning with plenty of time. This is a drive I could probably keep going with for the rest of the week if I so chose. The secret, I think, is to not give yourself time to think, just to create a plan and put it into action, ignoring the other options. I could have skipped my writing center meeting yesterday but I went because it was in the plan to go. I could have not done my pointillist painting last night but I did it for two hours and then went and did my film class reading. The trick is to avoid tv and reading. If I can keep myself from sitting in front of the tv and keep myself from picking up my book, I’ll be golden. Plus, I’ll be rewarding myself tonight for my good behavior. I can read and watch tv and I’ll probably stay up later than I need to but it will be relaxing and enjoyable.

Probably I should call Mom and get addresses for my postcards so I can send them to family but she gives piano lessons tonight and probably won’t have time to give me addresses. I have Nana’s, Aunt Nettie’s, and Grandma Duck’s addresses so I could get those sent as soon as I write them out but there’s all the rest of the immediate family and I’ve no idea what their addresses are. I should have Mom send her address book to work with Dad so she doesn’t have to do it over the phone. Maybe she’ll have some time after lessons and I can get them mailed tomorrow.

I’m worried about printing my show. I have no idea what I’m doing and I’m probably going to mess things up a lot. I need to talk to Charlie about printing, as much as he irritates me. He probably knows the most about printing because he’s been working on a project regarding printing techniques. Unfortunately, he will then pick up on the fact that I don’t care about art nearly as much as he does. Honestly, I’ll probably never do anything like this again in my life but I’m doing it now because I have to in order to graduate. Charlie is so passionate about his art that it overwhelms me. Plus, he plays his music really loud in the Dows computer lab when I’m working that I can’t hear my own music and that really annoys me, too. I’ll have to suck it up though, and get working on printing. I’ll see if Charlie can help me print on Sunday evening, or Monday evening. Maybe he’ll be able to help me.

I had a meeting with Dr. Leonardo, the biology professor and pre-med advisor. He told me that some med schools have programs that cater to people like me, who decided to go to med school late and need the requirements before they can apply to med school or take the MCATs. He gave me a contact and I emailed him yesterday but he hasn’t emailed me back yet. I hope its not too late to apply for in the fall. Otherwise it will be wasted effort because I’m not going to wait to take the MCATs just because I didn’t get the information I needed soon enough. I’m already going to have a year between next year and med school. I don’t want to have to wait a year longer. If there is a program at Iowa for this, then I could get a Masters degree out of it, which is always advantageous. My other option is to go to Kaplan University and see if they have the classes I need. Maybe they will have a genetics class I can take this summer. Dr. Leonardo told me I should take genetics in order to be prepared for the MCATs. I’m glad he told me because I wouldn’t have even known to take it. I also wouldn’t have known about the Masters program options.

I’m glad there are nice people in the world.