Jan 22, First week of class

Yesterday, Tuesday, I went to my first two classes. Before class, we went to the gym early and worked out our core and glutes before cycling for 20 minutes. Both of my classes went really well. I started with Global Health with my mentor, Dr. Shelton, and then came back to Bella’s apartment to join my second class online. My professor, the poet, had to go back home to California, but he meets with us over the computer. I recognized some of my classmates from my two previous poetry classes. Maddie joined us in Bella’s apartment and did her physiology homework while we were in class. Afterwards, we tried to go to the Vol shop to buy school supplies, but they were closed. I used some of my leftover scholarship money to buy a Kindle Paperwhite.

https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/jose-diaz

This is a link to the Poetry Foundation page of my professor.

Maddie went to her last class, which was a human development class, and I worked on some assignments. My online reading education class posted the first week of work, so I answered both discussion boards and did the readings. One of the discussion boards asked us to generate a “six word memoir.” Mine said “It’s worth trying. Might die anyway.” Everyone has always told me that we’re not promised tomorrow, and while I once took that as a reason to live without regard for tomorrow, I now believe that we should simply spend each day becoming the most optimized, joyful version of ourselves. I believe that if the world ended tomorrow, I would feel content with my ambition, motivation, and happiness that I led my days with.

I also worked on my calculus assignment, which was a review from the content we learned last year. I remembered some of it but definitely needed some reminders. I’m excited to meet my calc professor today and find my group of classmates, as the professor wrote his syllabus to indicate a lot of group work and collaborative learning. I also plan on meeting with Dr. Shelton soon to discuss her research project and my grant applications. I’m grateful that I have a class with her so that we can stay in constant touch during our research.

Maddie came back to the apartment after her class, and I cooked dinner for her and Bella. We ate protein pasta with a sauce made of blended steamed broccoli, olive oil, sundried tomato pesto, and garlic. It was very good. We cleaned up Bella’s apartment and then went to bed.

Today, we are meal prepping the rest of our lunches for the week, eating breakfast, ordering some school supplies, and then going to our classes. After our last class, we are going to meet Cole and Bri at the gym for a kickbox class and then meet Mikayla at a taco place on N Broadway for dinner after.

I’m really excited for the semester and feel very motivated to succeed.