Got the fish exam back. After the prof threw out questions and gave bonus points and generally waved his magic wand, he gave me a 100. Counting myself rather lucky as after all those manipulations, half the class still flunked -- including Jackie, one of my study partners. I couldn't even be happy for my good grade because I was so upset that she and several others with whom I studied did so badly.
My grandfather passed away on 21 November after years of heart trouble. I took all my energy and poured it into one of my papers, thus finishing my physiology paper three days before it was due. Paul has been in and out of the hospital several times since my last entry. He originally went in to a Wichita hospital on 11 November with pneumonia, got out the 15th, went to Mom and Dad's because he was still having breathing issues and didn't want to be alone for hours, went in to the McPherson hospital on the 17th with a severe asthma attack, got out the 22nd, went back in to Mac via an ambulance because he stopped breathing, was transferred to Hutchinson Hospital, and he is still there. I don't think they've quite figured out what's going on, but he is doing better because he sat up in his chair for at least six hours today without much breathing trouble -- a marked improvement over the 15 or 20 minutes of a couple of days ago.
Had a nice visit with my friend Amy on the 16th, despite my slide on the city bus on my way to the Quarter when the bus driver didn't tie down my w.c., slammed on the brakes, and made me slide into a woman and sprain my left ankle. Fun fun. Amy's back in town this Wednesday until the following Tuesday.
Have my presentations on Tuesday (conservation bio seminar) and Friday (physiology). Barney has arranged for Chad's and my Biology of Fishes class to come hear our presentations. Fun fun.
Finals are a week away, and I haven't typed any of my notes yet or done any reading, nor have I started studying the fish bones. Fun fun.
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