Once again, I’ve been reminded that I’m no spring chicken. 😩 Actually, the use of the term “spring chicken” may be enough to illustrate that point, but that’s a discussion for another time. 😉 In Visual Arts today, we delved into the world of photography, which was when I discovered further evidence of the ever present generation gap between me and my ‘peers’. 🙃 Our instructor has us call her “Mandy”. (apparently Art teachers don’t like conformity or proper names… or maybe she’s like me and doesn’t need anymore reminders that a lot of her students see people over the ripe old age of 35 as decrepit, geriatrics. 🤷🏻‍♀️)

Anyway, during the photography discussion, Mandy asked if anyone had any experience with antique cameras. 📷I hope all of my fellow old people are sitting down for this response. 🙄 Without missing a beat, a guy in the front row, raises his spray-tanned hand 🤚🏻 and says, “My mom has a 35 mm camera in the attic.” 😳 

Woah there Chippy! Back the truck up. When did 35 mm cameras become antique? I had one when I was a teenager and I was not adequately prepped for the things I used in my adolescence to be referred to as antiques. 🤨 

I’m going to start a petition for admissions to add a special supply list for older students that includes wine, chocolate, and sedatives. Things are really getting out of hand. 😒

Hey there! Remember me? 🙋🏻‍♀️ I know I’ve been AWOL for a bit and I apologize. I’m confident that any adult student will agree with me when I say juggling school, a full time job, family, volunteer activities, and just life, in general, requires a certain level of time and energy. 😴 Most days, it’s all I can do to show up to everything on time wearing 2 matching shoes. 😏  

Here’s what I’ve been up to lately. Yesterday I made an 82 on my 3rd Microbiology Lecture exam. Not the perfection for which I strive, but since I mostly feel lost, overwhelmed and sometimes even terrified by the epidemics 😱 and antibiotic resistance 😳 we regularly discuss, I’ll take it. 🤷🏻‍♀️ I’ve also taken Microbiology Lab Exams 1 & 2 and scored an 89 and 87, respectively. 😌 Hands on learning definitely comes easier for me, so the differences in my grades come as no surprise. 😉 

In other news, spring break is next week! 😃 Am I going to Cancun, Jamaica, or Daytona? Lololol! 😂 No, I’m going to work, like normal people. 😏 I’m still excited. 💃🏻 It gives me a short reprieve from the exams that seem to be scheduled almost every week. 🤪 Plus I’m going to use this opportunity to focus on my 2nd Visual Arts project. 👩🏻‍🎨 

I turned in project 1 a couple weeks ago. How did I do? That’s a very good question that I don’t have an answer to. I’m sure she’ll get around to grading it…eventually. 🤨 No worries. I mean, it’s not like I made an extremely personal work that I poured my heart and soul into and my fragile ego is hanging by a thread, waiting for feedback or anything. 😬 It’s totally fine. 🙃

Anyhoo, for project 2 I’m supposed to choose a famous work that inspires me and make my own version of it. 😮 Is it me and my already heightened anxiety or does that description bring to mind terms like plagiarism, copyright infringement, and theft of intellectual property? 🤔 I’ll post an update soon, hopefully from outside prison walls. 😬 Incidentally, does anyone know a pro bono copyright attorney? #AskingForAFriend