First day of school! First day of school!

Classes in progress at OCC: 1
Classes remaining at OCC: 10ish
$ spent on tuition/books: $713/$112

Day One. Despite my slight hesitation about jumping back into educational waters, Chemistry seems to be one of the things my brain has retained. I like the professor (who may not remain the professor, as he technically cannot teach on the days the class runs, due to teaching another class at another school). I've had abbreviated, but intelligent, conversations with some of the other students. Haven't found lab partner yet, but I've got a week.

I have found one young classmate who will not be my lab partner. Perhaps this will simply be a process of elimination.

I struck up a conversation with this young man yesterday afternoon about an hour after my first class and discovered we are taking the same lecture and lab. Says the young man: "What did we do in the morning class? I didn't go." Hmm. No thank you. Who skips the first class? Maybe I'll just do the lab section on my own.

Day Two. Also Professor Two. Apparently the college did not bother to to get an instructor for my class section, and also did not see this as a problem until the day before the course was scheduled to begin. I am already vastly impressed by the foresight and organizational skills of my chosen educational institution. I have great faith in OCC's ability to get me quickly and effortlessly to my vet school dreams. I also have great sarcasm.

But I do like Professor DS. He reminds me of Jeff Bridges, if Jeff Bridges were to quote Monty Python and get really excited about chemical reactions. I think all chemists may be just a bit crazy. But a good crazy. An animated, fun-loving crazy that just wants everyone else to be chemists as well. I can live with that. After all, chemists are, if nothing else, nerds. And I'm a nerd. No judgement here.

I got my first homework today. Just a few basic problems. Certainly no 30 page research paper (how I love research papers!), but I'll take it. I like feeling like a student. I think I'll spend the next 10 weeks embracing my nerdiness. Off to finish my homework.