I finished my Team Zissou Hat:

And I made another GAAA square:
I also made a doily this weekend. It’s currently drying in the 105F sun. Texas is too damn hot.
I leave for Austin on August 21. I have two weeks of work left, then I’m going to Amherst, MA for a while to see my brother, and as soon as I return home I’m moving to Austin. I will only live in this house for 13 more days. I can’t quite believe it. I cannot imagine how everything will change. It’s like trying to imagine a non-carbon based life-form. It’s simply impossible, unfathomable.
For the summer, I’ve been working in the R&D lab at Daisy Brand (sour cream and cottage cheese). I love my job. Food science is intriguing, and it’s much less toxic than the organic chemistry lab I worked in last summer.
I’m taking physical chemistry, genetics I, persuasive & argumentative writing, research methods, and computing for biomedical engineers next semester. P chem scares me a little. I loved physics, and I’m great at chemistry, but after a cursory look through my text I do feel a tad nervous.
Woo. Life is zipping on by. I’m 18. I’m working full time. I’m starting at a huge university–so different from community college. I’m moving out in two weeks. I’m registered to vote. I’m excited, and I’m scared.


