Everybody's Free (To Wear Sunscreen)

Yesterday a group of Loma kids (when I say a group, I only mean six people) went to SeaWorld. We got in for free because we're so freaking legit. All of the shows were cool. We saw Shamu and a guy in our group decided that we were going to sit in the 3rd row... so we did. Can you guess what happened?Yes! We got soaked! All of us were so wet we felt like we had literally just stepped out of Shamu's pool. It was awesome. We got those sexy salt streaks all over our arms and legs.
We also met a very good looking mime. It sounds crazy, but it's completely true. Even through all of his white face paint he was good looking. "Oh, you so goo' looking? Why you no have boyfrien'?" (If you didn't get that quote, watch this.)
There was no way we weren't getting a picture with that mime.

Anyways, I forgot to wear sunscreen. The result? (yeah, I don't match...)

Burnt to the max!!! That's gonna peel...

And I have a question... does anyone remember going to SeaWorld or Knott's or someplace like that and standing in line while it was misting? I thought I remembered being at SeaWorld (waiting in line for Atlantis) and it raining/misting. Anyone remember anything like that?

Anyone Else But You

So, this week I had a very interesting lab for human anatomy. Some of you may have received a text/pic from me on Tuesday morning with an AWESOME picture in it. :) We all had our little beaker that we had to pee in (yes, I did feel like a criminal) and then we had to perform a bunch of tests on our urine. We checked the composition, etc. It was actually not a bad lab but it did get a little smelly by the end.
Anyways, that lab and some inquisitive questions from a friend led me read up about why pee is yellow. I described my pee as golden in my lab, but whatever. And here is the reason!
When the RBCs in your body die, the hemoglobin is broken down into two parts: heme and globin. The globin is broken down into amino acids and goes back into your bloodstream but the heme part is toxic to your body so it is taken to your liver and broken down yet again to form iron (stored as ferretin) and bilirubin. Most of the bilirubin stays in your liver or gall bladder but some enters your bloodstream and is delivered to the kidneys where it is converted to urobilins. Urobilins contain urochrome. Urochrome, as defined by medical-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com, is "a compound of urobilin and a peptide that is the principal pigment of urine."

Pretty cool, eh?
I wish anatomy class was that interesting. Oh, and I might be taking microbiology of infectious diseases over the summer. That means that from 06/02 to 07/11 I will be in a classroom from 8am-1:50pm on MTWThF. What fun! Anyone want to take it with me?
And did anyone else watch the return of Grey's Anatomy? Somehow I doubt it. Most of the bloggers who are still living don't really like Grey's. :)

Someday We'll Know

By Jon Foreman & Mandy Moore

On Sunday night a bunch of girls went to a restaurant in Little Italy to celebrate Emily's 20th birthday and when we got back to Klassen I went to buy a muffin from the box downstairs and realized that... I had lost my wallet. Argh! What a donkey! So, to make a long story short, I called the restaurant and asked them to look (twice) and they looked (twice) and then Rachel drove me back to the restaurant-- sometimes it does suck not having your own car on campus-- and I asked two different people at the restaurant and they both said they didn't see it when they looked. So Rachel and I headed back to the table where we were all sitting and asked the people who were now there if they wouldn't mind helping me look for my wallet. Literally three seconds later one lady holds up my wallet and asks me if that was it. Moral of the story: don't lose your wallet? AND don't believe anyone when they say they "looked" for it.
So that was my scare of the week! Has anyone ever actually lost their wallet and had to cancel all of their accounts and replace everything?

Grey's Anatomy returns in one week! Check out the event on Facebook. :)

I'll Tumble 4 Ya

Four more weeks! Sad and exciting!

This week has been fun, but it's not over yet. Tonight I'm going to hear Francis Collins speak. It should be really interesting, considering what his ideas are.

Have a GREAT weekend all!

Oh... just found this picture. It was taken RIGHT after grad. night.

Pressing On

Five more weeks left of school!? Right now, even that piece of information is not soothing. Because I honestly don't know how I'm going to survive another five weeks of this stress-ball. I have two tests, two projects due, and my research paper all due next week. But that's not the only thing happening. I have to have surgery this summer on my nose. There is an interesting situation with a guy right now (not what you think I promise). I hurt my back, can't play volleyball for another week, and according to my chiropractor I have to slow down. Apparently when females injure their lower back on the right side it is because they are mentally and physically exhausted and striving for perfection. Is that a bunch of crap? I'm hoping so. And just thinking about next year... it's too much. It's all so freaking stressful.

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Thank goodness I was able to come home this weekend. My parents are the best people ever. They help me see things in perspective and I'm not afraid to cry in front of them. They also helped me to realize that I'm thinking too much about the future. My dad told me that worrying about the future too much just ruins today. He's so right. At least when you worry about the things you can't control in the future. So I've decided to take things as they come, go with the flow, roll with the punches. Lucky for me I have great friends (like you!), great family, and a great God. Of that I have no doubts. Thanks for listening to me vent/stress out here. It doesn't happen too often.

BRING IT ON!!!! :)

"Consider it pure joy, my brothers, whenever you face trials of many kinds, because you know that the testing of your faith develops perseverance. Perseverance must finish its work so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything. If any of you lacks wisdom, he should ask God, who gives generously to all without finding fault, and it will be given to him. But when he asks, he must believe and not doubt, because he who doubts is like a wave of the sea, blown and tossed by the wind. "
James 1:2-6