This past week has been pretty hectic.
Which is why I am writing so late, although it has been of my own doing that I've been so busy. As you might know from my profile on the main bloggers' page, I'm double majoring in biology and psychology. Therefore, the fact that I had two tests in the past week in both psychology and biology was something I brought upon myself.
But it wasn't that bad! I promise.
Although I did have less sleep than usual.
Over the past two weeks I've had to study for a comparative anatomy and physiology practical that, although I'm not too sure on how I did, I had an interesting time studying for anyway. One interesting bit about the majority of Wellesley's science courses is that there are no study guides handed out to aid students when midterms/finals/practicals/life come around.
It's basically an everything-goes sort of thing.
[My lab partner, Sole, doesn't take well to human skulls!]
So the practical was an especially tough thing to work for, as we had just covered the muscular, structural, and digestive systems of the mink and dogfish shark and were expected to memorize over 200 terms, not to mention conceptual theories and whatever else was in the lab manual.
I met up with a couple of classmates to work on the different terms in lab, and although we did work hard, we also had a little bit of bonding time with our minks.
Don't click down if you're sort of squeamish about dissected animals!
[Love comes in all shapes and forms. Including my love for my aggravating mink, dubbed Regina George.]
The thing I love most about biology and dissecting and probing various systems is probably how the whole anatomy and physiology field relates to how I live my day-to-day life.
Which is probably why I love the digestive system most of all. It's just such a factual, down-to-earth system with a beauty all of its own, working continuously to ensure our well being both nutritiously and digestively.
I'm unsure how else to explain it! Let's just say that when I found a half-digested squid in my dogfish's stomach, I was pretty ecstatic.
Don't forget to stop by later this week– I will definitely be posting on time. 🙂