Dateline 9/15/06

I have been very busy lately with studying and work. The IMS program isn't so bad. I have gotten used to watching lectures on a telecast and I am doing well. I hit the average on the first 2 tests and was in the honors range on the last biochem exam. I have an advising appointment next week to help determine what the next step will be after this program.

My main problem with philly so far has been the complete lack of businesses near where I live (other than dive bars as it would happen). There is a convenient store a few blocks down that is about the only store in about a 5 block radius of this apt. The nearest barbershop is a 20 min walk away, the nearest sit down restaurant (an olive garden) almost as far. The Reading terminal market is nearby but it cannot replace a supermarket (miles away). You would think they could but some ethnic stores or something near the international parkway...Anyway this is a beautiful and cheap neighborhood, so I will stop complaining.

I got a workstudy job as an office asst. in the office on the first floor of my building. Every few shifts I actually need to assist someone, making this job slightly more labor intensive than my BU job, but I do get a computer and get to split the workload with another person (not sure why they though this office needs 2 people). Anyway, back to studying.