My life after bio? I feel better already. A little scared of what happened, perhaps, a touch wistful that I couldn't hack it as a scientist... but I'd rather be good at something else and enjoying my job than become a depressed, mediocre biology grad student constantly at the verge of breakdown.

To my friends: Each and every one of you has been incredibly supportive - not one person has been critical of my decision, though a few pointed out advantages the other way before tuesday - and you have no idea what that means to me right now. I love you all, and I'll try my best to be there for you guys in return... heaven knows I have the time to spare now.
(Though I do think it's damned amusing that when I switched to bio, I got a lot of flak from random people in the house... but no one says an unkind word when I switch to history. Perhaps you're just all in shock ;)

Currently: So I've dropped genetics, p/f-ed 110, and that takes me to a low 37 units. I don't think I've ever taken this few units in a term before... but considering the three different 10 page papers coming up in 3 different classes (h 142, h 161, core 1a), I imagine I'll be thankful soon enough.

Looking to next term, it's odd to feel that I actually have to *work* to fill up my schedule. Amusing. Current plan is to take H 97a, L 130b, Ec/SS 130, core 1a, orchestra for sure - a whopping total of 34 units. Which means I need to take at least one more class, if not two... I'd love to take that Shakespeare class, but as it's offered only MW 1-2:30, that's out. Perhaps it's a typo though, since surely La Belle can't be in two different places at the same time on the same days... ;)
Other ideas are Law 33, or Ec 11 under Davis - only strike against it is that it's held MWF at 8:30 (?!?!) to 9:30. I was hoping to take a good art history, but japanese and modern art elicit only a 'meh' from me... But hey! There's a class called "What is History?" being offered... basically covering all sorts of methods of historical investigation. -rubs hands together with glee- Sounds right up my alley, so that's pretty much a given. So it's basically a choice between Lit 114 and Ec 11... we'll see what happens.

It's so nice to be really enthusiastic about all the courses I get to take next term, though - it's been a long, long time since I've been this happy about what I'm taking. I'm actually looking forward to next term instead of dreading it and wondering how I'll pass... it's certainly a welcome change.

In other news: Riding's wonderful. If I didn't feel like I had food poisoning from the rare meat from dress dinner, I'd be walking on air... Davee was really complimentary tonight. I rode Iowa again - that horse is so wide, it's almost ridiculous. Posting without stirrups is difficult when you're practically doing a plie to make sure your calves are in contact with the horse's barrel. Oy, my legs... other than that, I received an almost-constant stream of praise, and damn does it feel good after yesterday's crisis.

Speaking of feeling good, flute's also going quite well - now that orchestra's over for the term, I have plenty of time to converse with Mozart, play around with it and figure out what's going on. I'm woodshedding a couple of passages, but should have them under control by dec 7th, especially with all that practice time over thanksgiving break at home. :) Still looking for an accompanist, though... I may just give up and ask them to provide an pianist.

Life just gets better nowadays... this weekend I'll be riding with Andrea Smith and Yussanne at Topanga Canyon. Looks to be a really, really fun 3-hour-long trail ride, and they'll let us canter and gallop too! (quite rare in the trail-riding business) AND I'll be going with a buncha friends to the LA fabric district to look over fabric for cloaks sometime this weekend. Hooray for fun stuff :) I'll also be doing hum reading and a bi/ch 110 set, but that's no problem at all when life's looking up.

Anyway, I do believe I'll sleep now. Good night all, and see you tomorrow. :)