Whee!

Absolutely everything is well with the world:
- I have money to continue my education
- I have PLANS, big PLANS for my life -- that include graduating!
- I have new music (Fiona Apple's Tymps and O'Sailor; Carla Bruni's Quelqu'un M'a Dit and J'en connais; and Carbon Leaf's Girl and Her Horse)
- I just got to talk to my mom for 1 whole hour!
- My roommates are out partying so I have the room to myself!!!

Okay, big plans first! There are many options and I am tinkering with them all:
1. Go back to the States this spring and continue on Pre-Med track; be normal; graduate with Biology major.
2. Stay in China for the spring; continue research; return to the States during the summer; take summer classes and hit the books; graduate with a Biology major and Chinese minor.
3. Stay in China for the spring and summer; continue research; volunteer at the Olympics; return to the states, finish all requirements, graduate, take a year off to review for MCAT, work as EMT, take the MCAT and then go to med school.
4. Stay in China for the spring and summer; continue research; volunteer ar the Olympics; do two more years at university; graduate with a double major, Biology and Chinese: Language and Area Studies. Take MCAT; go to med school or graduate school.

Right now I am leaning towards #3... 'Cause I would make a fucking awesome EMT. And I would like to earn money instead of going to school straight for the first 1/3 of my life... Real life job experience? Often good.

This week we have our midterms so I need to buckle down and start to study -- but first I need to send out some probbing emails to get the jist of whether or not these plans are plausible.

Love, love, love