Non-clinical Benefit of BiPAP

It sufficiently muffles a patient's voice so that when you have to put them in restraints so they don't rip off the mask, you can't quite tell what filthy names they're calling you.

Things That Make Chemistry Class Bearable

1. A friendly, interesting, clearly understandable professor. She wears Tevas, my all-time favorite sandals. Somehow, it helps.
2. Printable lecture notes, available online. I *detest* note taking.
3. A very large diet Coke.
4. The nerdy, yet very sweet and friendly girl that sits to my right.
5. The hot latino exchange student that sits to my left and every-so-often shares his calculator with me. (Well, it was only once, but it was memorable.)
6. The fact that there are only 4 weeks of it remaining.

Gearing Up

I have a totally ridiculous dilemma: What am I going to carry my books and supplies in when classes start next week?

 I looked around for a bag at Target a few days ago. There were some sling-type bags that wouldn't even hold all of my writing implements, some very nice (read: expensive) laptop cases that I don't really need since I use an iPad, and a plethora of backpacks. Am I the only one who thinks a 33-year-old woman carrying a backpack is just weird? Oh, and there was a rolling case. I'm not that old that I can't cart something around that's not on wheels.

 I did find a beautiful leather messenger bag on Amazon.com that would be perfect. Perfect, except for the price tag. I suppose it would be rather irresponsible to spend $200 on a bag and then not have the gas money to make it to campus for the first day of class.

 I'll probably end up carting everything around in a reusable grocery bag. It will be a new fashion statement. Or I'll end up being known as the university bag lady. *sigh*