I Did It!

I've been carrying around a bag of dirt all semester. Well, ok, if you're a soil scientist, then you would say I've been carrying around a bag of soil all semester. This was for my Soils class, which if you've read in a previous post, has been occupying a greater part of my existence.  My soil was in a ziplock bag and that ziplock was in one of those plastic grocery bags (because you never know), and on some mornings I wasn't sure if I was carrying around a bag of soil or used kitty litter, because they look, feel and weigh about the same when they're in those grocery bags, and when I leave the house early every morning, well, anything can happen. Some days I'd be lugging it in my backpack, and some days it would be in my lunch bag, but it was an enduring part of my day to day life. During the course of the semester we would all pull out our bags of soil and examine them, run pH tests on them, wet them and roll them up into balls, etc. I discovered that my soil had a pH of 7.4 and was either a sandy loam, or a loamy sand--seriously.

That class was a kicker, and even though I had my reservations, hang-ups, insecurities and doubts,  I am writing to say that I have made it. Good golly, hallelujah, I am done with that class. Tonight we had our final exam. It was in three sections, and periodically the teacher would collect our answers and then go over the results, and I feel quite confident that I have passed the class, and maybe even gotten an A.

Did I tell you that the only person who got a 100% on the first exam was, uh, let me check, oh, yes: ME! Yes! Me! My teacher actually had to do a double take and yes, the numbers don't lie: ME!

Ok, I don't want to sound cocky. Because really, if I took that exam again I wouldn't have a snowball's chance in an aridisol (ha!! That's a soils joke! Get it? Snowball? ARIDisol? How about an OXIsol! Ugh. I'm am a geek! And I'm being cocky! Ha ha! Ha ha ha!).

But all joking aside. That class is done. It kicked my ass. I learned a lot.

And so, dear reader, I am taking Plant Nutrition.

Ha ha! Who is the joke on now? Yes, me! I need to take Plant Nutrition, and yes, the it's the same teacher, Mr. Rochester, er, I mean Professor Brennan. But it will be fine. Perhaps I will struggle and despair and the whole nine yards, but I know I will learn a lot. And to balance it all out, I am also going to take Botanical Drawing! What fun! Stay tuned for more adventures!