This week: Physiological Ecology for dummies!

So this segment of my blog can be paperclipped and put in a folder called "L studies for her exams." Hopefully this fun chapter in my life will soon be bound and sent off to the recesses of my memory to reside as a reminder of how smart I can sound to a room full of 5 tenured experts.

For the next two months, I have 2 weeks with each of 4 sets of subjects. They are: physiological ecology, plant ecology [community (1) and ecosystem (2)], and weed ecology. This short time constraint means that, at any given moment that I am not physically teaching a lab, or grading quizzes (or sleeping, perhaps, although that's debatable), I will be studying.

This chapter also might be subtitled: "L has no fun whatsoever." Included might be stories such as "L went to happy hour and now feels very guilty." Sample of type of fun that is now banned:

So I apologize in advance to anyone actually reading this that my thoughts for the next two months may run towards the dramatic, weary, or downright apocalyptic.

If I don't write anything here, don't fear, my advisor has been known to send out search-and-rescue missions [her husband] for students if they have not been heard from in a week or so. Stay tuned for updates...