Did I Say "Hate"?

To this day I regret not following through on my pre-med degree. It was that wretched chemistry that forced me to run away with my tail between my legs and join the education department. How is it that now this stuff makes sense? I know this is basic chemistry, but I'm understanding things now that I know tripped me up in high school and college.

I currently have the flu. I went to bed with 103.6 and can only assume I slept at some point. When my alarm went off I immediately downed two Aleve and a cup of bold coffee. Then I headed off to class covered in a cold sweat. I managed to stay upright through the lab and review. Then I took the test that kills weaker men, a test of nomenclature (naming formulas). I'm so glad I've been studying for this chapter for 3 weeks because I wasn't learning much the last two days. I could have waited to take the test, but I was ready and I wanted to get it over with.

I admit the test was pretty easy. Some of the questions were word for word off of the study guide, but I guess that's an advantage of studying. I flew through the test one time and then double checked my answers without changing a thing. It all made sense even through the fog. And it paid off. I got another 100. Oh I could have been a doctor!

PS: My teacher felt it necessary to remind me that people die of the flu. Good to know.

Here we go.

So far, there just hasn't been much to talk about. We had a substitute one week and got out of class 2 hours early. Nice, but not interesting. This last week we started talking about compound nomenclature. I have to understand ionic charges and covalent bonding in order to name compounds correctly. This is the stuff that I've gotten lost in before. I'm going to try to stay on top of it this time. We'll be spending the next several weeks on just this and then testing on October 31st. I should probably read the chapter soon.