Back from Canada, soon Back to School

August 8, 2009 on 10:21 pm | In biology, health, science, travel | No Comments

This fall, I’m going back to school.  I’d been weighing options for graduate school and finally determined that my best prospect for getting into a good ethology/zoology PhD program would be to get a B.S. in Biology first.  My first bachelor’s degree was a B.A. in Anthropology from the University of Maryland-College Park; I focused on biological anthropology, but I decided I need more experience in research methods and applied math to really hack it as a doctoral candidate.  So, I’m about to embark on what will probably be at least a ten-year-long odyssey of learning and hard work before getting that Piled-higher-and-Deeper piece of paper.  I couldn’t be happier about it, however, because I’ve always dreamed of spending my life in the pursuit of scientific advancement, even if the work is tedious, repetitive, unrecognized, and doesn’t pay well.

On another note, C and I just returned from our vacation to Niagra Falls and Toronto, Ontario.  The falls were even more amazing than I remembered from a short visit around age 8.  And what a great city Toronto is!  It’s too bad I got a nasty virus (influenza or something similar) and spent much of the time suffering through fever, aches, congestion, cough, and fatigue – but we still managed to ascend the CN Tower, ride Segways, and catch a Blue Jays game among other things.  I’d certainly go back there again when I have more time and better health.  I’ll conclude this post with a few pictures from our Canadian excursion.