I'm not sure what exactly made me qualified to TA a physics class, but I think I might try too hard. I am so behind in grading, and my professor keeps coming up with extra stuff for me to do. I have enough hours, really. And I have midterms, too.

Right now my classes are a lot harder than I want them to be. I don't want them to be easy, but I think my professors go out of the way to make them more difficult than necessary. I hate pop reading quizzes. I'll do the reading before the test, but I don't necessarily have time to get it done before class. I keep failing those quizzes, especially in tissue biology. That class is insane.

Anyway, I feel like I fail at life right now. I'm always busy, and I keep getting farther behind in everything. I have some intense midterms coming up next week in my hardest classes, and I'm not prepared. Or even starting to be prepared. And I'm supposed to help grade the exam for the class I TA. (And by help, I mean I get to do all the grading that isn't done by computer. Never mind that I haven't finished grading their last assignment yet, either. And by not finished I mean haven't started. Six hundred and seven students is a lot of grading.)

In other news, I spent almost $100 on dentist visits this week. And by me, I mean Mom and Dad, because they're going to read this and they're reimbursing me. My mouth is much better now, but it's really a ridiculous story and I won't go into detail.

I set up a friend of mine with my roommate for tonight. I'm kind of nervous about that, but as long as neither of them hate me afterward it should be all right.

I'm still contemplating the whole serving a mission thing, but I haven't really felt all that good about it. I'm starting to think about possibly taking the MCAT next spring or summer. Does anyone have anything to say about that?

As far as solicitations for opinionage go, I have one other question:
I've been in correspondence with a friend of mine in the MTC, and I promised her a letter detailing my engagement story. I'm not feeling particularly romantic or creative right now, though, so does anyone have any fun ideas for that letter?