Just an Update!

So, last weekend there wasn't much for me to do besides stay in the dorm(right) and relax and do some work. I like to spread my work out over the days so I don't mine working on the weekend. I've been reading a lot about GIS, GAMS, IMPLAIN, and CGE all week but I'm still not very clear about what these things are lol.

I also had my writing lab Wednesday in Caldwell Hall(left) with the graduate student Omar. All of the social science and humanities students meet with Omar every Wednesday morning for 2 hours. The social science students include me and Cymone. The humanities students include Vanessa, Kiara, and Courtney. During this lab we work on different things that can help us with our writing skills. This week we had to read two articles and write two questions about each one. We discussed how we felt about the articles for about a hour then we had to write a summary of the article in 2 to 3 sentences. Each article was over 10 pages so that was the hardest thing to do lol but we should get better by the end of the summer. Our take home assignment was to take a quote out of one of the readings our mentor assigned us and write 250 word summary of that one quote. My quote was "Mathematical structure of an input-output systems consist of a set of n linear equations with n unknowns (Miller, and Blair 6)." Mine was pretty easy to explain in 250 words because I broke down what each part means and then tied it back together.

Yesterday I finally broke down and bought the gym membership at Noyes Gym(left) for the university. I am trying to lose 8 pounds before I go home in July for my birthday. It was small actually even though it doesn't seem like it. There were a lot of students in there too so I am trying to get there earlier before everyone else does lol. They also have different types of classes.




This weekend I am going hiking with the other people that stay in my dorm. The hike is 1.5 miles on the gorge trail and I think it would be a good experience and good exercise. I am excited!!! I plan on taking lots of pictures and then I can post them on here!