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You CAN go home again...

I gotta admit... a few years back, hell, even a year ago, I'm not sure I would've been able to see what the future had in store for me. Now I know. It's pretty amazing.

I've been working on my Bachelor of Science degree in Biology & Chemistry for 2 years now at Eastern Mich. University (actually, it's a 2nd Bachelors) and am going to graduate in April... well, as of last October, I have been in contact with my "old" department at Wayne State School of Medicine, Department of Anatomy.

Old? Yes. I began my graduate studies there in 2005 and left after a year filled with guilt, confusion, and regret... mostly confusion. I had never left anything in that manner before. It left me floating in uncertainty for a few years as I considered medical school, graduate school in a different discipline, being done with academia, etc.

Well, all of the sudden last fall, at 2 in the morning one night, it hit me. I admitted to myself what my pie-in-the-sky goals are and I swallowed hard realizing that I needed to go back to Wayne State, hat in hand, and ask to be reinstated in my former program.

So, I did just that and have been working on it ever since. Let me just tell you that I am a firm believer in not only 'everything happens for a reason', but that if you are honest with yourself and take chances related to what you're meant to do in life, the 'fates' will conspire to open doors and make the way for you.

I'm back into Wayne State as of this summer/fall! I'll be a second year and will need to work my butt off, but, that's ok. I can see my goals firmly and they are so exciting, scary, and revolutionary, that I can see this through now.

I'll tell you more about them sometime. For now, I think I'll keep them under my hat. Of course, if we meet up in person, I might spill it ;p 

Wish me luck!

(now if I can just do well this last semester and graduate... sigh)

Beyond Labcoats and Goggles... Science Shopping

 

I've created another new off-shoot from this here blog: http://redmeg8.typepad.com/meganderings/beyond-labcoats-and-goggles-science-wearables.html

I'm collecting awesome science-related goods from around the web... all for you and those geeky types you need to buy things for. :)

It's in its infancy, so, please check back often for more stuff (there's a permanent link under 'pages' there in the left column) - it might get its own site some day, even. Dream big!

Enjoy!

I'm a runner up in the #Art category!

Yay! I'm listed as a 'runner-up" in the Short Award's #art category! Hooray! :D The Shorty's were created to honor "the best producers of short* content in 2008 (*140 characters or less, on Twitter)".

Jeni Fairman profiled me on her awesome blog!

I heart Jeniiiiii, I heart her, I heart her, I HEART HER!!!!!  (that's a gush, girl!)

So, my dear medical illustration colleague and friend, Jennifer Fairman, profiled my work on her blog, Willow Street Creative. I am SO full of pride and donning a huge grin! Thank you SO much, my friend. Good lord, I don't know where I'd start if I blogged about you, you're such an inspiration to me. :)

So yes, my readers, head on over to her blog - you will love every ounce of it!

Here's a jumping off page for ALL of her outstanding gifts to the rest of us. I warn you! It'll knock your proverbial socks off!

0% of the people who've taken the quiz are like me... really?

I took the 43 Things Personality Quiz and found out I'm an Extroverted Self-Improving Builder

Thanks to Supah for the link to this on the 43things.com website. :)

We ♥ It

I forgot about this website that I use called We ♥ It ... it's a lot of fun. It's a place to store images that you like and find folks to share your likes. Lots of really cool stuff. Here are some of mine:

Nominate me for a Shorty!

If you like my Twitter updates, or follow me over there, think about nominating me for science Twitter-er of the year :)  I will love you forever.

I've nominated (not only myself - dork!), but Anne Ruthmann in the personal category, shivvy in politics, and woxy_live in music.

And another list...

Check it out - I've finally begun a list of my favourite music. I've blogged about it before here and there, but, I've always wanted to take a moment and put it all in one place. It's an ongoing project and will change frequently. Another benefit is that it cleans up my FB info page where my 'Music' list was ridiculously long. :)

New diversion for my weblog!

I've added 'List-O-Rama', a typepad 'page' of random lists about myself. Narcissistic? You betcha! :)