Fire!

I made it out of lecture okay. No, there was not an actual fire. I'll get to that in a few. We were talking about membrane constituents and membrane transport. Basically, transmembrane proteins, integral proteins, lipid-linked proteins, attaching the membrane, and then discussing RNA translation of proteins and then their associated transport into mediums like the ER and mitochondria via SRPs and chaperone proteins. Fun, fun, fun.

After buying the usual, I come back to find the fire alarm going off. It was solved in short order and I'm back to not panicking or standing around awkwardly because my backpack is heavy and my foot is dying.

One thing I'm sure people ask is: do you really study X hours a day? In college, it was probably X = 2. And I did OK. Not great, OK. Nowadays, X>=5. No joke. There was no magical weaning into studying. Day 1, I began studying 5 hours a day. Considering Day -2 to -365, I was working at a job, it's not like I had practice doing so. There's just so much material, it doesn't seem reasonable studying less than that. Take an hour to review each lecture's notes, spend half an hour re-reviewing previous notes, spend half an hour doing problems, and so on, and within 5 hours, you'll go "Wow, I just studied for 5 hours."

It's not a tough transition, at least for me. I didn't enroll here to party or play video games all day, and my study schedule reflects that. In the past, I'd play LOTS OF VIDEO GAMES. Lots being defined as I could probably go semi-pro and win some game tournaments locally.

Nowadays, I study, maybe sneak in a 5 minute break every now and then, but it's a big difference from 2 weeks ago when I could basically play video games all day if I had wanted to.

Studying just feels like a natural part of your schedule once you get here, I guess.