79 Days, 22 Hours, 16 Minutes!

Yesterday, I took the first step towards something I have wanted for my entire life.....I ordered my Aggie Ring!! It was a quick process, and I can't wait until Aggie Ring Day on April 17th! Anyone who wants to come and celebrate with us is more than welcome!!

My crazy, crazy life

Classes started yesterday, and they went really well until about 10:30 this morning when I was sitting in the first day of my German 431 class. When I registered for classes back in November, German 431 and 334 did not show any necessary pre-requisite courses in order to be in the class. But when I got there today, I was told that both of them require German 202 to be completed, which I am taking this semester. So, I had to drop both of those classes which put me down to 9 hours, and I have to have 12 hours to be a full-time student. I was really irritated because they are supposed to list all necessary pre-requisites, but they didn't and now nothing I need for my degree plan is open. I talked to my advisor, and my only option was to take any class just to get 12 hours, so I emailed Dr. Krammer to see if he would do an Independent Reasearch Study with me. Luckily he said he would, so that brings me up to full time and it will be very helpful for graduate school. Basically, that means I only have 3 real classes and then I will be working with Dr. Krammer to do research for a thesis I will be writing for a grade for the class. It's not an ideal situation, but I am much less angry now and I'm excited about doing research with Dr. Krammer!

Blackhawk down

Today an Army UH-60 Blackhawk helicopter crashed on the A&M campus. They were doing routine training exercises with the Corps of Cadets and the helicopter malfunctioned upon take-off and went straight down. Luckily, classes have not started and as far as I know right now, no students were injured. But one Army officer was killed. I heard about the crash while I was at work, and at first, I couldn't really believe it. It just seemed so unreal. Please keep the family of this young officer and recent Texas A&M graduate in your prayers. If you want, you can read the full story here.

Ryan