TN to GA

I'm back in Atlanta. Blah.

I don't want to be here. I left my heart in Clarksville, TN.

Boys in school? What?

OMG there are BOYS IN MY CLASS!

I had my first German class today at Perimeter College. On the drive there I kept on reminding myself that Perimeter is not like Agnes Scott- there are boys there, and the college atmosphere is much different.

Daniel Scott saw me and we talked before class started. It was great to see a familar face, if even for a couple of minutes. I think I missed out on being friends with him in high school because I still saw him in that obnoxious teenage boy stage like he was in middle school, even though he had grown up and matured a lot. I should hang out with him sometime and get to know him better. He's a good guy.

I was still shocked when I walk into my German class, only to find a boy sitting down waiting for class to begin! I got to class 15 minutes early (after spending $170 at the campus bookstore, grrrr) and we talked for a few minutes.
The German class is made up of 10 people. Eight boys, two girls (myself included).

Brittney's a biology major and wants to be an animal behaviorist when she grows up. But not just ANY animal behaviorist- she wants to specialize in fish. Yes, fish. I wonder if she can tell me how Lefty REALLY feels about only having one eyeball... I didn't tell her I'm a wildlife rehabber, but I have a feeling that'll come up in a later conversation. She and I buddied up at the end of class for some oral exercises (keep your mind out of the gutter!), and I have a feeling that just by being the only two people with boobs and estrogen in the class, we'll become friends.

Five of us in the class have taken German before. The other 5 have not. This is a beginning German course, and although it's accellerated since 101 is the first half of the semester and 102 is the second half, it is geared towards people who haven't had German before. This is good for me because today while we were learning pronounciations, I realized I remember a lot more of my German than I thought I did. Apparently those three years of German I took in high school have, surprisingly, stuck with me. The boy who was flirting with me has also taken German before, and was pretty confident about his German-speaking abilities (he *did* go to Germany for two weeks, after all...), so it was funny to see him mess up on a few phrases that I remembered. I have a feeling I'll be silently laughing at him more than not this semester.

My German prof. looks exactly like an ex, Bryan, will look in 20 years. It's pretty creepy. I should take a picture of him and then put their pictures together for a side-by-side comparison. But that would be weird.

In completely random news, I got my letter from smlloydy when I got home yesterday! I haven't read it yet, but I can't wait to read it and write back!

Let's talk about bats, bab-y.

Woah. I just got invited to speak in front of a class full of veterinarians on bats! We need more vets to become wildlife-friendly in GA, and this one day a week, 10 week long class is designed to make vets and vet techs more familiar with handling wildlife and doing triage on them so they'll be more willing to help us wildlife rehabbers. Most vets shy away from bats (there's a huge liability if you have a rabies vector species in your vet clinic), but hopefully some will learn something out of my talk and be more comfortable handling bats and doing general triage on them.

I can't believe I just agreed to speak in front of veterinarians! The class is three hours long, but I definitly won't be speaking for that long. I'm supposed to give general facts and information about bats, talk about RVS licensing in Georgia, then discuss handling, feeding, and housing for them. And show them a bat. :-) I'm so excited, and nervous! I'll be talking to vets like I know more than they do. lol

Happy birthday!

Happy Birthday, my LJ! You're four years old today!