My First Post

Hello World!!!!

I've always been really jealous of my friends who have fun, quirky blogs so I thought that I too might try to accomplish this seemingly impossible feat.  I have serious doubts as to whether my blog will be fun or quirky, but at least it will be a good way for all my friends to keep up with me.  It also has the added benefit of making me seem less "stalkery" when I read their blogs.

I do have some serious doubts as to my ability to actually maintain a blog since my journal writing attempts have averaged out at about one entry every three years.  Does facebook count as a journal?  I feel like it should because of all the status updates, but I may be trying to justify my complete lack of journal writing dedication.  My little sister, Xan, is amazing at writing in her journal and taking picture, and just generally being amazing.  But she's blonde, so it all balances it out in the end.

So, one thing I discovered in trying to set up this blog is that it is hard to come up with a blog name.  There's a lot of pressure to come up with a fun name that isn't cheesy.  I'm not sure I succeeded in this attempt, but I like it. So the blog is called "The Life Cycles of Lacy" Why you may ask?
1) My life is going through a lot of changes right now with moving to Texas from North Carolina and with starting graduate school (don't know what I was thinking when I made that decision) so the "Life Cycles" (emphasis on the plural) made sense.
2)  I'm getting my PhD in biomedical science so "Life Cycle" seemed apropo to represent my interest in science.
3) All the other ideas I had seemed vain, cheesy, or too alliterated(?)

So what is going on in my life right now?
On the school front:
I am almost smack dab in the middle of Core Course, which is the general science class that my graduate program makes every student take to (a) torture us or (b) make sure we have knowledge.  The school claims B is the reason, but I think it's A.  Our second exam is coming up in the very near future, and I can only hope it goes better than the first exam.  On the first exam, our teacher accidentally emailed the whole class, the exam plus the answer key the weekend before the test.  That was definitely an "Oh Crap" moment for our professor.  So the teachers weren't sure if we were going to have the exam on Monday.

My coping mechanism to exam stress:  Free fall 120 ft "for fun" (video hopefully will be included). There was some definite peer pressure involved in getting me to do this "Zero Gravity" activity.  I just think the name "Zero Gravity" is very misleading because let me tell you I was experiencing every bit of gravity while I was falling.  Now if  I was given the opportunity to get on a micro-gravity plane, I would totally do it

Microgravity Video

On the home front:
My dad celebrated his 57th birthday in September and since 57 is my favorite number (thanks to the cartoon "Doug"), I know that this year will be amazing for him.

On the Random Front:
I'm taking a self-defense class and learning some pretty cool moves.  So beware guys: I know how to defend myself and hurt you.  You've been warned... We are coming up on Simulation Day where we actually fight men that have been hired to attack us.  I'm scared/pumped. I also learned that I lack the necessary leg strength to get off the ground without using my hands.  My attempts usually end with me stalled half-way up and falling back down or if by some miracle I actually make it standing, I stumble around trying to find my balance.  Not the safest situation, but pretty hilarious to watch.

So all in all, I'm sometimes enjoying my time in Texas, all the time missing North Carolina, and sometimes missing Georgia.

That's about it for now.  Thanks for reading!!! (and I hope you think I have the makings of a fun, quirky blogger)