Busy week!

Wow... less than one week until this semester is O-V-E-R!!!
Let's see... I'm busy with finals. But as you can tell, I'm blogging instead of studying. Oh well. I usually don't study for finals, but since I'm not working on general eds anymore, I should put forth an extra effort for getting a REALLY good grade on these classes that matter. Plus this cell biology final ain't gonna be pretty. I'm horrified.
I took my last exam for Anthropology this past week and that was a piece of cake- like always. I also finished up a take home final for Chem and turned it in on Thursday night. So I'm done with those two classes. I had to pass out my letter of recommendation packets this past week to my recommenders. I'm applying for three scholarships, and all of them require two letters of recommendations. Those packets were a pain to put together, but at least my recommenders won't have to do much except for writing the letters and sending them in the stamped, addressed envelopes I put in the packets.
Also, this past week, something really interesting happened: I was going to work on genome mapping next semester through the community college I currently attend, and I needed it to count as class up at the university I'm transferring to (because independent research counts as a class for my major). So I got in touch with the Anthropology Dept Chair and we got to emailing back and forth and I had told her that my research got published and that I wanted to continue it next semester... she writes me back and tells me that she sees potential in me and wants me to do real, human genetics research with this geneticist at the Dept of Human Genetics. Funny she says that because I look up information on this doctor, and he's an anthropologist that deals with a lot of genetics. BINGO. That's exactly what I'm interested in. I'm STOKED because this guy is a genius and has taught at both Yale and Harvard. I'm hoping I'll for sure be able to do my research under his supervision. I should know here in the next couple of weeks.
Then I ended up meeting with my premed advisor this week as well and I finalized my class schedule for next semester:
Gen Chem II
Genetics
Calc I
Independent Research
It'll be a busy semester and I'm worried because of babysitting issues on Tuesdays. I'm hoping a good soul will cross my way and I'll be able to leave my son with whomever is willing to watch him for free. My mom is about to move any week now and I won't have a reliable babysitter anymore :( This sucks!!!
My advisor is funny... well, not funny but interesting. I mean, she out of the blue asked me if I had kids, and obviously I had to say yes, but she said it was okay. I just have to work harder than other traditional students. It caught me off guard because I've always tried to conceal the fact that I had a child. I keep hearing from other premed moms and med students that med school faculty will think less of you for being a mom, and decide that because you are a mom, you don't have time to study or anything. It's conflicting information and I'm going to have to look into that some more. However, she introduced me to the AFFP and I'm going to apply for a membership. That can potentially be very helpful with my med school application and finding leadership opportunities.
Anyway. I think that's about it for now. I have a trig final coming up on tuesday evening and a cell bio final on wednesday morning. I'm a little scared but it'll be alright.
I still haven't bought anything for my husband or my son for Christmas yet and I'm running out of time! I think I'm just trying to push everything back until after finals, so I'll get all my shopping done then... it's not like it's anything different from past years :P