Chirp didn't make it through the night. Sorry Chirp. I don't know what else I could have done. I'm glad we met. I loved your song.

Meet Chirp

Chirp fell from his rooftop nest on Friday. Kind of a scrawny little guy/girl (how do you tell?). I soaked some of Abby's food and mixed it with Gerber's Rice cereal. When he opens his throat and starts flinging his head around, I shove it in. He sleeps through the night and eats every hour or two all day long. Chirp is gonna have to go to work with me tomorrow. Abby offered to tend, but I said no. Abby is attentive enough, its just that when her big snout touches his beak, her breathe knocks Chirp over... and Abby's big, wild, misplaced paws are a bit dangerous. I've rescued hundreds of baby birds in my lifetime, never had one actually survive. I'm not quite sure what happens next....

Luck be a Lady

Sorry to be so obsessed with this PA thing, but its pretty much been the "giant monster shadow" in my life for the last 6 months. I really, really, really want this. Really. I finished the CASPA application (with a 4998 character narrative, thank you very much) and turned that in. Finished my chemistry lab class (this afternoon), and just completed the timed, on-line supplemental "tell us why we should choose you" application for U of U. Does close count? No.

I still have to finish the supplemental application for Anne Arundel in Maryland (multiple forms and verifications; no online, think-at-your-keyboard essays, thankfully) and take a microbiology lab in the fall. If (when) I get an interview with U of U, I have to take a physiology/anatomy test during the process, so I need to be studying for that. Gotta rock it.

Invitations for interviews won't come till the first of Fall. I've applied to University of Utah, University of California-Davis, Loma Linda University and Anne Arundel Community College. Only four. Not good odds, but the only odds I have. I only need one. Would someone blow on the dice please?

Oh pLEAse!

It's 1:30 am. The CASPA application is all but done. The narrative that I worked so hard to carefully craft to 6,000 characters, I now discover is suppose to be 5,000.