His Mother was a Mutter

Hello all!

Well, the first week of classes is under my belt and there have been hardly any headaches! As soon as the rest of the textbooks come in, I'll be all set.  In case you're wondering, I'm taking History/Theory of Museums, Museum Registration I, and Object Care.  I haven't had Object Care yet, because that's a Saturday field trip class that doesn't meet all the time.  My other two classes are going to be very interesting, but there is a TON of reading to do.  Ah, the pleasures of Grad school.

So, last Friday, after much stress and doubt, I FINALLY got a parking space behind my building.  It's not as close as it could be, but it's mine and it's guaranteed to be there when I come home, which is all I care about.  Because of this, I have been doing a lot more exploring outside of the immediate area.

With my parking spot affirmed, I set out on Saturday morning for Philadelphia, PA.  My destination was the Mutter Museum, which is part of the College of Physicians in Philly.  It's basically a museum of anatomical oddities, which is my idea of awesome!  It's pretty old and the exhibit cases really don't go together, but if skulls and brains are involved, count me in.  I'm going to say the coolest thing I saw there was a portion of the brain of Charles J. Guiteau, who assassinated Garfield.  Why would I care about Guiteau, you ask?  Because he's the coolest character in Sondheim's 'Assassins', that's why.

After exploring the Mutter for about an hour, I drove to the Edgar Allen Poe National Historic Site, which is also in Philadelphia.  Poe wrote some of his most notable works ('Fall of the House of Usher' and 'The Pit and the Pendulum') while living at this house.  It was interesting to see, but I'm glad there was no admission fee because there wasn't much but empty rooms to see.  Driving in Philadelphia is pretty stressful and there are very few free places to park, so I decided to not explore further and went home. 

Still no word on any job. I did have an interview with the university bookstore, but I don't believe it will lead to anything. Don't get me wrong, I'm very thankful to have gotten as much as an interview.  So, it's back to filling out tons of applications during my downtime, of which I have WAY too much.  When the Phineas and Ferb episodes start repeating, you know you need to go take a walk.

Tomorrow, I plan on going for a hike up Mount Tammany, which is located in the Delaware Water Gap National Park.   My mom has already told me not to talk to strangers, so I'll try not to.  :D  I'll write more on that, as well as my Object Care class, next week.

Have a pleasant week, my friends!

XOXO,
K