In-class Exercise

Figure 1. Size Comparison. This picture of a female jumping spider serves to show how large the spider is in comparison to the flower it is resting on. "Don't Blink I'll Jump" flickr photo by Mike Keeling https://www.flickr.com/photos/pachytime/3195623214 shared under a Creative Commons (BY) license

Everything I did this morning

• Alarm went off

• Snoozed it

• Repeat about 10 times

• Slowly woke up

• Went on Instagram for like 10 minutes

• Got out of bed

• Brought my toothbrush toothpaste face wash and hand towel to the bathroom

• Went to the bathroom

• Took my retainer out

• Brushed my teeth

• Brushed my retainer

• Washed my face

• Dried my face

• Came back to the room

• Checked the weather for the day

• Picked out an appropriate outfit for that weather

• Got dressed

• Put the shades up

• Talked to my roommate

• Did my mascara and blush

• Packed my backpack with my chargers and laptop

• Put my shoes and socks on

• Grabbed a belvita breakfast bar

• Said bye to my roommate for the weekend

• Walked to the ILC while eating my belvita bar

• Listened to music

• Physics Class

• Went to the bathroom

• Walked out of physics and to a table

• Set up at a table to do homework

• Texted my friends about house hunting for senior year

• Finished my application

• Did some homework

• Walked to Blue Wall

• Ordered a hummus wrap but got a hummus bowl

• Went to the bathroom

• Walked to Genetics Class

• Got a call with a job offer

• Genetics Class

• Ate hummus bowl

Throughout an average day, I communicate with various people through different mediums.  I interact with my roommate every morning before leaving for class. In class, I also interact with my peers to problem solve. On Thursday, September 13th, I interacted with my peers in General Genetics and Introductory Physics.  During lunch, I also ordered my food from an employee. These interactions were all face to face communication. I also interact with people through other means. For example, I text my friends throughout the average day. On this particular day, I also got a call from a rehabilitation center offering me a position.  Communication is a common part of my typical day, though it is through different mediums.

Although electronic devices are used throughout the day for communication, they are also a substantial part of my day in other regards.  I use my phone to wake myself up in the morning with several alarms, to check Instagram in the morning, and to listen to music while walking to class.  I use my laptop to check the weather in the morning, do homework, and apply for jobs. Technology is a substantial component of my day.

Since my phone is such a significant part of my life, I use it during most unchanging routines I have throughout the day.  One of the most monotonous activities I take part in every day is hygiene. When I wake up I go to the bathroom to wash my face, brush and floss my teeth and retainer and brush my hair.  During this process, I am generally checking Instagram and Facebook. When I go back to my room, I check the weather on my laptop and pick out an appropriate outfit for the weather. I then apply mascara and blush to my face and get dressed.  At this point, I am ready for class so I plug in my headphones and head to the ILC.

Since UMass is such a large campus, I spend a lot of my day walking from place to place.  On Thursday, September 13th, I walked from my room to the bathroom, from Coolidge to the ILC, and from the ILC into Blue Wall.  Later on that day I walked from the ILC to Morrill. On every walk I take I listen to music and sometimes check social media.

Interacting with people face to face: Said bye to my roommate for the weekend, Physics Class, Ordered a hummus wrap but got a hummus bowl, Genetics Class

Interacting with people through another medium of communication: Texted my friends about house hunting for senior year, Got a call with a job offer

Used electronics: Alarm went off, Snoozed it, Repeat about 10 times, Went on instagram for like 10 minutes, Checked the weather for the day, Listened to music, Texted my friends about house hunting for senior year, Finished my application, Did some homework, Got a call with a job offer

Hygiene: Went to the bathroom, Took my retainer out, Brushed my teeth, Brushed my retainer, Washed my face, Dried my face, Picked out an appropriate outfit for that weather, Got dressed, Did my mascara and blush, Put my shoes and socks on, Went to the bathroom

Movement: Got out of bed, Brought my toothbrush toothpaste face wash and hand towel to the bathroom, Came back to the room, Walked to the ILC while eating my belvita bar, Walked out of physics and to a table, Walked to Blue Wall, Walked to Genetics Class

Academic: Physics Class, Genetics Class, Did some homework

Eating: Walked to the ILC while eating my belvita bar, Ate hummus bowl

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• Woke up

• Checked my phone

• Got out of bed and stretch

• Put on shorts

• Take a drink of water

• Walk to the bathroom

• Brushed my teeth

• Check the bus app on my phone

• Put my orgo notebook and goggles in my backpack

• Took off my shorts and put on pants and a shirt

• Leave my house and walk to Neman cafe

• Order a breakfast sandwich and eat it

Categories

• Moving

• Getting ready  

• Self care

The first part of my day consists of me slowly coming to and moving and squirming around in my bed before I finally sit up in bed.  A few minutes later I get up out of bed from the bottom as my bed is against a wall and a couch. As soon as I get up and am standing I stretch out and yawn and sometimes crack my neck and  back depending on how it feels. Soon after I walk to the bathroom which is just down the hall. After I’m all ready to go or the day I walk over to Newman cafe, juust n the other side of the bushes.   

    Right after I get up the first thing I do is check my phone and see if I have any messages from work or professors, then I’ll poke a round on social media.  After I’m out of bed and stretched i’ll throw on some shorts and my flip flops. When I’m done In the bathroom I check my phone again, this time checking the bus app for the times.  As that is loading I grab my organic chemistry notebook and my goggles and toss them in my backpack. I remembered I actually need pants for my lab so I have to take my shorts off and put on pants and a t shirt.

One of the best thing in the world is when you first get up and have a drink of water, I do this every morning as soon as i get out of bed and have  pants on. Once in the bathroom I brush my teeth with my electric toothbrush for about 2 minutes, sometimes I’ll wash my face depending on if i feel the need to. The last self care step and maybe the most important is I eat my breakfast sandwich from the Neman cafe and then am on my way.

Getting Ready:

This morning I woke up to my alarm that went off at 8:30 AM. I picked up my phone to turn off the alarm and rolled out of bed. I sat up and got out of my bed and went to the bathroom. In the bathroom, I washed my face and brushed my teeth. Afterwards, I went into the kitchen and put bread in the toaster. While waiting for my food, I went to my room to put on an outfit for the day. Once my toast was ready, I spread peanut butter on it and ate it. I then made sure my backpack was all packed up and I was ready for my day.

Transportation:

Once I had all my stuff together in my backpack, I walked down the 5 flights of stairs and unlocked my bike from the bike rack outside of North A. I then rode my bike to the ILC and locked it up at a bike rack there. I walked to the room S110 After physics, I rode my bike to my Cellular and Molecular Biology class at Morrill II. I walked to room 131 for my class.

School:

In physics today we worked on a velocity and position lab. We used the IOLab carts to study changes in velocity and position. We worked in our teams and we finished most of our lab. In cellular and molecular biology, we learned about protein folding and structure. I took notes during the class and answered some iClicker questions.

Transportation:

At 6:45am I left my home and began my drive to Umass. Due to heavy traffic, I thought it would have been a good idea to take a detour to avoid said traffic. However, this likely made my commute longer than it would have been otherwise. Unfortunately there was heavy traffic along this detour as well. During my commute someone else had tried to avoid the traffic by using the incorrect lanes and they had gotten pulled over. At 7:50 I arrived on campus and parked in lot 12. From lot 12, I walked to my first course in the ILC. I walked from the ILC to the library. At around 10:00 I had a brief walk around campus. Furthermore, I walked to statistics in Morill 1 at around 12:30.

This morning, after preparing myself for the day, I grabbed my backpack and walked to my first class of the day. It was Climatology at 9:05 in Morrill 2 222. I arrived 5 minutes early and the professor was playing videos of the news showing the events of Hurricane Florence. He began lecture at 9:05 and he discussed briefly the damage that Hurricane Florence can potentially cause as well as how original predictions of its strength have so far not been accurate. It was predicted to be a category 4 but has since been downgraded to a category 1 as it makes landfall. The remainder of the class focused on the water cycle and how energy is transferred from water droplets as water travels through the cycle.

Thursday morning was a busy morning for me. I spent a lot of time getting from place to place. This was done in many ways such as walking, by bus, and taking elevators. In my building I live on the seventh floor so I usually take the elevator down to the first floor, instead of the stairs. I also take the elevator to get back to my room because it is more coinvent. My building is in close proximity to the dining hall so I walk there, and also walk to the building where my classroom is. The classroom building is not very close to my building, so I take the bus back to save time. The bus is also used when I need to go to the post office to drop off packages.

In the morning, at approximately 7 AM, I woke up and got ready for the day. This consisted of first turning off my alarm and making some oatmeal in the microwave. I enjoyed this breakfast while relaxing watching YouTube videos. At this time I also took my morning pills and drank some water. After finishing breakfast, I decided to take a shower and grabbed my shower caddy along with my towel. During my shower I washed my body and combed through my hair with the help of some conditioner. After drying off and putting up my hair, I got dressed back in my room and brushed my teeth. I double-checked my bag to make sure everything was packed for the day and left the dorm.

On Monday September 10, 2018 i woke up at 9 am. It was my first lab of the week and i was very nervous because I had no idea where it was. My day started with taking a shower and brushing my teeth. Went to Worcester dining for breakfast, stayed there for a half an hour because i’m a slow eater. After getting breakfast I went to see my friend Melanie and Milo her ferret since I had plenty of time before my lab. Around 11am I walked to Melanie’s place and finally met Milo. I was afraid at first because he was so hyperactive and wanted to play, he would hide on his favorite spots around her room. I took a lot of pictures of him and sent some to the Umass Campus story. I had so much fun that time went by so quickly that it was time for me to go to my Genetics Lab. I left her place around 12:45 pm to make it on time to the ISB building, where my lab was taking place. I got there before 1pm so I just waited in the second floor to enter the lab. It was difficult to find the room because the organic chemistry lab was taking place at the same time and there wasn’t any sign where the lab exactly was. I had to ask plenty of people to be sure I was going to the right place. Thankfully it was the right place and stayed there for 4 hours. After lab I went to get food at worcester with friend Lindsey, met one of her friends that were there already. After getting dinner with Lindsey and her friends I went back to my place and just relax for the rest of the day.