I’m on my way to become a geologist, not sure yet if I am treading in the right direction,but , the point is- studying about rocks actually has affected my life.

– I wrote apatite ( this mineral that makes up your teeth ) instead of appetite on one my blog drafts. And I didn’t even bother correcting it. Okay, I did ultimately.

– While waiting for my ever delayed company to meet me at a spot, I find my self looking at rocks, identifying minerals in them and wishing I had my hand-lens (something my Mineralogy prof said I will feel and I was like “No. I’m not a keener”).

– My roommate is a big mountaineer and collects cool looking rocks on her various expeditions. When she’s not home and I am incredibly bored ( but not as bored I would like to think I would like to be ) I look through her collection trying to identify what rock it is.

– Using my hand-lens to clean nails. Oh yeah, its so effective.

– Everyone in my class jumped off a mountain and landed there. They are so fit, it explains why Indians never win any Olympic medals. Well all this shamed me into swimming and doing yoga again. I need to keep up with this bunch on field trips somehow.

– I have flashbacks of when me and my sister picked out pretty rocks at my farm when we were young. I think these flashbacks are like some sort of coping mechanism to my sudden questioning to my goals and dreams of being a geologist.

-I look at cracks on the pavement and think of fractures of the minerals in thin section.

Cracks on the street

Curtsy -http://www.urbanaviatrix.com/

Minerals in thin section under a microscope

Curtsy- http://serc.carleton.edu/NAGTWorkshops/mineralogy/optical_mineralogy_petrography.html

okay that’s it for now. Hope everyone’s having a super summer!