Life is kind of like organic chemistry. Well, at least my life, right now.
See, I have been studying Organic Chemistry for a for a little while now, and as I review mechanisms for my final in a few days, I realized that my life is like an Organic Chemistry equation.
It begins with a formula, simple and basic. It begins clean and clear:
End of Summer School--->Spain.
Suddenly, though, one has to examine the mechanism more closely. Wait, it can't just happen like that, its not that simple, other reactions need to take place before I find myself at my endpoint: End of summer school-->finals--->moving and packing--->Anniversary Party--->Goodbye Party for friends---->New York--->home again--->packing and over-all nervousness--->Spain.
And then there are transition states, oh those pesky transitions states, where bonds exist in a blurry half-formed state, and everything has a motion, but not a structure. In organic chemistry, I have never really struggled with the motions of the reaction, but the transition states? Oh, well those, those are another story. Transitions states have always given me trouble, because they are both there and not, both a mystery, and yet so transparently clear. In life, well, transition states are the car rides, the plane rides, the moments in between the moments, the moments where you have to stop, and think, what is happening? What am I doing to move myself from one place to the next? Suddenly little things, side equations, and catalysts become involved. Family, friends, transportation, time, money, weather, all those are my kind of catalysts. The transformation from one stage of life to the next, although simple when written out, becomes difficult to maneuver with the acids and bases of life effected the balance you need in order to carry out one's reaction.
That is my life, a serious of equations which, right now, lead up to a final product of Granada, Spain. After that? Well, a whole new set of equations will be set up, new equilibriums found. For now though, I am just trying to solve the basic equilibrium:
End of Summer School---->Spain
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this is cute, and chemistry came in handy. i like the idea of writing about things that you are intimately familiar with, or about something that is really part of your life. so if chemistry happened to be part of your life at this point, you may as well use it for something a little more entertaining than chemsitry itself.
lena read it too, and found out that you are coming to her anniversary - so it already helps to disseminate your information :)
Good luck with your studying and mastering transitions!
Lizunya, unfortunately I cannot write so smooth like you or your mom, but I really had a fun to read it. It was very educational for me and I picked up interesting information about organic chemistry and about your personal life. I look forward to read more and more ….. Love you. Lena
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