I seem to be burning my candle at both ends, with predictable results. Last night we went to see The Campaign at Beechwood with Becky and Kent. It was better than I thought and we were home before 10. I just have to have popcorn and Snocaps at the movies, unless I go to Cine, and the only thing to have with popcorn is Coke. So then I was awake most of the night--how stupid is that! I had to rush there from class, which went from 4:55 to 7:55. I enjoyed it. An older woman biology professor spoke about some of the aging research. A lot of it was beyond my comprehension--I wished Ray were there; he would have really enjoyed it.

Primates and Humans share a lot of DNA. Primates die soon after their reproductive years are over. Humans live a lot longer. What evolutionary reason is there for that? This is a question I had already pondered and really wanted answered. There are several hypotheses. The ones she likes best is the grandmother education effect. Women who live longer have more grandchildren. Theoretically, they provide support to their children and so they are  more "successful" from a reproductive point of view. No, not because they nag them... She also talked about how that works. Some of it was about tleomeres and genes and I can't tall you about it. In involved nude mice...She also urged us all to know the warning signs of stroke and emphasized that heart diseases kills more women than cancer, and is more preventable. Yes, exercise and diet, and quit smoking if you haven't.

Working backwards through my day, before that I was home reading my assignments for that class and there were a lot and I didn't finish all of them. It took me a while to get access to one of them. I couldn't read it on my iPad until I downloaded it on my computer and copied it to Dropbox or Evernote. I had lunch with Becky, Ray, and Le'Ann at Eitenne. Le'Ann broke her ankle in two places. Becky picked her up and took her home and we had a really nice time. I was somewhat moderate in my food choices, ordering salad nicoise (which they make with seared raw tuna steak--quite yummy, but not authenitic in my opinion). I helped other people eat their French fries and pasta and had a couple bites of Ray's croque madame, which is better than ordering my own. I did order creme brulee. The chocolate tart was too sweet for Becky, so I had a couple bites of that too. This is why we were able to have popcorn for supper...

In the morning, I went to the eye doctor and ordered new lenses. The ones I have are scratched, and she told me last year they should be replaced, but I didn't want to spend the money. Ha! I don't have any more money this year, but I noticed it when I was doing a lot of reading for classes.