*huff huff huff* Boy, even with a decent air pump, inflating Zen is quite a task. And that's with only having to inflate him semi firm in a sitting pose. His full capacity is quite a bit higher for his standing poses XD. My arms are a bit sore but he's back to his usual spot in my room.

Zen's not the only dragon that needs to wake up, Panzer has to as well Gotta shake off that apathy and get things done here for a week or two. I finally signed up to take the graduate record exam a second time to patch up that low math score I got originally (it's not hard, I'm just not good at answering math problems in 30 seconds). The lit/reading comprehension stuff is pretty easy so not many problems there. After 4 years as a bio student, one would think I could get the main points out of scientific literature by now XD. Following this I need to finally follow through and get everything together for grad school applications. Yep, I might be signing my soul away for a Master's degree come next spring or fall.

Ouside of potential academic advancement, I've been working on waking up my athleticism again. For those that don't know, I ran cross country/track a good 6 years competitively. I was only a mid to upper range Division 3 athlete but it still felt good being in ridiculous shape by most standards. I've been trying to recapture that a bit as of late by restarting my training some. It's been a bit shaky as of late due to the Arkansas summer heat but I've been able to do some shorter runs. I suspect when it starts cooling off later, I'll start being able to do those long runs I've been wanting to do again for a long while.

Anyway, I hope everyone is doing well and getting their stuff done XD. Now if you guys will excuse me, a certain dragon is stirring a bit more and is demanding some attention. *runs off to attend to the cute squeak dragon before he gets cranky*.