The hydrogen atom....

In P-chem we just finished a unit on the hydrogen atom and the shrodinger equation.  It is the mathematics of atomic electrons- their location, momentum, and energy.

I learned that the hydrogen atoms' electrons have no angular momentum!! Do you know what this means? This means that the electron does not move in a circle, like previously supposed by Bohr.

LIES

Instead, the electron moves towards the nucleus, and then away from the nucleus over and over again. In and out. In and out. Without going sideways at all.

It has a pathlength that looks more like this:

Take that sixth-grade science. 

AND, the lack-of-angular-momentum applies to the lowest energy orbital of every atom.  How cool.

By this all men will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another.    John 13:35

So Pretty

These are my favorite flowers. 

White Gardenias

Camellias

Hydrangeas

Aren't they beautiful??

Oh there are so many things to blog. School has started up again and I'm three weeks in. I'm taking a research-based class, Fungal Functional Genomics, and I know it sounds smart. It is smart. We learn cool things every day and I thought, hey, this would be perfect for the blog. Too bad I haven't updated it since July and maybe more current things should come first. Like, what has bailey been doing for the past month and a half? Well, lots of things. Lots and lots of things. Ooooo suspense. Maybe I'll tell you later.

I was going to tell you about adenine scanning to find knockout mutations. Want to learn? Yes? No? I'll tell you about it soon.

Things going on now:
I'm in a house! A beautiful house with the best roommates ever.
I bike everywhere. Yay toned legs.
I'm taking self-defense.
I get to cook things.
My pchem prof is a quantum mechanics stud, and he looks like batman's butler.
I'm reading the Cost of Discipleship, again.
I'm a still creek mentor and tutor.
Joel's doing great. He is in grad school, and way smarter than me. Also, he's probably your best friend.
I can't wait to go to ICF and have international students over for dinner.
I know who my grandlittle is. grandleetle!
I get to go to bible study tomorrow.
I'm in a hope group- like a home church in addition to classic church.
I have a bunch of homework. That isn't news.
I'm waiting to call American hospice to be a part of the start-up here. I love elderly people.
I'm (kind of) keeping up with current events, and have the opportunity to see past the headlines via Joel and my dad.
I'm getting enough sleep.
God is good. That isn't news either.

Fungal Functional Genomics lecture (FFG) always serves coffee, so I'm pretty awake. Coffee, biking, punching things, and drinking water wake you up.

Teddy Says

"You're either a flashy fishing vessel 

or a speedbump."

A bow for a beau

Guess what? I learned how to tie a bow tie today. After I made one! This bow tie is a columbia blue, but the color might not show in this picture. Can you tell it is blue?

I'm a tad proud of it. My first bow tie. How charming.

Hurricanes always win

Hurricanes are waaaaayyy cooler than tornadoes.

More rain. Bigger clouds. Gulf coast. Predictable. Named. Seen from space.
vs.
Sometimes rain. Smaller clouds. Midwest. Unpredictable. Unnamed (unloved). NOT seen from space.

Super cool hurricane

Mean little tornado that
hurts rainbows

A serious pie and San Gregorio

Have you ever had strawberry basil pie? I have! And it is delicious.

Here is another painting. So far, I've been prolific for two days this summer, and those two days were tuesday and wednesday.

Bruno Zupan's San Gregorio by Bailey Jones