Jim and I were married on May 15, 2004.  If anyone tells you that you can't have a normal relationship after rape, they lied to you.  You can and you will have a normal relationship.  It is just going to take some time and hard work. You have to be willing to work with your partner and they have to be willing to do the same for you.

I am currently studying the subcellular localization and topology of myo-inositol phosphate synthase in yeast.

I plan to be finished in 2004.  Hopefully I will actually meet that goal.  Sometimes it seems impossible.

So of course it was impossible.  I am still here.  I haven't given up my project completely.  I have changed my major though.  It was about time, I was really unhappy with my choice.  When I first started graduate school, I thought I wanted to do Research.  I did not enjoy the research as much as I enjoyed teaching.  I am now working on research in science education.  I am focusing on improving science education at the college level.  People who teach science are not educated in how to teach.  This is especially true at the college level.  People who are educated in how to teach, do not have an in depth understanding of how science works.  I will be unique in my field.  I am now loving my project, but I have no idea when I will be finished.

I would like to get a faculty position in Microbiology. I would also like to continue doing research in Science Education.  I also plan on publishing a novel that I am working on.  If you read my Xanga, you know what it is about.  I occassionally put bits and pieces on there for people to read.

Even though aspects of my sexual assault still haunt me, I am mainly focusing on my ED now.  I went to therapy for a while and then I quit.  I do not see myself ever getting better from my ED.  It is a coping mechanism for me.  I fear getting fat and I won't let myself go over a certain weight.