for those of you who know me well, you'll never believe it. i went to the health center yesterday. i know, i know. i've never been prone to take medicine or go to the doctor, or anyone for that matter, when something is wrong with me. i prefer to stick out my illnesses as long as possible without drug intervention or obvious doctor analyses. whats strange is that i'm not really sick. yet, that is. since saturday i've had a dry, stinging throat, minor headaches every once in awhile, and feeling a bit groggy. with only three weeks before the end of the semester, theres no time to waste lying in bed being too sick to function. so i decided to pay a visit to the health center on the other side of campus. turns out that my illness is still too early in its stages to diagnose it. the doctor's reply basically told me to wait a few days until it gets worse, come back, and then she'll decide what it is. wonderful. just what i wanted to hear. of course, the usual perscription of up the sleep, fluid intake, and vitamin c was recommended to boost the good 'ole immune system. she also wrote me a perscription for some samples of allegra-d...gotta love those free samples. the visit was free, too.
of course, with a 2 am bedtime and 6:50 am wake-up call from a lab partner who doesn't know didly squat about the lab to ask me stupid questions doesn't benefit my health. still working on homework...spent about 3 hours on chem homework and only have 47% correct. can't wait til this is over. i've got a few ideas for my english paper floating around in my head, so i guess thats a good sign. i also have to get started on my sociology paper. i didn't do so great on the last one and my prof wants to look over it before i turn it in to make sure i'm on the right track. benefits of being in an honors class where the prof actually cares.
i'm hoping for a movie night tonight...whether it be here with the girls (while you were sleeping, perhaps) or over at 0-house with the guys, i don't care. as long as i get to bed at a decent hour.
Tuesday, November 30, 2004
i hate group work
why is it that my lab partners decide to wait until the day before our labs are due to work on them? why? and it just so happens that i'm the one that can't get anything done until the others do their parts...and the one who has to clean up all the errors my partners overlooked. and i can't get started until 10 pm. and i'm not done until 2 am. and then the one part this one partner has to do, she has to call me at 6:50 am to basically ask what the lab was about. hello! all your answers lie in the introduction to the lab. it would be one thing if they were important questions, but asking about things like units and verifying the data i sent was right does not qualify. okay, i think i'm done venting. and i apoligize, i just had to get it out.
Sunday, November 28, 2004
the last ______ of the semester
its the beginning of the third to last week of school. getting down to the semester's dirty work and in a bind for time. was i not just stressed to death two weeks ago over this kind of stuff? anyway, trying to nip the stress in the bud by hitting each memo on the agenda with a one punch knockout. by that i mean trying to get whatever done in one sitting. i've been successful so far on the things that are considerably easy... i.e. reading, brainstorming, wasting time, writing blogs. okay, so maybe i've gotten a little off track, but you're allowed to do that every once in a while, darn it. since the semester is drawing to a close and theres only, let's see...nine more days of classes, we are getting into the last ishkamabobcrap of the semester (ishkamabobcrap is a word i just made up to replace "blank", "fill-in", or skipping a beat in the sentence). this means last english paper, lab class (amen!), stat lab, chemistry homework, stat homework, sociology paper, set of english journals, and what-have-you. yay!
what makes me green with envy (in a hey-thats-not-fair kinda way) is that becca only has six more days of school. ya. not just six more days of classes...thats including exams. so she not only gets out a week earlier than i do, but she only has one day of consisting of two exams. thats it. grrr. i guess i can't really complain too much. my stat exam is a week earlier than other exams, our last formal lab report is due that same week, i have my english in-class essay monday the 12th, tuesday is my non-cumulative soci exam, and i've got two and a half days to prepare for my final chem exam on friday. even though megan and i will perhaps be the only ones stuck on campus on the last day of school, i at least have plenty of time to study for the dreaded make-or-break-me chem final.
off of the school topic, it was an interesting morning. i was ready for colette to pick me up at 10...but she was picking me up at 10:15. i decided i'd run over to the dining hall to grab a bite to eat before church. well, the university decided that students that sacraficed time with the fam to come back for the game saturday didn't deserve any breakfast the next morning.
(side note: speaking of the system of how the university operates over breaks, i have a bone to pick with them. whether the breaks be for fall, the turkey, or spring, what moron dictates when you can get into your room?? why, on two or three day breaks, are students kicked out of the dorms? what if they lived thousands of miles away and didn't have a home to go to? don't we pay for these rooms? what what? we couldn't get into the dorms until an hour after the game. some people (not including me) may not have realized that it would be so cold and wet during the game. plus, the closest room to thaw out was on the other side of campus. they could have at least opened an hour before the game. grrr.)
with an empty stomach and full of disappointment, i went over to the spot where colette was going to pick me up at 10:15. waited and waited. at 10:27, three minutes before church started, i called her up to see her status. turns out she was just leaving her place and still had to run over to kroger. i was quite upset and jo and i ended up taking his car and being ten minutes late to church. what do ya know, but the sermon was on forgiveness. figures. God manages to direct the sermons toward me on sudays. funny how that works.
worked on my ishkamabobcraps all afternoon. tried really hard to resist the temptation to fall asleep. i had turned the temp of our room up to about 80 degrees cuz i was freezing earlier. it was the kind of temp that lulls you to sleep. it worked for megan, who took two or three naps today. another complaint i have about the dorms is that the temperature on the lofted beds is so much warmer than when i'm working at my desk. i get comfy on my bed and freeze when i get down. just can't get happy. oh well. wish me luck on the ishkamabobcrap.
what makes me green with envy (in a hey-thats-not-fair kinda way) is that becca only has six more days of school. ya. not just six more days of classes...thats including exams. so she not only gets out a week earlier than i do, but she only has one day of consisting of two exams. thats it. grrr. i guess i can't really complain too much. my stat exam is a week earlier than other exams, our last formal lab report is due that same week, i have my english in-class essay monday the 12th, tuesday is my non-cumulative soci exam, and i've got two and a half days to prepare for my final chem exam on friday. even though megan and i will perhaps be the only ones stuck on campus on the last day of school, i at least have plenty of time to study for the dreaded make-or-break-me chem final.
off of the school topic, it was an interesting morning. i was ready for colette to pick me up at 10...but she was picking me up at 10:15. i decided i'd run over to the dining hall to grab a bite to eat before church. well, the university decided that students that sacraficed time with the fam to come back for the game saturday didn't deserve any breakfast the next morning.
(side note: speaking of the system of how the university operates over breaks, i have a bone to pick with them. whether the breaks be for fall, the turkey, or spring, what moron dictates when you can get into your room?? why, on two or three day breaks, are students kicked out of the dorms? what if they lived thousands of miles away and didn't have a home to go to? don't we pay for these rooms? what what? we couldn't get into the dorms until an hour after the game. some people (not including me) may not have realized that it would be so cold and wet during the game. plus, the closest room to thaw out was on the other side of campus. they could have at least opened an hour before the game. grrr.)
with an empty stomach and full of disappointment, i went over to the spot where colette was going to pick me up at 10:15. waited and waited. at 10:27, three minutes before church started, i called her up to see her status. turns out she was just leaving her place and still had to run over to kroger. i was quite upset and jo and i ended up taking his car and being ten minutes late to church. what do ya know, but the sermon was on forgiveness. figures. God manages to direct the sermons toward me on sudays. funny how that works.
worked on my ishkamabobcraps all afternoon. tried really hard to resist the temptation to fall asleep. i had turned the temp of our room up to about 80 degrees cuz i was freezing earlier. it was the kind of temp that lulls you to sleep. it worked for megan, who took two or three naps today. another complaint i have about the dorms is that the temperature on the lofted beds is so much warmer than when i'm working at my desk. i get comfy on my bed and freeze when i get down. just can't get happy. oh well. wish me luck on the ishkamabobcrap.
happy and crappy II
its sunday and time for my second list of what has made me happy and crappy this week.
this week's happy...yay for:
this week's happy...yay for:
- having only two classes in one week
- school breaks
- the feeling you get after you turn in a paper
- sleeping in
- buying that first christmas gift
- safe families
- the rain stopping
- ferris buler
- big dinners with turkey, cranberries, apple muffins, and pumpkin pie
- dinners with the fam
- hot chocolate
- lagaan
- italian
this week's crappy...nay for:
- trees that need to be cleaned up
- stripped canadian hemlocks
- cold and wet final football games of the season
- having to leave the game early
- bickering
- frustrated drivers
- being late to church
- formal lab reports
- brainstorming for english essays
- homework that needs to be done
Saturday, November 27, 2004
the evidence
finally have an internet connection to post these pictures for you. hopefully you can now envision how close our house was to a catastophe. if you have no clue what i'm talking about, see november 25, sturdy as an oak...or loblolly pine.
cold, wet, and numb
becca and i arrived in athens last night around 8 pm, prior to colette's return from the mog (mall of georgia). since we were staying at her place for the night (my dorm was closed for the break and doesn't open until an hour after the game today) we found other things to do around athens. we first stopped at vision video, didn't see anything too interesting, so we went over to chick-fil-a to grab a light snack of nuggets and milkshakes to make sure that we wouldn't be hungry when our thanksgiving dinner wore off.
met colette, her sister, and her sister's friend lisa at wally world to pick up a few things. back to vision video to pick up the movie lagaan. it was a very good four-hour movie that we started at 10:30. so we were up until 2:30 to finish the movie. it was worth it, though. i highly recommend it if you like musical, foreign films and don't mind reading subtitles.
since we were cramming five girls into colette's apartment, becca and i slept out in the living room/kitchen area. i took the sleeping bag and the floor while becca took the couch. i stole the back cushions off the couch to make a bed for myself...of course, they weren't long enough or wide enough, so i had to double them up side by side and let my legs dangle off my makeshift bed. slept pretty sound until 11 am when i realized that we were going to be extremely late for tailgating. after some morning drama between siblings, we walked over to myers, where we normally tailgate. froze a bit and decided to walk to the bookstore to warm up. man, was it hot in there with about a thousand warm bodies wandering aimlessly through the overpriced georgia clothes and junk. couldn't find any georgia gloves to stay warm. figures the one thing i'm looking for isn't available.
eventually, after standing in the dawg walk mob and not being able to see a thing except the player's faces bob by as they walked into the stadium, we made our way over to the ticket gate. now, i don't think i've mentioned this yet, but i've become a supplier of fake student ids. yes, with a little help from photoshop and glossy photopaper, i've managed to pull off some pretty believable ids. they were for becca, rachel, and lisa, who were all trying to get in on student tickets. we had to be super sneaky trying to get in. we had our first scare when they stopped an older man ahead of us and checked him...so we jumped out of line and headed back into the crowd. i'm thinking it was because he was old and trying to use a student ticket. anyway, we split up in all different ways and managed to get through the gate without any problems after that. bigger problems came when i was trying to smuggle two non-students and myself into the lower level of the student section. our tickets were for the upper deck, where all the frat boys get drunk and its difficult to see the game. we don't like sitting there. its complicated to explain, but in short, we basically have to walk across the stands without the gray-jacket guards discovering us.
we did fine until we got to the edge of the student section. that was the tightest game security i've seen so far...and ridiculous. why do they care if we want to root on the dawgs with students that aren't quite as wasted as the ones above? madness. we tried to blend in with the season ticketers; so close, but so far away. there were about six guards on the stairs between the student section and the section we were sitting in. the two we had to get by were impossible. each time one wasn't looking our way, the other was, and vice versa. 25 minutes later, (about 20 minutes til game time) the owners of the seats we were sitting in showed up to claim their spots. crap. we jumped up and darted across the aisle, weaved through the standing students and successfully joined our buddies. that was a close one. next season, i'd better get lowe level seats.
of course, doesn't start raining until five minutes into the game. and doesn't stop. i was wearing heels (i know, smart one. but hey, my dorm was closed and my only options were old navy flips or black closed toe heels and i voted for the "warmer" one) and standing became quite painful. the cold eventually found its way down to my toes that had no circulation anyway. i could feel the rain seeping through my not-so-waterproof raincoat and got colder and colder. five minutes til half time, we called it quits and i made the painful walk in heels with my numb feet back to myers. we got a ride back to colette's by jo, got into warm clothes, and then watched the end of the game.
man, those penalties kill us, but turned out alright in the end. i would like to know how many passes into the endzone tech missed. congrats to 96 c-something guy on his first attempt and successful fieldgoal kick. wtg. becca is driving around lost right now tying to get home. athens roads are quite confusing. i can't wait to get back to my dorm and SLEEP.
met colette, her sister, and her sister's friend lisa at wally world to pick up a few things. back to vision video to pick up the movie lagaan. it was a very good four-hour movie that we started at 10:30. so we were up until 2:30 to finish the movie. it was worth it, though. i highly recommend it if you like musical, foreign films and don't mind reading subtitles.
since we were cramming five girls into colette's apartment, becca and i slept out in the living room/kitchen area. i took the sleeping bag and the floor while becca took the couch. i stole the back cushions off the couch to make a bed for myself...of course, they weren't long enough or wide enough, so i had to double them up side by side and let my legs dangle off my makeshift bed. slept pretty sound until 11 am when i realized that we were going to be extremely late for tailgating. after some morning drama between siblings, we walked over to myers, where we normally tailgate. froze a bit and decided to walk to the bookstore to warm up. man, was it hot in there with about a thousand warm bodies wandering aimlessly through the overpriced georgia clothes and junk. couldn't find any georgia gloves to stay warm. figures the one thing i'm looking for isn't available.
eventually, after standing in the dawg walk mob and not being able to see a thing except the player's faces bob by as they walked into the stadium, we made our way over to the ticket gate. now, i don't think i've mentioned this yet, but i've become a supplier of fake student ids. yes, with a little help from photoshop and glossy photopaper, i've managed to pull off some pretty believable ids. they were for becca, rachel, and lisa, who were all trying to get in on student tickets. we had to be super sneaky trying to get in. we had our first scare when they stopped an older man ahead of us and checked him...so we jumped out of line and headed back into the crowd. i'm thinking it was because he was old and trying to use a student ticket. anyway, we split up in all different ways and managed to get through the gate without any problems after that. bigger problems came when i was trying to smuggle two non-students and myself into the lower level of the student section. our tickets were for the upper deck, where all the frat boys get drunk and its difficult to see the game. we don't like sitting there. its complicated to explain, but in short, we basically have to walk across the stands without the gray-jacket guards discovering us.
we did fine until we got to the edge of the student section. that was the tightest game security i've seen so far...and ridiculous. why do they care if we want to root on the dawgs with students that aren't quite as wasted as the ones above? madness. we tried to blend in with the season ticketers; so close, but so far away. there were about six guards on the stairs between the student section and the section we were sitting in. the two we had to get by were impossible. each time one wasn't looking our way, the other was, and vice versa. 25 minutes later, (about 20 minutes til game time) the owners of the seats we were sitting in showed up to claim their spots. crap. we jumped up and darted across the aisle, weaved through the standing students and successfully joined our buddies. that was a close one. next season, i'd better get lowe level seats.
of course, doesn't start raining until five minutes into the game. and doesn't stop. i was wearing heels (i know, smart one. but hey, my dorm was closed and my only options were old navy flips or black closed toe heels and i voted for the "warmer" one) and standing became quite painful. the cold eventually found its way down to my toes that had no circulation anyway. i could feel the rain seeping through my not-so-waterproof raincoat and got colder and colder. five minutes til half time, we called it quits and i made the painful walk in heels with my numb feet back to myers. we got a ride back to colette's by jo, got into warm clothes, and then watched the end of the game.
man, those penalties kill us, but turned out alright in the end. i would like to know how many passes into the endzone tech missed. congrats to 96 c-something guy on his first attempt and successful fieldgoal kick. wtg. becca is driving around lost right now tying to get home. athens roads are quite confusing. i can't wait to get back to my dorm and SLEEP.
Friday, November 26, 2004
carving the turkey a day late
very soon my family will be sitting around the dining room table (the fallen oak tree is in plain sight still) with the turkey, cranberries, stuffing, apple muffins, and pumpkin pie. i know what you're saying...today is friday, not thursday. well, dad was in brazil somewhere...i can never remember the names of the cities he flies to...unles its like paris, london, rome, or tokyo. anyway, he was flying. so we are carving the turkey a day late.
while everyone else rose early for the doorbuster sales at the malls (like colette...geez you people are crazy to venture outside your homes on black friday) i slept in. it was wonderful...i think i got up around 11. i'm all confused by the clocks in my room because most of them aren't set back yet but some are. i have no idea what time it is in the morning. the sales try to get earlier and earlier every year. it kinda frustrates me. i think one store was advertising their opening at 5 am. 5 am. that is ridiculous. i think the sales lasted only until 10 am too. stupid stores. some even started early sales on thanksgiving. come on people. its supposed to be a holiday, not some time to reap profits from anxious christmas shoppers. after halloween, thanksgiving is simply skipped over. everyone has no idea what thanksgiving is for anyway. they think its being thankful for crap like cashmier sweaters and new gadgets. one tv station claimed that it was in order to thank the indians. hello! no. the first thanksgiving was the pilgrims thanking GOD for blessing them.
anyway, been watching the tv even though its another beautiful day outside. thank God its finally stopped raining. hopefully it will be just as nice tomorrow for the game. i'm excited to kick tech's butt. my whole family is for tech. even my older sister who doesn't even go there. they're just trying to pick on me. oh well. georgia is better anyway. sense any bitterness?
i have many things to be thankful for today. some of them i listed yesterday. i won't bother with listing them here, but believe me, theres a lot. well, time to go eat with the fam. happy belated thanksgiving to me...and shopping to the rest of y'all.
while everyone else rose early for the doorbuster sales at the malls (like colette...geez you people are crazy to venture outside your homes on black friday) i slept in. it was wonderful...i think i got up around 11. i'm all confused by the clocks in my room because most of them aren't set back yet but some are. i have no idea what time it is in the morning. the sales try to get earlier and earlier every year. it kinda frustrates me. i think one store was advertising their opening at 5 am. 5 am. that is ridiculous. i think the sales lasted only until 10 am too. stupid stores. some even started early sales on thanksgiving. come on people. its supposed to be a holiday, not some time to reap profits from anxious christmas shoppers. after halloween, thanksgiving is simply skipped over. everyone has no idea what thanksgiving is for anyway. they think its being thankful for crap like cashmier sweaters and new gadgets. one tv station claimed that it was in order to thank the indians. hello! no. the first thanksgiving was the pilgrims thanking GOD for blessing them.
anyway, been watching the tv even though its another beautiful day outside. thank God its finally stopped raining. hopefully it will be just as nice tomorrow for the game. i'm excited to kick tech's butt. my whole family is for tech. even my older sister who doesn't even go there. they're just trying to pick on me. oh well. georgia is better anyway. sense any bitterness?
i have many things to be thankful for today. some of them i listed yesterday. i won't bother with listing them here, but believe me, theres a lot. well, time to go eat with the fam. happy belated thanksgiving to me...and shopping to the rest of y'all.
Thursday, November 25, 2004
sturdy as an oak...or loblolly pine
its a gorgeous day today. there isn't a cloud anywhere preventing the eye from seeing every bit of blue the sky has to offer. you never would have guessed that yesterday we were in the midst of 30 mph winds and unbelievable rainfall. well, if you didn't look at the ground at all the debris. i rolled out of bed around 9 am. i couldn't force myself to sleep anymore becuase my stomach was throwing a fit...guess i didn't eat enough the day before.
so i wandered downstairs, grabbed a bowl of honey bunches, and sat down to watch the tube. it was no surprise to me that it was raining. as i've said before, its been raining non-stop since saturday...or maybe even before that. i wouldn't know. anyway, i was watching some music videos on vh1 to get a jumpstart on the day. didn't last too long, though, because eventually the clouds interrupted the satellite signal and all that was on after that were snowflakes. on the tv i mean.
i gave up and turned the tv off and resorted to watching the wind swirl all around the yard, stripping the trees of any bit of leaves that managed to cling on to the end of november. much more entertaining. amazingly enough, there is still quite a bit of green in many of the leaves. thats the southern fall for ya. eventually the trees started to bend. my mom had joined me in the dining room. we kept screaming playfully as the gust of wind turned in our direction and the raindrops and leaves spattered and stuck to the windows. our mood the entire time was never dampered by the rain. it was actually quite fun. the wind picked up and grew worse and the sky was pitch black. the scence outside resembled the warm-up session of an aerobics class. the trees looked as if they were trying to stretch and reach their highest branches to their tippitoes...or roots. whatever. some of them were lashing back and fourth like whips.
all of a sudden my dad ran downstairs saying (that is a carefully selected word) "get in the basement." i thought he was joking. he didn't say it in any kind of hurried or worried manner. he went on to say "with all this rain we've had, the roots are really weak. this wind can blow them over. get in the basement." with that, we all rushed downstairs and continued to watch the leaves swirl about in the backyard through the basement window. the backyard was a carpet of colors...brown was becoming the prominent color as the rain continued to fall. the lights flickered off, then back on for a second, and then off again to leave us without electricity for the remaining hours of the day. after about ten minutes, the wind died down and all that was left to the storm was the pelting rain. my dad, who had to take a shower because he had work later, decided it was safe to head up from our shelter. no sooner did he leave the room did the final dying breath of the storm sweep through our debris covered yard. i guess my dad was standing at the top of the stairs when he heard it. i could hear it from where i watched the storm from the basement window. it in truth, wasn't very loud. in fact, it was a somewhat soft "thud."
"oh my gosh! come see this! come see this!" those are not the words anyone wants to hear. we all knew that it had been a tree, but my dad's exclaimation withheld the vital information: where it fell. my first guess was the car sitting in the driveway. who knows why that was the first thought that came to my mind. i hurried up the basement stairs into the dining room right around the corner. there, three feet from our dining room window (which is where we had been watching mother nature's show earlier) on the narrow patch of grass that lay between our house and driveway, a giant oak tree, about twenty inches in diameter, had laid to rest. the circumstances are incredible. a small (perhaps twelve-inch diameter) hickory tree that lay in the path of the falling mighty oak managed to snap a limb of the oak that would have hit my sister's bedroom (which is right above the dining room). the broken limb was forced to the other side of the tree; the hickory also guided the tree away from the house. the top of the tree was just short enough to touch the house and not break the window, but did manage to strip our beautiful 50-ft canadian hemlock from its branches on one side. it looks quite pathetic now. you would most likely have to see a picture to understand this scene. maybe i'll get a hold of a picture for you.
with all the chaos on that side of the house, we failed to notice until some time later, the other close call we had on the other side of the house. another oak tree (about the same size) that had lived in our neighbor's yard, fell right next to the sunroom. the root ball that the tree made when it fell is about twelve feet tall. you could prolly make a swimming pool from that hole. again, it didn't hit the house, but broke a few of its neighboring friends' branches on the way down. that one is about ten feet from the house. within fifteen minutes from the trees making their suicide dive into our lawn, dad was out there with his chainsaw chopping them up.
so, in the end, we have two trees perfectly paralleling either side of our house. my dad just finished cleaning up the last two trees that were down from the hurricane two months ago. now he's got two more. poor daddy. anyway, we definitely have something to be thankful for this thanksgiving. a home that isn't destroyed, our lives that weren't lost from standing so close to where the tree eventually fell, and that the driveway wasn't blocked in so dad could go to work that afternoon. okay, so maybe that last one doesn't seem that great...but at least he has a job to go to.
Happy Thanksgiving!
so i wandered downstairs, grabbed a bowl of honey bunches, and sat down to watch the tube. it was no surprise to me that it was raining. as i've said before, its been raining non-stop since saturday...or maybe even before that. i wouldn't know. anyway, i was watching some music videos on vh1 to get a jumpstart on the day. didn't last too long, though, because eventually the clouds interrupted the satellite signal and all that was on after that were snowflakes. on the tv i mean.
i gave up and turned the tv off and resorted to watching the wind swirl all around the yard, stripping the trees of any bit of leaves that managed to cling on to the end of november. much more entertaining. amazingly enough, there is still quite a bit of green in many of the leaves. thats the southern fall for ya. eventually the trees started to bend. my mom had joined me in the dining room. we kept screaming playfully as the gust of wind turned in our direction and the raindrops and leaves spattered and stuck to the windows. our mood the entire time was never dampered by the rain. it was actually quite fun. the wind picked up and grew worse and the sky was pitch black. the scence outside resembled the warm-up session of an aerobics class. the trees looked as if they were trying to stretch and reach their highest branches to their tippitoes...or roots. whatever. some of them were lashing back and fourth like whips.
all of a sudden my dad ran downstairs saying (that is a carefully selected word) "get in the basement." i thought he was joking. he didn't say it in any kind of hurried or worried manner. he went on to say "with all this rain we've had, the roots are really weak. this wind can blow them over. get in the basement." with that, we all rushed downstairs and continued to watch the leaves swirl about in the backyard through the basement window. the backyard was a carpet of colors...brown was becoming the prominent color as the rain continued to fall. the lights flickered off, then back on for a second, and then off again to leave us without electricity for the remaining hours of the day. after about ten minutes, the wind died down and all that was left to the storm was the pelting rain. my dad, who had to take a shower because he had work later, decided it was safe to head up from our shelter. no sooner did he leave the room did the final dying breath of the storm sweep through our debris covered yard. i guess my dad was standing at the top of the stairs when he heard it. i could hear it from where i watched the storm from the basement window. it in truth, wasn't very loud. in fact, it was a somewhat soft "thud."
"oh my gosh! come see this! come see this!" those are not the words anyone wants to hear. we all knew that it had been a tree, but my dad's exclaimation withheld the vital information: where it fell. my first guess was the car sitting in the driveway. who knows why that was the first thought that came to my mind. i hurried up the basement stairs into the dining room right around the corner. there, three feet from our dining room window (which is where we had been watching mother nature's show earlier) on the narrow patch of grass that lay between our house and driveway, a giant oak tree, about twenty inches in diameter, had laid to rest. the circumstances are incredible. a small (perhaps twelve-inch diameter) hickory tree that lay in the path of the falling mighty oak managed to snap a limb of the oak that would have hit my sister's bedroom (which is right above the dining room). the broken limb was forced to the other side of the tree; the hickory also guided the tree away from the house. the top of the tree was just short enough to touch the house and not break the window, but did manage to strip our beautiful 50-ft canadian hemlock from its branches on one side. it looks quite pathetic now. you would most likely have to see a picture to understand this scene. maybe i'll get a hold of a picture for you.
with all the chaos on that side of the house, we failed to notice until some time later, the other close call we had on the other side of the house. another oak tree (about the same size) that had lived in our neighbor's yard, fell right next to the sunroom. the root ball that the tree made when it fell is about twelve feet tall. you could prolly make a swimming pool from that hole. again, it didn't hit the house, but broke a few of its neighboring friends' branches on the way down. that one is about ten feet from the house. within fifteen minutes from the trees making their suicide dive into our lawn, dad was out there with his chainsaw chopping them up.
so, in the end, we have two trees perfectly paralleling either side of our house. my dad just finished cleaning up the last two trees that were down from the hurricane two months ago. now he's got two more. poor daddy. anyway, we definitely have something to be thankful for this thanksgiving. a home that isn't destroyed, our lives that weren't lost from standing so close to where the tree eventually fell, and that the driveway wasn't blocked in so dad could go to work that afternoon. okay, so maybe that last one doesn't seem that great...but at least he has a job to go to.
Happy Thanksgiving!
Tuesday, November 23, 2004
rain, rain, go away...
it has been pouring buckets since i landed in the atl on saturday. something that irritates me is the news continuing to insist that we are still in some kind of rain deficit that we can never climb out of. well, i'm here to say that if that drama continues after this week, they're full of it. after an entire summer of rain to spoil our trips to the lake and an entire fall battling to keep hold of my giant umbrella in hurricane winds and terrential rain and with this weeks rain, there is no way there can be any kind of shortage for the year.
as for school this week, it was hardly worth going back. anna and i almost didn't get back...and if i didn't have a paper due at 1:25 pm monday afternoon, i wouldn't have cared. my parents dropped me off at tech with becca...she was insisting that she had to get back asap. she didn't even get any studio done anyway before i left. i plunked away at my laptop, trying to crunch time to get my paper done. its amazing how much time i can spend on a paper, and it still be crap. i guess the whole sun and sand thing kinda distracted me. well, eventually hitched a ride with my friend andy, who i know through megan. he was dropping a friend of at tech anyway...perfect! then a two-hour drive through flooded atlanta roads into athens. ended up meeting megan and some of her friends at some kind of Moe's imitator place. wasn't too bad, but i couldn't finish my burrito. afterward, i attempted to get started on my paper, but colette and jo interrupted and wanted me to watch a movie with them. okay, i think this movie sits right up there with somewhere in time and Royal Tennaboms (sp?) on my "that was the worst movie i've ever seen" list. it was called Harold and Maude, and it was quite unsettling. basically, this morbid teenager who has no life falls in love with an 80 year old woman who lives life to the fullest. sounds cute and all, but no thanks. don't worry, i didn't spoil the movie...its not worth the time to see anyway. that was sunday, and the end of the weekend.
i had stat at 9 am. perhaps i would have skipped if i hadn't already missed on friday. oh well. consequences of taking the day off to go to aruba. rushed back (of course, in the rain) and spent the rest of the morning and right up to 1 pm on my paper. i think its one of those that you just don't want to get back. the rest of the day just wasted away until i stepped outside in the same terrential downpour that started three days ago to go to dinner. i'm glad i didn't have to drive last night because i seriously couldn't see two feet infront of me. poor marilyn, who was our ride to bible study, was frustrated. you could see the concentration in her face. last night was our last study of the semester...we'll pick back up again next semester. we've "adopted" a girl from the local projects to get christmas presents for. next monday we're going shopping for everything and then wrapping the gifts. i am so excited about christmas shopping! too bad i don't have a ton of money to spend though...sad. i've got some pretty good gift ideas, though. i won't be out in the black friday madness this year...we're carving the turkey friday afternoon and then jetting up to athens for the game on staturday.
the only class i had today was sociology. we got our papers back and i didn't do great on it. i really need to make an A in this class...since my only other honors class is subjecting me to tourment with the liklihood of a C lingering over my head. crappit. i'll pull it off, though. we got our hall t-shirts today, so i'm excited. they're black with a pink ladies kinda pink font that says "studs". why it says studs, i couldn't tell you. but i guess the ladies of two south are, in fact, now officially studs.
colette and i caught a ride with her friend nikki...we departed at 2. it seemed like a rather long ride because of, what else, the rain. the forecast predicts nothing but rain until friday. then rain again on saturday. perfect. just in time for the game i bet.
as for school this week, it was hardly worth going back. anna and i almost didn't get back...and if i didn't have a paper due at 1:25 pm monday afternoon, i wouldn't have cared. my parents dropped me off at tech with becca...she was insisting that she had to get back asap. she didn't even get any studio done anyway before i left. i plunked away at my laptop, trying to crunch time to get my paper done. its amazing how much time i can spend on a paper, and it still be crap. i guess the whole sun and sand thing kinda distracted me. well, eventually hitched a ride with my friend andy, who i know through megan. he was dropping a friend of at tech anyway...perfect! then a two-hour drive through flooded atlanta roads into athens. ended up meeting megan and some of her friends at some kind of Moe's imitator place. wasn't too bad, but i couldn't finish my burrito. afterward, i attempted to get started on my paper, but colette and jo interrupted and wanted me to watch a movie with them. okay, i think this movie sits right up there with somewhere in time and Royal Tennaboms (sp?) on my "that was the worst movie i've ever seen" list. it was called Harold and Maude, and it was quite unsettling. basically, this morbid teenager who has no life falls in love with an 80 year old woman who lives life to the fullest. sounds cute and all, but no thanks. don't worry, i didn't spoil the movie...its not worth the time to see anyway. that was sunday, and the end of the weekend.
i had stat at 9 am. perhaps i would have skipped if i hadn't already missed on friday. oh well. consequences of taking the day off to go to aruba. rushed back (of course, in the rain) and spent the rest of the morning and right up to 1 pm on my paper. i think its one of those that you just don't want to get back. the rest of the day just wasted away until i stepped outside in the same terrential downpour that started three days ago to go to dinner. i'm glad i didn't have to drive last night because i seriously couldn't see two feet infront of me. poor marilyn, who was our ride to bible study, was frustrated. you could see the concentration in her face. last night was our last study of the semester...we'll pick back up again next semester. we've "adopted" a girl from the local projects to get christmas presents for. next monday we're going shopping for everything and then wrapping the gifts. i am so excited about christmas shopping! too bad i don't have a ton of money to spend though...sad. i've got some pretty good gift ideas, though. i won't be out in the black friday madness this year...we're carving the turkey friday afternoon and then jetting up to athens for the game on staturday.
the only class i had today was sociology. we got our papers back and i didn't do great on it. i really need to make an A in this class...since my only other honors class is subjecting me to tourment with the liklihood of a C lingering over my head. crappit. i'll pull it off, though. we got our hall t-shirts today, so i'm excited. they're black with a pink ladies kinda pink font that says "studs". why it says studs, i couldn't tell you. but i guess the ladies of two south are, in fact, now officially studs.
colette and i caught a ride with her friend nikki...we departed at 2. it seemed like a rather long ride because of, what else, the rain. the forecast predicts nothing but rain until friday. then rain again on saturday. perfect. just in time for the game i bet.
Monday, November 22, 2004
Sunday, November 21, 2004
happy and crappy
i've decided that each sunday, i'm going to release my "happy and crappy" list. the list will feature those special elements of my week that have made me feel especially...well, happy or crappy. so here goes, the inaugural happy and crappy list:
this week's happy...yay for:
- passing chemistry tests
- care packages
- fall leaves
- bulldog nation
- lunches with m.m.
- "five star" dinners with dad
- impulse trips to aruba
- sunshine and sunsets
- finished quilts
- hot chocolate
this week's crappy...nay for:
- studying for chem tests
- stress
- english papers
- not getting window seats
- complaining passengers
- gummy throats
- long customs lines
so there it be...check in next week (or daily, for that matter) for my next week of crappy and happy.
Saturday, November 20, 2004
november sunburn
i woke up this morning ten degrees above the equator...the furthest south i've ever been. i wonder if things would feel any different if you were to cross that magic line into the southern hemisphere. i'm no geographical wizard (of course, i wouldn't be a wizard, because i'm a female...i guess that would make me a witch. but if the bubble lady from the wizard of oz asked me what kind of witch i was, i'd have to say good witch...i don't melt when i get wet) but i'm sure not very many people could point to where exactly aruba is on a map...everyone knows that its basically in the carribbean. in case you were curious and haven't pulled out your world map yet, its just off the coast of venezuala. ya...this morning i was almost in south america. its mind boggling.
well, let me tell you that the sun definately shines more intensely at the equator. because the forecast predicted rain and strong winds, i decided to nix on bringing the hat, sunglasses, and sunscreen. good thing, because it might not have been sunny if i had. you know, the weather always does what you aren't prepared for. instead, i opted to bring my raincoat...and it fought off the rainstorms. oh joy! we strolled through the courtyard and visited the cocatoos, scarlet macaws, and even toucan sam! one parrot even said hello to me! that always amazed me. how do they figure out how to imitate us? anyway, we finally hit the white sand beaches of aruba! words can't describe the beauty of it...and, as always, pictures just don't do it justice. but i'm posting some pictures anyway. since we were without sunscreen, we started to get a little toasty after two hours and the breeze kept getting sand in my face.
therefore, we relocated to the pool. somehow a little crab found its way onto second step of the resort pool...some one hundred meters away from its natural, sandy habitat. he was creeping toward an old man relaxing by the poolside. becca and i decided to spare him and warn him of the intruder. it gathered quite a bit of excitement...everyone around the pool were curiously watching as my dad tried to get the little guy out without getting pinched. i'm sure the crab was pretty dizzy by the time dad got him out; we had to swirl the water underneath him so he would float up to the next step so we could get him out. that was entertaining.
an afternoon shower dampered our poolside sunbathing. since it was about time to head back to the airport anyway, we headed back up to the room and got ready to go. we were very fortunate...we got the same amount of sunshine as the people who were on the desert island for the whole week. it had rained an hour before we got there yesterday and didn't rain until an hour before we left. now thats the way to do it!
becca and i made lots of friends in the our hour long customs line wait. they ended up being on our flight and were all excited to have a connection with the captain. dad says that when people were getting off the plane, they kept asking him about his twin daughters. he thought we were causing trouble back there. but of course, we weren't.
so now, here i am. back in reality at my home in good 'ole ptc. just last night we were eating ice cream cones by the ocean. back at thirty degrees north. my only souvenirs are two sea shells, a sunburn, and some 50 odd pictures. i guess thats not too shabby for a 24 hour weekend getaway to aruba!
well, let me tell you that the sun definately shines more intensely at the equator. because the forecast predicted rain and strong winds, i decided to nix on bringing the hat, sunglasses, and sunscreen. good thing, because it might not have been sunny if i had. you know, the weather always does what you aren't prepared for. instead, i opted to bring my raincoat...and it fought off the rainstorms. oh joy! we strolled through the courtyard and visited the cocatoos, scarlet macaws, and even toucan sam! one parrot even said hello to me! that always amazed me. how do they figure out how to imitate us? anyway, we finally hit the white sand beaches of aruba! words can't describe the beauty of it...and, as always, pictures just don't do it justice. but i'm posting some pictures anyway. since we were without sunscreen, we started to get a little toasty after two hours and the breeze kept getting sand in my face.
therefore, we relocated to the pool. somehow a little crab found its way onto second step of the resort pool...some one hundred meters away from its natural, sandy habitat. he was creeping toward an old man relaxing by the poolside. becca and i decided to spare him and warn him of the intruder. it gathered quite a bit of excitement...everyone around the pool were curiously watching as my dad tried to get the little guy out without getting pinched. i'm sure the crab was pretty dizzy by the time dad got him out; we had to swirl the water underneath him so he would float up to the next step so we could get him out. that was entertaining.
an afternoon shower dampered our poolside sunbathing. since it was about time to head back to the airport anyway, we headed back up to the room and got ready to go. we were very fortunate...we got the same amount of sunshine as the people who were on the desert island for the whole week. it had rained an hour before we got there yesterday and didn't rain until an hour before we left. now thats the way to do it!
becca and i made lots of friends in the our hour long customs line wait. they ended up being on our flight and were all excited to have a connection with the captain. dad says that when people were getting off the plane, they kept asking him about his twin daughters. he thought we were causing trouble back there. but of course, we weren't.
so now, here i am. back in reality at my home in good 'ole ptc. just last night we were eating ice cream cones by the ocean. back at thirty degrees north. my only souvenirs are two sea shells, a sunburn, and some 50 odd pictures. i guess thats not too shabby for a 24 hour weekend getaway to aruba!
Friday, November 19, 2004
weekend getaway
thats for sure. in aruba for twenty-four hours. one happy island. and i’m one happy girl.
as we pushed back from gate e4 this morning, it was strange to hear my dad’s familiar voice distorted over the overhead speakers announcing our flights route, the weather conditions, eta, and so on. from take off to landing i was slaving away on my english paper. i was stuck on the inside row of the airplane while becca got to sit back and gaze at the beautiful view of various hues of crystal blue waters as we flew over the sunny islands of the carribbean. i couldn’t see worth squat. i’ll try to snag a window seat on the way back, if either one of us are lucky enough to get one. a native arubian picked us up in his service van to drop us off at the wyndham hotel. he was quite a lively character; i don’t think there was a sentence that came out of his mouth that wasn’t a joke in some way. according to him there is no italian restaurant on the island that doesn’t serve a pile of spaghetti and cheap tomato sauce, call it an exquisite meal, and slap a price tag of $12 on it when its really only worth fifty cents. oh, how true that is anywhere. we checked into our fancy shmancy hotel and then got picked up to go to the car rental place.
okay, not to be rude or anything of that nature, but have you ever encountered someone that you could not tell if they were a man or a woman? so unfortunate. i seriously could not, for the life of me, figure out if this person at the economy car rental was a him or a her. no, i really mean it. his long curly locks of hair were carefully slicked and pulled back into a tight bun on the nape of his neck. however, her voice was quite masculine. but then, his nails were grown very long and shaped nicely, with a touch of mother-of-pearl polish. then again, he wasn’t wearing any make up and didn’t have his ears pierced. and his pants were definitely of the female cut, and chest features were not a result of her doing a few months worth of cicuit training in the gym. perhaps the thing that convinced me the most that she was a he was that she had a definite 5 o’clock shadow creeping across her face…and was definitely not too neatly shaven in the first place. somehow the question of our assistant’s gender was raised in a conversation later in the evening...my dad totally destroyed my hasty conclusion that she was a male when he said that he came to the conclusion that he was a she. i dunno though, becca also though she was a he. it would have helped if he/she had a name tag on. it probably wouldn’t have done any good though…it was prolly a name like jessy or ashley.
after the complicated situation at economy rental, we went four-wheeling along the north shore of the island. typically a desert island (which is why its known as the happy island...cuz it never rains), there were so many standing puddles from the week's worth of rain they had there that we went muddin' through the bumpy paths toward the natural bridge. we ended up not being able to get there because there was about a four foot deep stream in our way that isn't normally there...didn't want to risk having to explain why our "jeep" was in the middle of a river to the economy she-man. we visited california lighthouse, saw some billy goats, and watched the beautiful sunset.
drove around trying to get to the north side of the island for dinner. supposedly, that end of the island is less touristy, if you know what i mean. anyway, ended up not being able to make it out there either because apparantly a bridge was out from all the rain and with all the traffic backed up, it would have taken us two hours to get there and another two to get back. what what? if you look at a map, it would prolly take you thirty minutes max to drive accross the whole island. madness. we drove back to tourist central after about an hour of driving and called it a flop. ate at the local recommended the old fisherman, which ended up being mediocre. shucks. it was interesting, though, because as we were finishing up our meal, the local television station was setting up on the restaurant patio right next to us. we debated back and forth about what was going on until we finally asked the waitress. the 50 people that were walking in and out of this restaurant (which prolly only sat about 20) and setting up the different congo drums and what not, were all there to advertise their new menu for the season. hold up...what?? yea, if that is the biggest news on the island that day was a new menu, i'd hate to see whats on the news on a slow day.
after dinner, we strolled around downtown and then headed back to the hotel for a good nights rest so we can enjoy the day tomorrow. natives have told us that its been raining nonstop for the past month; if it keeps up, a dense tropical forest will replace the cactus strewn scenery. oh, hope things change for once and its sunny tomorrow.
in honor of my dear friend colette, i leave you with the ever so popular lyrics of "kokomo":
as we pushed back from gate e4 this morning, it was strange to hear my dad’s familiar voice distorted over the overhead speakers announcing our flights route, the weather conditions, eta, and so on. from take off to landing i was slaving away on my english paper. i was stuck on the inside row of the airplane while becca got to sit back and gaze at the beautiful view of various hues of crystal blue waters as we flew over the sunny islands of the carribbean. i couldn’t see worth squat. i’ll try to snag a window seat on the way back, if either one of us are lucky enough to get one. a native arubian picked us up in his service van to drop us off at the wyndham hotel. he was quite a lively character; i don’t think there was a sentence that came out of his mouth that wasn’t a joke in some way. according to him there is no italian restaurant on the island that doesn’t serve a pile of spaghetti and cheap tomato sauce, call it an exquisite meal, and slap a price tag of $12 on it when its really only worth fifty cents. oh, how true that is anywhere. we checked into our fancy shmancy hotel and then got picked up to go to the car rental place.
okay, not to be rude or anything of that nature, but have you ever encountered someone that you could not tell if they were a man or a woman? so unfortunate. i seriously could not, for the life of me, figure out if this person at the economy car rental was a him or a her. no, i really mean it. his long curly locks of hair were carefully slicked and pulled back into a tight bun on the nape of his neck. however, her voice was quite masculine. but then, his nails were grown very long and shaped nicely, with a touch of mother-of-pearl polish. then again, he wasn’t wearing any make up and didn’t have his ears pierced. and his pants were definitely of the female cut, and chest features were not a result of her doing a few months worth of cicuit training in the gym. perhaps the thing that convinced me the most that she was a he was that she had a definite 5 o’clock shadow creeping across her face…and was definitely not too neatly shaven in the first place. somehow the question of our assistant’s gender was raised in a conversation later in the evening...my dad totally destroyed my hasty conclusion that she was a male when he said that he came to the conclusion that he was a she. i dunno though, becca also though she was a he. it would have helped if he/she had a name tag on. it probably wouldn’t have done any good though…it was prolly a name like jessy or ashley.
after the complicated situation at economy rental, we went four-wheeling along the north shore of the island. typically a desert island (which is why its known as the happy island...cuz it never rains), there were so many standing puddles from the week's worth of rain they had there that we went muddin' through the bumpy paths toward the natural bridge. we ended up not being able to get there because there was about a four foot deep stream in our way that isn't normally there...didn't want to risk having to explain why our "jeep" was in the middle of a river to the economy she-man. we visited california lighthouse, saw some billy goats, and watched the beautiful sunset.
drove around trying to get to the north side of the island for dinner. supposedly, that end of the island is less touristy, if you know what i mean. anyway, ended up not being able to make it out there either because apparantly a bridge was out from all the rain and with all the traffic backed up, it would have taken us two hours to get there and another two to get back. what what? if you look at a map, it would prolly take you thirty minutes max to drive accross the whole island. madness. we drove back to tourist central after about an hour of driving and called it a flop. ate at the local recommended the old fisherman, which ended up being mediocre. shucks. it was interesting, though, because as we were finishing up our meal, the local television station was setting up on the restaurant patio right next to us. we debated back and forth about what was going on until we finally asked the waitress. the 50 people that were walking in and out of this restaurant (which prolly only sat about 20) and setting up the different congo drums and what not, were all there to advertise their new menu for the season. hold up...what?? yea, if that is the biggest news on the island that day was a new menu, i'd hate to see whats on the news on a slow day.
after dinner, we strolled around downtown and then headed back to the hotel for a good nights rest so we can enjoy the day tomorrow. natives have told us that its been raining nonstop for the past month; if it keeps up, a dense tropical forest will replace the cactus strewn scenery. oh, hope things change for once and its sunny tomorrow.
in honor of my dear friend colette, i leave you with the ever so popular lyrics of "kokomo":
Aruba, Jamaica, ooh I wanna take ya
Bermuda, Bahama, come on, pretty mama
Key Largo, Montego, baby why don't we go
Jamaica off the Florida Keys
There's a place called Kokomo
That's where you want to go
To get away from it all
Bodies in the sand
Tropical drink melting in your hand
We'll be falling in love to the rhythm
Of a steel drum bandDown in Kokomo
CHORUS
Jamaica, ooh I wanna take you to
Bermuda, Bahama, come on, pretty mama
Key Largo, Montego, ooh I want to take you down to Kokomo
We'll get there fast and then we'll take it slow
That's where we wanna go
Way down in Kokomo
Martinique, that Monserat mystique
We'll put out to sea
And we'll perfect our chemistry
By and by we'll defy a little bit of gravity
Afternoon delight cocktails and moonlit nights
That dreamy look in your eye
Give me a tropical contact high
Way down in Kokomo
CHORUS
Port Auprince, I wanna catch glimpse
Everybody knows a little place like Kokomo
Now if you wanna go to get away from it all
Go down to Kokomo
Thursday, November 18, 2004
what it means to crash and burn...but then survive
we can compare this chemistry class to an airplane ride gone terribly wrong. you're cruising at an altitude of 33,000 feet. all of a sudden one thing goes wrong and your whole life is at stake. you get in the emergency position, say a little prayer, and brace for impact. in the same way, you can cruise through high school considerably easy, but then you take this one awful class in college which you recieve failing test scores and you prepare for the awful plummit that puts your educational career on the line. you study, not thinking its hopeful, say a little prayer, and take the test that you know is going to finish you.
well, today i have that feeling you could imagine when you are expecting no more than to crash and burn, but somehow, through divine intervention, survive. how amazed would you be that you survived a plane crash? well, to some extent, thats how this chemistry test was today.
I PASSED! I PASSED! how fab-dab-ulous is that?? so i totally didn't understand what the heck was going on in this chem class no more than three days ago and i've managed (with some self-instruction and the aid of a wonderful girl named amy) to pull off a B on one of the biggest tests of my life. molecular orbitals, electronic geometry, vsper theory, bourn-haber cycle, lewis structures, i conquered you. its amazing how a few Fs on tests will totally demolish any expectaions you've set for yourself over the past thirteen years (yes, even a four year old kindergartener has to set expectations). so maybe an 84 doesn't seem all that great, but when you've been failing, that B looks pretty darn good. i've calculated it out, and as of now i have an 83 in chem. hopefully the torrents of finals won't rip it out of my feeble grip. gotta keep hope and gotta stay in honors. wow. if thats the goal of my first semester of freshman year, what do i have to look foreward to? well, at least this test has offered me a ray of hope in this God forsaken class.
i have finished for the day...well, kinda. i've been putting off this english paper because i'm too distracted by my earlier success. my daddy is coming this evening to eat dinner with me, and then flying me on his plane tomorrow afternoon to ARUBA for two-four, count it, 24 hours! oh, the benefits of flying for free. whats funny is that my mom was originally gonna go with him, but now she's taking fa (or grandfather, as he prefers to be called) to the doctor cuz mimi can't drive or something rather. thats not the funny part. the funny part is that earlier (november 12) i was saying that next time they jump on a plane, it might be to the carribbean...which was actually what the plan was. hahaha! foiled them!
oh, total hours of studying for this test: 26...give or take. and sorry about the not so pleasant analogy.
well, today i have that feeling you could imagine when you are expecting no more than to crash and burn, but somehow, through divine intervention, survive. how amazed would you be that you survived a plane crash? well, to some extent, thats how this chemistry test was today.
I PASSED! I PASSED! how fab-dab-ulous is that?? so i totally didn't understand what the heck was going on in this chem class no more than three days ago and i've managed (with some self-instruction and the aid of a wonderful girl named amy) to pull off a B on one of the biggest tests of my life. molecular orbitals, electronic geometry, vsper theory, bourn-haber cycle, lewis structures, i conquered you. its amazing how a few Fs on tests will totally demolish any expectaions you've set for yourself over the past thirteen years (yes, even a four year old kindergartener has to set expectations). so maybe an 84 doesn't seem all that great, but when you've been failing, that B looks pretty darn good. i've calculated it out, and as of now i have an 83 in chem. hopefully the torrents of finals won't rip it out of my feeble grip. gotta keep hope and gotta stay in honors. wow. if thats the goal of my first semester of freshman year, what do i have to look foreward to? well, at least this test has offered me a ray of hope in this God forsaken class.
i have finished for the day...well, kinda. i've been putting off this english paper because i'm too distracted by my earlier success. my daddy is coming this evening to eat dinner with me, and then flying me on his plane tomorrow afternoon to ARUBA for two-four, count it, 24 hours! oh, the benefits of flying for free. whats funny is that my mom was originally gonna go with him, but now she's taking fa (or grandfather, as he prefers to be called) to the doctor cuz mimi can't drive or something rather. thats not the funny part. the funny part is that earlier (november 12) i was saying that next time they jump on a plane, it might be to the carribbean...which was actually what the plan was. hahaha! foiled them!
oh, total hours of studying for this test: 26...give or take. and sorry about the not so pleasant analogy.
Tuesday, November 16, 2004
red eyed and sleepless
five hours of sleep last night. i saw 2:30 am for the second time on a college school night (the first was, of course, right before my third chem exam). the thing is, its not that i was up so late, its the 7:30 wake up for an 8 am lab and class until 12:15 pm. i know some of you kids have your chins on the floor because you can survive a whole week with a total of maybe 20 hours...but i can't. i'm telling you, 8 hours is the minimum for me to function smoothly the next day. and i havn't been getting that either since i've been here....which is why i'm dysfunctional. oh its all making sense now. but i've managed to keep up my work...until now because i'm typing this blog. but i've squeezed three more hours of studying in (total of 15 hours), as well as some brainstorming for my english paper rough draft, which is due tomorrow.
so i'm going crazy, right? trying to get all my major things outta the way. we now have to write up our formal lab reports for the self-directed lab today. crumbs.
anyway, so my mom called today to let me know that she had sent a card to me in the mail and it said i moved...which i didn't...wierd. she sent it again...which means that my fourth card is on its way! yay! my daddy is coming up to see me on thursday after he winterizes the boat :). he's enjoying warm weather in costa rica right now. i'm so jealous. so my mom says that he's going to aruba on friday. so i get to thinking...hmmmmmm....it would be really nice to spastically jump on a plane and fly to aruba for the weekend. the problemo is that i have an english paper due monday, and i was planning to do it over the weekend. i could do it on the plane, right? nah...but perhaps i could. darn it. i've got to write up that formal lab report too. *sigh* i don't think its possible. but wouldn't it be nice....
thinking of warmer weather and hating homework.
so i'm going crazy, right? trying to get all my major things outta the way. we now have to write up our formal lab reports for the self-directed lab today. crumbs.
anyway, so my mom called today to let me know that she had sent a card to me in the mail and it said i moved...which i didn't...wierd. she sent it again...which means that my fourth card is on its way! yay! my daddy is coming up to see me on thursday after he winterizes the boat :). he's enjoying warm weather in costa rica right now. i'm so jealous. so my mom says that he's going to aruba on friday. so i get to thinking...hmmmmmm....it would be really nice to spastically jump on a plane and fly to aruba for the weekend. the problemo is that i have an english paper due monday, and i was planning to do it over the weekend. i could do it on the plane, right? nah...but perhaps i could. darn it. i've got to write up that formal lab report too. *sigh* i don't think its possible. but wouldn't it be nice....
thinking of warmer weather and hating homework.
Sunday, November 14, 2004
bummer
we're all a little disappointed from the weekend. we didn't play well...and thats all i have to say about that. bummer.
we got back today in time for the 0-house brunch. always good to not have to pay for food, unlike tonight. since no dining halls are open sunday nights, megan, colette, and i ate at good 'ole zaxby's. i spent all day doing chemistry. and i mean from the time i got back from lunch to dinner to now. almost finished with one of the two chapters covered on this test. yay for me. my lab partner and i also got together to figure out this next proposal we have to do. thats about it for the update of my life for now.
we have seven more days of classes before thanksgiving break, then two weeks, and then finals. then first semester is over. crazy madness. time flies. i'm stressing already over exams. that can't be good for my health.
we got back today in time for the 0-house brunch. always good to not have to pay for food, unlike tonight. since no dining halls are open sunday nights, megan, colette, and i ate at good 'ole zaxby's. i spent all day doing chemistry. and i mean from the time i got back from lunch to dinner to now. almost finished with one of the two chapters covered on this test. yay for me. my lab partner and i also got together to figure out this next proposal we have to do. thats about it for the update of my life for now.
we have seven more days of classes before thanksgiving break, then two weeks, and then finals. then first semester is over. crazy madness. time flies. i'm stressing already over exams. that can't be good for my health.
Friday, November 12, 2004
the near death of one of the rescue ranger duo
you know the dynamic duo on saturday morning cartoons back in the day? chip tried to commit suicide today. i was walking back from english, worried about avoiding puddles formed from the morning rainstorms. my mind was on what i needed to throw together for my trip to auburn this weekend: chem book to study, pjs, pillow, red and black clothes, towel, window paint, laptop...chipmunk! i nearly stepped on him when he darted out of the small tufty grass plants they have planted along the iron fence on lumpkin. i swear he ran into my left boot. a near tragedy for children seven and under everywhere.
anyway, i've finally decided to go to auburn. no, don't have a ticket, but it might be fun to hang out. anyone wanna cough up $150 so i can get into the game? any takers? no? we'll see if the trip is worth it. i know it will be if we win!! oh yea...i'm feeling it, too. so we were supposed to have left about 3 minutes ago...but it think we're a little off our departure time. nothing new. anyway, heading to LaGrange for the night, where jo lives. it will definately be cheaper than the florida game...don't have to pay for a hotel...heck, don't even have to pay for a ticket for that matter. we'll have to find a local place to tailgate and then watch the game. i believe we're heading back sunday morning....with enough time remaining in the day to get some major studying in. actually, prolly not studying, but chem lab proposal write ups. wonderful. something to look foreward to.
i called up the 'rents to let them know the dealio on the weekend...turns out they're in new jersey all of a sudden visiting g-pops. that'd be my grandpa. i guess they can do that now...just up and go whenever they feel like it. who knows...next time i call they may be in the carribbean, or worse, australia. oooo. that would be so unfair. anyway, as usual, the comment was "don't pick any fights" and "be safe". you know me...i'll get into a brawl over the outcome of the game ;) lol.
i went in and talked to my chem prof. yes its true. there will be no curve on the tests to make up for my poor performances. crappit. the good news is that he keeps finding errors on the tests, which in return makes my grade go up :). yay. so i actually will have close to a 90 on my first test, and close to an 80 on my last test with the corrections. could be good as long as i do well on this next one. and the final. ahhhrg. in a cold sweat. okay...just breathe. i'll make it through.
well, i'm outta here for my second away game. let's hope its a good weekend!
anyway, i've finally decided to go to auburn. no, don't have a ticket, but it might be fun to hang out. anyone wanna cough up $150 so i can get into the game? any takers? no? we'll see if the trip is worth it. i know it will be if we win!! oh yea...i'm feeling it, too. so we were supposed to have left about 3 minutes ago...but it think we're a little off our departure time. nothing new. anyway, heading to LaGrange for the night, where jo lives. it will definately be cheaper than the florida game...don't have to pay for a hotel...heck, don't even have to pay for a ticket for that matter. we'll have to find a local place to tailgate and then watch the game. i believe we're heading back sunday morning....with enough time remaining in the day to get some major studying in. actually, prolly not studying, but chem lab proposal write ups. wonderful. something to look foreward to.
i called up the 'rents to let them know the dealio on the weekend...turns out they're in new jersey all of a sudden visiting g-pops. that'd be my grandpa. i guess they can do that now...just up and go whenever they feel like it. who knows...next time i call they may be in the carribbean, or worse, australia. oooo. that would be so unfair. anyway, as usual, the comment was "don't pick any fights" and "be safe". you know me...i'll get into a brawl over the outcome of the game ;) lol.
i went in and talked to my chem prof. yes its true. there will be no curve on the tests to make up for my poor performances. crappit. the good news is that he keeps finding errors on the tests, which in return makes my grade go up :). yay. so i actually will have close to a 90 on my first test, and close to an 80 on my last test with the corrections. could be good as long as i do well on this next one. and the final. ahhhrg. in a cold sweat. okay...just breathe. i'll make it through.
well, i'm outta here for my second away game. let's hope its a good weekend!
Thursday, November 11, 2004
to slack or slack some more?
i've tried to jump start my studying time for chemistry. yes. i've read a total of about 7 pages of chemistry: the core science, ninth edition before i felt like i was going to drift off into a deep sleep due to being extremely bored. so maybe that’s my problem. i simply am just not interested in chemistry. how the heck to people want to study that crap?? no idea. it baffles me. so i wrote a smoozy "feel bad for me cuz i'm trying my best" e-mail to my professor today requesting an appointment to meet with him. what would i do at this meeting, you ask? hmmm...thats actually a good question. what more can i say than, "help me! my grades suck and i'm sure the next one will be even worse! save me from myself!"? i don't think that would go over too well with him. i guess i need to convince him that i have put too much effort into this class to be getting this kind of grade...especially as an honors student. sorry kids...but high grades are supposed to be one of the benefits of the honors program. so why isn't it working out for me in my first semester? when i get the memo, i'll let you know.
geez. seems like all i do on this is vent about my chemistry class. what a relief next semester will be for y'all when you don't have to listen to my daily complaining about it. believe me, it will be an even bigger relief to me...that is if i pass :).
auburn. everyone keeps insisting that i go. i'm really debating it. things are looking decent now, i suppose. both papers pushed back a few days...maybe a few convincing words from my chem prof if he doesn't have the heart to get back to me and tell me i'm a hopeless case. who knows. i'm on the verge of completing my sociology paper and if i can spew at least two pages of words that somewhat relate to my english paper topic, i might just go. i need to decide...prolly within the next four hours. that means i should prolly get back to that. i loathe homework. but who doesn't? maybe i'll reward myself, if i get enough done of course, by watching moulin rouge.
geez. seems like all i do on this is vent about my chemistry class. what a relief next semester will be for y'all when you don't have to listen to my daily complaining about it. believe me, it will be an even bigger relief to me...that is if i pass :).
auburn. everyone keeps insisting that i go. i'm really debating it. things are looking decent now, i suppose. both papers pushed back a few days...maybe a few convincing words from my chem prof if he doesn't have the heart to get back to me and tell me i'm a hopeless case. who knows. i'm on the verge of completing my sociology paper and if i can spew at least two pages of words that somewhat relate to my english paper topic, i might just go. i need to decide...prolly within the next four hours. that means i should prolly get back to that. i loathe homework. but who doesn't? maybe i'll reward myself, if i get enough done of course, by watching moulin rouge.
Wednesday, November 10, 2004
extensions
crappit. i just lost my blog and now i have to rewrite it. i hate when that happens.
anyway, as i said before, i get all stressed out about all the work i have to do and then both of my teachers give extensions on the papers i have due. wonderful, eh? hmmm...well, now it just gives me more time to procrastinate. too bad i couldn't have gotten an extension date for my tests. i don't even want to discuss my stat exam from today...lets just say it doesn't matter anyway cuz my 100 from the first exam replaces that one...so lets pretend it never happened.
so i've started to free write for my two papers today. despite the push backs for the papers, this chem exam looming in the week to come is like knowing theres a scary guy in a mask around the corner about to....ahhh. the stress comes in ebbs and flows. actually, i think i'm doing quite well appearing fine...but inside i'm going crazy. i know thats nothing new. the more it think about it, the worse it gets. but then i sit down at the computer and try to work, and i get distracted and just can't force myself to do it. actually, i've gotten quite a bit of work done this afternoon, so i'm giving myself an extension on my homework and going to the gym with whitney and anna. after, say, a few games of racquetball, laps on the track, pulls on the rowing machine, and crunchis on the floor, its dinner, a quick shower, and then ruf! yay! wednesdays are good. thursdays are even better cuz i get to sleep in...to 9:30, anyway. thats more hours of precious sleep...you definately learn to appreciate the mattress and pillow more in college.
anyway, as i said before, i get all stressed out about all the work i have to do and then both of my teachers give extensions on the papers i have due. wonderful, eh? hmmm...well, now it just gives me more time to procrastinate. too bad i couldn't have gotten an extension date for my tests. i don't even want to discuss my stat exam from today...lets just say it doesn't matter anyway cuz my 100 from the first exam replaces that one...so lets pretend it never happened.
so i've started to free write for my two papers today. despite the push backs for the papers, this chem exam looming in the week to come is like knowing theres a scary guy in a mask around the corner about to....ahhh. the stress comes in ebbs and flows. actually, i think i'm doing quite well appearing fine...but inside i'm going crazy. i know thats nothing new. the more it think about it, the worse it gets. but then i sit down at the computer and try to work, and i get distracted and just can't force myself to do it. actually, i've gotten quite a bit of work done this afternoon, so i'm giving myself an extension on my homework and going to the gym with whitney and anna. after, say, a few games of racquetball, laps on the track, pulls on the rowing machine, and crunchis on the floor, its dinner, a quick shower, and then ruf! yay! wednesdays are good. thursdays are even better cuz i get to sleep in...to 9:30, anyway. thats more hours of precious sleep...you definately learn to appreciate the mattress and pillow more in college.
Monday, November 08, 2004
whats all the racquet about?
you'd be so proud of me! i've been very responsible and gone to ramsey and worked out and ran over the past week. finally, getting back in shape. becca and i chilled out for most of the weekend. sunday, we went to church, at some chicken parmasian at the 0-house brunch, then ran over to ramsey and played around. i entered the fish tanks for the first time. its this crazy echoey room where the point is to hit a little blue bouncy ball as hard as you can against the walls and try to avoid getting hit. it is commonly known as racquetball. anna and i went back again today. andrew head ended up making a short appearance on the court...trying to kill me when i've only hit the ball around once before. he was all proud of himself cuz he was showing me up...andrew, in a few weeks, you'll see. haha!
so i've been stalling on the homework. even all the stress building up hasn't compelled me to buckle down and get some serious study time in. i've got a stat exam wednesday...i can't figure out how the heck all the formulas connect to one another. i'm telling you, this is not the same stat class i was taking a month or two ago. then comes the sociology paper on thursday. then the third deadly chem exam...this one could be the one to do me in. that has the thursday morning slot for next week. finally, my fourth english paper must be turned in at 1:25 next friday afternoon. this is a lot of crap to worry about in two weeks darn it. arg. i'm sure you could care less. but i'm thinking i'm gonna have to pass up this trip to auburn this weekend cuz who knows when in the world i'm gonna get these things done. obviously, i need more than 28 hours of study time cuz that didn't cut it last time.
so i've been stalling on the homework. even all the stress building up hasn't compelled me to buckle down and get some serious study time in. i've got a stat exam wednesday...i can't figure out how the heck all the formulas connect to one another. i'm telling you, this is not the same stat class i was taking a month or two ago. then comes the sociology paper on thursday. then the third deadly chem exam...this one could be the one to do me in. that has the thursday morning slot for next week. finally, my fourth english paper must be turned in at 1:25 next friday afternoon. this is a lot of crap to worry about in two weeks darn it. arg. i'm sure you could care less. but i'm thinking i'm gonna have to pass up this trip to auburn this weekend cuz who knows when in the world i'm gonna get these things done. obviously, i need more than 28 hours of study time cuz that didn't cut it last time.
Saturday, November 06, 2004
incredible
it was a nice and relaxing saturday here in a-town. becca and i got a late start this morning...but we were able to successfully sneak becca into the dining hall with my id twice. hey, i've missed some meals anyway and who can afford a $10 meal at a dining hall, anyway? so after a quick lunch, anna, becca, ryan, and i wandered downtown and looked at a few shops. none of us made any purchases. anna and ryan were ready to head back, so becca and i returned to my dorm and chilled out on the futon and watched, simultaneously, the georgia and the georgia tech games. of course, the dawgs kicked butt and greene set a few records. go dawgs! but how excited am i that tennessee lost?!?! heck yea! incredible...its about time things didn't go their way. alright, i do feel bad for their quarterback...tough break for him :(. but they totally didn't deserve the "w" with us, florida, and...well, i'm sure some other team. so now all we have to do is beat auburn...and i say "bring it." i think colette and i are planning on making our way down there, even though we don't have tickets. who knows.
the incredibles came out yesterday, and since becca and i are in love with pixtar movies, we had to go see it today. funny funny! i enjoyed it very much. we were gonna head to ramsey after dinner at east campus, but considering we were quite stuffed from the meal, we decided to hold off until sometime tomorrow afternoon. right now becca is trying to get some of her homework done (of course) and i'm hoping we'll get to do something interesting tonight...
the incredibles came out yesterday, and since becca and i are in love with pixtar movies, we had to go see it today. funny funny! i enjoyed it very much. we were gonna head to ramsey after dinner at east campus, but considering we were quite stuffed from the meal, we decided to hold off until sometime tomorrow afternoon. right now becca is trying to get some of her homework done (of course) and i'm hoping we'll get to do something interesting tonight...
Friday, November 05, 2004
TGIF
believe it or not, i was able to finish my in-class essay today. thats not to say that i did an incredible job on it...its just saying that i was able to puke out an introduction, body, and closing paragraph in a total of 2 hours and 30 minutes. i hate in-class essays, darn it. anyway, my papers before that one have been pretty decent, and now i have to get started on my next one, which is due in two weeks.
this week was actually quite wonderful, despite coming back from an awesome trip to florida. the election definitely made this week worthwhile. i am quite happy about the outcome :). chem lab didn't cause too much chaos for me, i've been getting back in shape by running...i actually made it to ramsey yesterday! yay! okay, at the beginning of the school year i was able to row 2000 meters in ten minutes or less. i tried to do it yesterday at the same pace and only made it 1000 meters in about 5 and a half minutes and was exhausted afterwards. ack. sad day for me. so i'm working on it. got to go to ruf...we didn't have it last week due to fall break. i finished signing up for classes, which is always a plus. the regent's essay wasn't too bad either...i didn't write a quality paper, though. oh well. its pretty much "write a paragraph that answers the question" kinda thing anyway.
BECCA! shes coming to see me this weekend. i bet you can't tell how excited i am. she hasn't been up here to visit me yet...well, okay becca, you did come up for the retreat, but you were only here for about ten minutes...it only counts about as much as your tongue touching your nose does. haha! anyway, we're gonna have lots of fun. i get to take her around campus and sneak her into the dining halls and ramsey because...well, because i can...cuz we look exactly alike. bonus for us! too bad ben and bryan won't get to meet her...they're going sailing on luke's boat this weekend...in some sort of crazy race and what not. i think we're planning on going to see the incredible this weekend...i love pixtar!!
i'm playing on the all-star ultimate frisbee team today...yay! i haven't gotten to play in any of the all-star things this week, but at least i'll be able to make it to the game. then i'm heading straight to the intramural fields for some ultimate with ruf. afterwards, cleaning frenzy in my dorm cuz its a mess and messy is no good when you're trying to show it off. becca will get here around 9ish and the weekend will begin!
this week was actually quite wonderful, despite coming back from an awesome trip to florida. the election definitely made this week worthwhile. i am quite happy about the outcome :). chem lab didn't cause too much chaos for me, i've been getting back in shape by running...i actually made it to ramsey yesterday! yay! okay, at the beginning of the school year i was able to row 2000 meters in ten minutes or less. i tried to do it yesterday at the same pace and only made it 1000 meters in about 5 and a half minutes and was exhausted afterwards. ack. sad day for me. so i'm working on it. got to go to ruf...we didn't have it last week due to fall break. i finished signing up for classes, which is always a plus. the regent's essay wasn't too bad either...i didn't write a quality paper, though. oh well. its pretty much "write a paragraph that answers the question" kinda thing anyway.
BECCA! shes coming to see me this weekend. i bet you can't tell how excited i am. she hasn't been up here to visit me yet...well, okay becca, you did come up for the retreat, but you were only here for about ten minutes...it only counts about as much as your tongue touching your nose does. haha! anyway, we're gonna have lots of fun. i get to take her around campus and sneak her into the dining halls and ramsey because...well, because i can...cuz we look exactly alike. bonus for us! too bad ben and bryan won't get to meet her...they're going sailing on luke's boat this weekend...in some sort of crazy race and what not. i think we're planning on going to see the incredible this weekend...i love pixtar!!
i'm playing on the all-star ultimate frisbee team today...yay! i haven't gotten to play in any of the all-star things this week, but at least i'll be able to make it to the game. then i'm heading straight to the intramural fields for some ultimate with ruf. afterwards, cleaning frenzy in my dorm cuz its a mess and messy is no good when you're trying to show it off. becca will get here around 9ish and the weekend will begin!
TGIF
Wednesday, November 03, 2004
W...the president
OHIO BABY!!! I LOVE YOU!
the votes are in and....drumroll....BUSH WINS! okay. fabulous. i am sooooo happy! wow. that was a stressful night last night, but bush managed to stay in the lead for most of it. whew. i was up until two in the morning trying to see if they would decide before i went to bed. i had an 8 am class...so i kinda had to get some form of sleep. megan and i resorted to leaving the tv on all night. yes, just in case some kind of loud celebration came on to wake us up and know our country's fate for the next four years. woke up multiple times between 2 and 7 am. no changes from the night before. ohio was looking good, but none of the networks but fox were willing to call it for him. i was treating the election last night as i would a georgia football game. funny how that is. every time new polls came in, i waited intenly in my seat and cheered and grimmaced at the appropriate times.
anyway, had to make my way through classes (8-11 am) before i could check out to see if bush remained ahead in ohio. as soon as i walked in, the first announcement aired announcing that bush had WON! yea baby! i was so excited that i called my family and told them the news...just in case they hadn't been watching. my mom hadn't seen it cuz she was too afraid to look. she was happy i called and gave her the happy news.
lunchtime is upon me and i have to meet with my fellow republicans for lunch to celebrate :). crappit. i didn't really get to prepare for that english essay for today.
the votes are in and....drumroll....BUSH WINS! okay. fabulous. i am sooooo happy! wow. that was a stressful night last night, but bush managed to stay in the lead for most of it. whew. i was up until two in the morning trying to see if they would decide before i went to bed. i had an 8 am class...so i kinda had to get some form of sleep. megan and i resorted to leaving the tv on all night. yes, just in case some kind of loud celebration came on to wake us up and know our country's fate for the next four years. woke up multiple times between 2 and 7 am. no changes from the night before. ohio was looking good, but none of the networks but fox were willing to call it for him. i was treating the election last night as i would a georgia football game. funny how that is. every time new polls came in, i waited intenly in my seat and cheered and grimmaced at the appropriate times.
anyway, had to make my way through classes (8-11 am) before i could check out to see if bush remained ahead in ohio. as soon as i walked in, the first announcement aired announcing that bush had WON! yea baby! i was so excited that i called my family and told them the news...just in case they hadn't been watching. my mom hadn't seen it cuz she was too afraid to look. she was happy i called and gave her the happy news.
lunchtime is upon me and i have to meet with my fellow republicans for lunch to celebrate :). crappit. i didn't really get to prepare for that english essay for today.
W...THE PRESIDENT
(again)
Tuesday, November 02, 2004
election day is here
holy cow. its election day and i'm sitting here trying to figure out what the heck this country would turn into if kerry were elected tonight. oh! the nightmares that are running through my mind! quite nerve racking, i must say. arg! its crazy madness trying not to go crazy mad. i have confidence that whoever God puts in that office, it will be what is supposed to happen. not to say that, from my view, it would be ideal, but what it is supposed to be. if its kerry and he turns this country into a total shipwreck, i guess it will have to be fixed in the next election. go W...thats all i have to say.
finally got my chem pre-labs done in time for 8 am lab this morning. also took my sociology test. hope that went well. it was all short essay answers...only five questions. crumbalas. i've still got lots to do today, though. have to finish the lab and get ready for the second day of my in class essay. i didn't even start writing anything yet. why in the world do they only give us 2 hours and 30 minutes to write a paper?? it takes me at least one hour to write a paragraph. crappit. how am i gonna write a paper in that kind of time limit??!!
i wandered up to the honors building after sociology to check out my french test scores. oh yay! i got three more hours of credit...for a grand total of seven! ne pas encore de francais pour moi! okay...if you really know french, that may be totally wrong. too bad. already got credit :). so now i have to go back again to talk to my advisor....she never e-mailed me back and i am having drama over what classes to sign up and all that good stuff.
well, its gonna be a late night cuz i am not going to bed until the election is announced. okay okay...if there aren't any problems and it won't take a week to figure out like last time. i'm about to get down on my knees and do some intense praying for the outcome of this election...no joke.
finally got my chem pre-labs done in time for 8 am lab this morning. also took my sociology test. hope that went well. it was all short essay answers...only five questions. crumbalas. i've still got lots to do today, though. have to finish the lab and get ready for the second day of my in class essay. i didn't even start writing anything yet. why in the world do they only give us 2 hours and 30 minutes to write a paper?? it takes me at least one hour to write a paragraph. crappit. how am i gonna write a paper in that kind of time limit??!!
i wandered up to the honors building after sociology to check out my french test scores. oh yay! i got three more hours of credit...for a grand total of seven! ne pas encore de francais pour moi! okay...if you really know french, that may be totally wrong. too bad. already got credit :). so now i have to go back again to talk to my advisor....she never e-mailed me back and i am having drama over what classes to sign up and all that good stuff.
well, its gonna be a late night cuz i am not going to bed until the election is announced. okay okay...if there aren't any problems and it won't take a week to figure out like last time. i'm about to get down on my knees and do some intense praying for the outcome of this election...no joke.
Monday, November 01, 2004
when does the work end?
once again trying to play catch up on all the work i blew off over the weekend. actually, it really isn't that bad. i just need to look over some essays so i can get a better start on my in-class essay for english, which is all this week. i also had two pre-labs to do and a sociology test to study for. sadly, i had to miss discipleship. darn. anyway, at least i got my pre-labs done and some studying in.
my mom called me today to complain that she didn't get to see me on tv and everyone else was calling to tell her about it. i should have called anna, too, so she could have seen it. oh well. its exciting, though!
i have to go up to north campus tomorrow to check on my french advance placement exam that i took on wednesday. i'm crossing my fingers that i'll be able to exempt for next semester and the rest of my college career. the therories of crime and deviance are calling to me...must study for that exam. noooooo....
my mom called me today to complain that she didn't get to see me on tv and everyone else was calling to tell her about it. i should have called anna, too, so she could have seen it. oh well. its exciting, though!
i have to go up to north campus tomorrow to check on my french advance placement exam that i took on wednesday. i'm crossing my fingers that i'll be able to exempt for next semester and the rest of my college career. the therories of crime and deviance are calling to me...must study for that exam. noooooo....
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