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Seriously, it's been ridiculous. The first half of this term went by fairly smoothly, but the second half got a lot hectic. Between having two midterms in one day, right after one another, quizzes, an eight page paper about intersex fish in Colorado waterways, a ten-page grant proposal on anthropogenic ocean acoustics in Gulf of Mexico coral reefs, a ten minute presentation on said grant proposal, another two midterms, random papers, weekly quizzes, an impromptu last minute group project/presentation, a group research project on salmon management, and a short presentation on said project...plus working, I've been busy!
but my marine midterm went better than expected! :D
Not to mention, stressed. When I found out that I didn't do as well as I'd hoped on one of my calculus midterms, I burst out crying and screamed myself hoarse into my pillow for a good five straight minutes. From all that idiocy, you can bet the house care has been neglected. So now, I get to spend my Spring Break cleaning and working (although we're off for half the week, thank God).
also, my dreams of owning chickens have been crushed
Welcome to College. TextsfromLastNight.com and friends would have you believe that my Spring Break will be filled with random hookups and binge drinking. Not so, my friend. I'll post a break down of my Super Exciting Spring Break 2011 after the fact, but my (and most people's) spring breaks consist of much less interesting things.
Arguably more awesome things, though. Like, I tend to just hang out in my pajamas all day. Pants? Bra? Socks? Shoes? I don't even know what those things are!!! Showers? Only if I must. Given the choice between staying at home and making it clean enough for human residence, or going out and blowing a bunch of money I don't have on drinks that will just make my ass fatter, I'll pick staying at home, thanks.
we got February snow around here, though, which is rare
Anyway, let's have a breakdown of finals. Monday was my online, at home Resource Management Final and I got about 82% on it. Whatevs. Tuesday sucked -it was my calculus final, and I suck at calc, especially when the teacher doesn't let us have a page of notes. Ugh. It was also, unfortunately, inspection day at work, so I got all dressed up in slacks and high heels and a dress shirt and then a different dress shirt cuz I got toothpaste on the first one. Those damn shoes gave me a HUGE gross blister on my pinky toe, then it popped and was even more gross and painful. Icing on the cake, the inspector was sick >:(
my poor toe
Anywayanyway, calculus was difficult, but as long as I passed, I'm done forever with it (you know, except when I need to use it). Wednesday was my Marine Conservation and Management final, which was fairly difficult -I'm no good with acronyms and law stuff, and there was some of that on the final. There's a reason I'm environmental SCIENCE and not environmental STUDIES. I can remember what an acronym does (like NOAA or IFQ or LAP) but I can never remember what things stand for...I also am not good at remembering laws or names, but fuck it.
LOL stinky
Today was my final winter-term final, ever. It was Fish Ecology and Conservation, and damn, it wasn't that hard. Partly, because the teacher gave us 80% of the essay questions ahead of time, so I more or less knew what I was going to say. I think the hardest thing about that test was the writing part. I was scribbling out answers furiously for almost an hour and a half, and my hand cramped up. In the end, I got tired of writing, my handwriting deteriorated, and I was done. Hallelujah!
my favorite flavor ever!
Just a word of advice about college, and then I'm done: Never expect anything, don't make plans that can fuck you over, and always talk to an advisor. For next term, I wanted to take Wetland Ecology and Phytoplankton Ecology, which would have fit perfectly into my schedule. Except, last minute, they changed the times to the same time. I chose phytoplankton because it doesn't have a field trip =_= and the only other class at the same time is Hydrology. Now, the teacher is awesome, but the class looks SO hard :( I'm worried I wouldn't do well. I figured well, I'll sign up for it and another connected learning class and see what's offered over the summer.
Oops. Now my department is telling me that no classes are offered over the summer...I'm graduating in August, kid. I'll still be able to, but I'd rather not take Hydrology when I could possibly take a class I'd like more or do better in. I guess I can't do anything about it, but just a word of warning to the rest of you out there.
I saw a bear...
Final note: I turned in my graduation application!!! I'M GRADUATING IN AUGUST, FOR REALS!!!!
SIDE NOTE: I checked the summer schedule, and I have a couple options... I could take Old Growth Forest Ecology off campus so I don't know how I'd get there, and it would only last a week. Or, I could take Riparian Ecology and Management, at a bad time (I'd have to miss work a lot...) but the teacher's awesome, and the class lasts a month. Plus my elective course I have to take will be online or at least last for a month at most. Gonna be done with college by July!
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