crazy time of year

This past week was by far the busiest I have had this school year. It started Monday with a test in intro to fine arts. I did not think it would be to bad however, when I started looking at the material, I realized how much there was to know. The stuff really builds up fast when you have a class three days in a row when that Tuesday was a Monday. So that took up my Sunday. I was also supposed to prepare a speech for Monday. Unfortunatly, that didnt happen. Luckily for me, my professor said I could do it next Monday. So Monday, I went to class and took the test that was alot harder than I thought it would be. Needless to say, that put me in a great mood... After class I went to work. Right from work, I went back to school for a club meeting at 7. Finally after the meeting, I was able to come home and start doing homework again. There was nothing due on Tuesday, so it was my time to catch up on alot of things. That day I was out of the apartment from 9:10am to around 9pm because I had school until 1:30 and then work right after. That night, all I did was study for my speech quiz that I had the next day. I was also able to complete my human physiology homework that was due that thursday. It wasnt hard, just time consuming. So Wednesday, I went to class and took the quiz. It was also alot harder than I thought it would be. After class, I went to work again. I got home around 9pm and went right to studying for my botany lab practical that I had the next day. Anybody who has taken botany at this school knows that its a real bitch of a class that requires ALL of your time. At this point I just wanted Thursday to be done and over already. I wake up early on Thursday to get some more last minute studying in before heading off to my classes for the day. Botany lab is my last class of the day so during my other classes, I am just running through the different divisions of fungi and algae in my head. Fortunatly, English class was just not ment to be that day so I was able to leave early and get more last minute, much needed studying in. I took the practical and thought I did great until he went over the answers. I got my conidiospores and carpospores mixed up and I messed up an conidiogenesis cells. BUT the worst of my week was finally over. The botany professor makes you stay after the practicals to do a lab but I just kinda sat there pretending to look at stuff until we were able to leave. I would much rather come back on my own time when I feel like it. That way I can look at things in peace and relaxation without the classroom environment. My week of classes was finally over so I went home and sat around and did nothing for a while and it felt great.

something is missing

So my birthday was on October 6th. A Tuesday. There is not much you can do with that. I still had school and I still had work. Lucky for me, school was on a Monday schedule, which meant that I only had 2 of my easy classes. I was sad that we didn't have English 2 class though... Basically I was out of my apartment from 10:30am to 9:15pm and had no energy to do anything that night. I didn't mind to much because I am going to really celebrate this weekend. I did, however, have my last illegal drink Monday night at 11:30ish and my first legal drink at a bar at 12:05ish.

The two things that were missing was a birthday cake and birthday cards. I did not get a single birthday card on my birthday and no one got me a birthday cake. Its because I just moved out to PA and don't really know that many people yet. It was also because I really had no time on my actual birthday because of school and work. That's another reason why I'm looking forward to this weekend.

Finally 21...

So Im finally 21 after months of impatient waiting. It would not have been so bad except ALL of my other friends, including my gf, have already been 21 for a while now. I was not able to go to any of their 21st birthday parties and it just plain sucked. They would all go out to a bar or a show and invite me along before they remembered that I wasnt 21 yet so I couldnt go. I would just sit around bored since all my friends were out. To top it all off, I would be the drunk texts and phone calls which made me feel so much worse that I was missing out on all the fun they were having without me.

So this weekend I going home and having my party at a bar close to my hometown and my old school so all my friends who were 21 can now party it up at my birthday party. Its going to be a ton of fun and I can't wait. People have always told me that its not all its cracked up to be. I dont care. For me, its not the drinking that Im looking forward to, although it is a good part of it, its the fact that I can actually go out with my friends. Now I can finally change my response from "I can't, I'm not 21 yet...." to "Sure".

Im sure turning 21 will put a large empty space in my wallet. You could go out and get a handle of rum for 20 bucks at a liquer store, but at the bars, 20 bucks might get me like 3, maybe 4 shots if Im lucky. The sooner I come down from my "I can finally go to bars" kick, the better.

too many choices

I have started working at an animal medical clinic in doylestown as a kennel technician. Its close and the people there are great. However, I have experience as a vet tech and wish to be able to do more than just clean the kennel and feel the animals. On top of that they dont pay very well. On the bright side, i have only worked there 3 weeks and they are already starting to put me in tech positions, however, the pay hasnt been adjusted for the extra work. Last week I went for an interview at an emergency vet hospital and they said they would call me for a work interveiw and pay me about 4 more dollars/hour doing everything I am used to doing. But they still havent called me back. The problem I am having is trying to figure out what Im going to do if they do offer me a job. I cant work both jobs becuase there would be no time for school. I guess I'll just have to wait and see whats going to happen. I might just be stressing out about nothing.

rubix cubes

So for the past hour I have been working on trying to get my rubix cube back to its original form where all the sides are the same color. I looked online to see if there were any tricks. Apparently there are a ton of little tricks and tips on how to solve your rubix cube. Unfortunately most of them are not as simple as they claim to be. I got so frustrated that I took the cube apart and put it back together in its original form so I could just practice some of the move combinations and techniques and go back to the original form so I know I got them right. Well, not 3 mins after I got the cube back together, I jumbled it back up again while trying the "easy algerithems" that the website claimed to work. I am writing this blog as a way to control my anger towards the tiny cube that has caused me so much frustration. If anyone has any suggestions on how to make it easier, it would greatly appreciate it. The worst part is that I saw a guy one time I was on the subway in New York City and he was just messing it up and then fixing it in under a minute so I know its possible. This thing is going to be the death of me...

this week is finally over

This week was a particularly stressful one.

I have been out of school for basically a year and it has been pretty hard getting back into the swing of things. Managing my time for all the classes. Figuring out good study habits again. Keeping materials from all my classes organized. Its been a real challenge. This week I had my first tests of the semester. For Delval, apparently there is a rule that you should never take Botany and Human Physiology at the same time. Both of the professors basically tell you that this class will take up ALL of your free time. Well no one told me lol. So now I'm stuck with it. Thursday, I had a human phys test first thing in the morning and a botany lab practical at 1:40. Between the two classes I have Botany lecture and English with only the 10 minutes they give you between classes. I was caught in the dilemma of which test I should study for more. I have work right after school on Tuesdays so the only time I really had to study was Wednesday after class around 4. Finally I made up my mind to just study Human phys until I got tired of it. Then I would take a break and then study botany a little bit. Then when I would get bored of botany, I would take another break and switch back to human phys. That system worked out pretty well. By the time I had to go to school to take my human phys test, I felt pretty confident. My only hope was to finish the test early enough to look over my botany notes before botany lecture started. So what I did was look at the notes real quick before and after the two classes I had until the lab practical. It was getting closer and closer to the practical and I was getting nervous that I would sit down to take the practical and my mind would go blank and I wouldn't remember anything. Once I saw the first question, I finally was relieved. It was a really easy question. I figured it would get harder as it went on but overall it was really easy. The professor made it sound like it was going to be the hardest test we had ever taken.

For those of you who have had a science lab of some sort, isn't the last thing you want to do after a lab practical, a lab experiment? As soon as the test was over, he was already giving instructions on what we would be doing that day in lab. I was burnt out at this point and all I really wanted to do was go home and relax for a while. But if I left, he would have taken points off. So I just wondered around the lab, looking at some slides, pretending to do work until the lab was over. They keep the stuff out for a week so I am going to just go back to the lab another day to look at everything again. But at least this week is over.

are you serious?

So for one of my classes, the professor paired everyone up. Since I'm new to the school I got paired with this kid who also didn't have a partner. At first I was OK with it. But when I tried to get together with the kid, he didn't answer my call or respond to my message. We had agreed to do it over the phone since we both live off campus. Well again I call him when we had scheduled a time to call each other. Again, no answer so I left a message. The rest of the day and night goes by and I never hear back from him. At that point, the assignment was due the next day. I then did the only thing left for me to do. I emailed my professor explaining the whole situation. By this time its like 12:30 at night so I know he wont get the email until morning. I go to actually send it and then the internet cuts out and I lose the email. So now I'm even more pissed off. I write the email all over again and the same thing happened. I went to see if anything was in my sent box and there was nothing. I try this about 4 times in total before I get so angry I slammed my computer shut and walked away for a minute. That's when I got the great idea that I would just use my personal email address instead of the shitty delval email. This time it worked. The next morning before class I got an email from the professor telling me that it will be OK and my grade will not be affected because it was not my fault. I guess its a good thing I'm on his good side. Something that finally made me laugh was his little p.s. at the end. It said "P.S. thanks for the 5 emails LOL".
So anyway, back on track. The professor lets us out a little early so we can have a little time to talk to our partners about the topic. Unfortunately it wasn't enough time to get everything I needed so he said he would call me after his plans that night around 7. I wait and I wait. Now its 8 and I still haven't heard from him... AGAIN. So I text him and what does he do? He tries to postpone the phone call again. I basically tell him no, we are doing it tonight so he finally calls me back after another hour of waiting and I get everything I need.
The moral of the story is that I don't agree with the whole "professors put you into groups" thing. I believe you should be able to pick your partners because if you are a hard working, diligent student and you get stuck with someone who just doesn't care your grade will suffer. Its just not fair. If I was able to just pick someone to by my partner from the beginning, none of this nonsense would have occurred.