Week Solo

Parents left this AM to go out west for a week, leaving me home with the cats. This should be an interesting week, hopefully not too boring.

In other news...it's REALLY hot and humid out. UGH!

Golden

Today is my birthday...22 on the 22nd.

Happy Birthday to me!

(Also, a Happy Birthday to Cody, who is 21 today...even though I doubt he reads this thing.)

Spring 2006 Grades in...

And I must say I am pleasantly surprised....

Political Analysis: A...must've done OK on that final, thank goodness.
Canadian Politics: A...as expected
Shakespeare: B....very happy with that
Social Stats: C...expected, but I'm ok with that...as long as I passed
Leadership Credit: A

3.3 for the semester, 3.67 cumlative....not bad.

Apple Releases the MacBook

Yes, it is here. MacBook, the long awaited successor to iBook, arrived yesterday. Apparently it also replaces the 12" Power Book, which means I was correct in assuming there would not be a 12" MacBook Pro.

Looks like a solid machine. They will sell well.

The biggest question...$200 more in Black? Come on, Apple.

Back Home

And so far it has been low-key. Sunday I went to my cousin's graduation from the U and for dinner at Buca. The last couple of days have been spent doing a whole lot of nothing...while it is nice to a point, I am used to having things to do. (I have a couple free weeks before my internship starts).

It's odd being here and realizing I will be for three months. I have not been at home more than 3 weeks at a time since the summer after my first year. Still not sure how I feel about this, even though I had many reasons to come back here instead of staying. It will be interesting to see how it all plays out.

PA Final Done

Yes, the evil Political Analysis final is complete. It took longer than expected, as my "good" laptop caught a virus last night and I had to shut it down...after of course I transferred every file I on to my jump drive and burned all my purchased iTunes to CD. I want my stuff in the event the stupid thing needs to be wiped. Have not had the best of luck with the thing.

Now all that's left to do is turn it in when I meet w/him at noon.

Sage Advice Via Blog

Tonight I clicked on Steph's blog and saw the following short post:

"Words of Wisdom
Suffered a small mental breakdown yesterday. Still recovering. A lot of tears were shed. A lot.

***

President-elect Cody had some advice for me yesterday as I stressed over a final project in Pub Design and two finals back to back yesterday afternoon: "There's more to life than getting a 'B' over a 'C'." And at long last, I believe him.

I am also convinced that he is THE nicest, selfless person EVER.


TBA: Steph's 'C' Party. Say "Goodbye" to 4.0's! Drinks. Drinks. And more drinks!"
--
And I left this comment:
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"Steph, I totally needed to read that just now. I took two finals today (Monday) in Shakespeare and Stats. I also came to the realization that I will end up with Cs in both courses. I have received one C in my BSU life...and that was Freshman year. I do not get Cs.

But alas, Cody is right...There's more to life than getting a B over a C.

And I agree...he is the nicest, most selfless person ever. (or at least one of them)

Hang in there.''
--

So, even though it was not intended for me, thanks for the advice, bro.

This is a Test

All my spacing

in all my posts

appears to have disappeared

This makes me mad

I like paragraphs

Problem fixed...a setting had been changed somehow

The Past Week

So, I have not blogged, at least substantially, for an entire week. I blame finals...even though finals week officially started today, I have been quite busy all week with studying and papers and such.

I happily completed my thesis topics and Shakespeare paper on time, although I doubt if its the best paper I've written. In fact, I know it isn't.

Wednesday night I hung out at the Senate Sunsplash table and talked to people as they ate the ice cream sundaes we gave them. Something funny always happens with the Senate crew...this time it was Cody and our Hall Director both going for joyrides around the fieldhouse in my scooter. It was quite hilarious. 7 Senate apps came in for Fall thanks to Cody and his mad recruiting skills (or applying pressure until people gave in...I've done it too). Will be interesting to see how many actually show up and decide to run in September.

Yesterday, Senate played softball against the administration...and lost.

Today, I worked for an hour, went to a meeting about the Union remodeling, attended lunch and the open forum with the second candate for associate director, and took my Canadian Politics final.

And, scooter tires are evil...hope to god it is fixed this time.

It's Slightly Shrinking

School:

• Shakespeare final (Monday@8:00)
• Stats final (Monday @ 1)
• Analysis take-home (Due next Wed. the 10th)
• Meet w/ Pat Thursday 11th at 12:30
  

Senate:

• End of Year Report (technically overdue, but we're all students so people understand)
• 3 more candidate meetings
  
• Check w/ C about meeting with RG
  
• Get stuff out of office so it's not lost
• Send final site updates to web coordinator
  

Other:

• Laundry
• Work
• Clean/pack room

The End (of the Year) is Near

And here's the To Do List:

School:

• SPSS assignment for Stats (due tomorrow)
• Thesis topics for Analysis (due tomorrow)
• Shakespeare paper (due Wednesday)
• Canadian Politics final (Friday @ 3:30)
• Shakespeare final (Monday@8:00)
• Stats final (Monday @ 1)
• Analysis take-home (Due next Wed. the 10th)
• Get meeting w/Pat-leadership option

Senate:

• Bookstore Committee meeting (tomorrow @ 9)
• Meeting/Softball/Picnic (Thursday @4)
• End of Year Report (due Friday)
• Attend as many lunches and open forums as possible for Union and VP candidates
• Send out Honor Code bill
• Get other bills to send to webmaster
• Conference expense report
• Check w/ C about meetings with RG, TM
• Get stuff out of office so it's not lost
• Evals-N. T, C, S

Other:

• Thursday AM service project
• Laundry
• Work
• Clean/pack room

And that's just what I can think of off the top of my head.