It’s been a great week. Very productive. I’ve done a little recreational reading almost every day. I’ve worked on math almost every day. I’ve paid rent, played tennis, gotten horribly lost trying to find the gym, eventually found the gym and exercised there, washed 5 loads of laundry (from the time I was in PA […]
So, finally back in TX. I really missed my apartment. And my bed. I’m glad to be home. I’ve already begun studying for the algebra qualifying exam. I thought I might have trouble motivating myself to study this early in the summer, but so far so good. I’ve done some work every day since I’ve […]
So, the past two weeks since school has been out have been completely amazing. I’ve been in PA since the 14th and every day has been a super fun adventure. Some highlights: seeing my brothers & sister, eating my mom’s homemade pasta sauce, going to the movies to see Bridesmaids, driving around Connellsville to see […]
Okay, just a short post in case my upbeat attitude is ruined by tomorrow. Had two final exams today and they actually went really well. I would have liked to have studied more, but what time I did spend studying, I was very focused. Apparently whatever I did worked because I feel like I aced […]
Okay, so I feel it is more appropriate to vent in my private (public) blog than on Facebook. Every public place I go to I have to avoid stomping on someone’s stupid child that gets in my way (or accidentally elbowing them in the head, or running them over, or whatever). For example, today in […]
… they get into a near-shouting match over THREE points on a homework assignment. (Each homework assignment has 100 points on it. The average of all of their homework assignments counts for 10% of the final grade in the course, and the lowest 4-5 out of the 12-13 they’ll be turning in are dropped. So […]
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