April 30, 2004

in media res...

two of my classes are finished. two of six. this is a good feeling. i am pleased to be able to put both of these out of my mind at this point.

monday will be a tougher day, as i have three exams to worry about spanning a good bit of the day. and then, looming in the distance is science, wednesday. this is my unicorn of the semester.

i'm running out the door to go pick up savannah, go take books back to the library and see about selling back my aforementioned finished class books.

i think a drink or three will be involved wednesday evening. you know, i deserve it. or maybe i will at the point, anyway.

yay for being partially done.

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April 22, 2004

in the home stretch ...

today signifies the first day of the last week of classes. after that i will also have one week of finals. i am not quite comprehending that this is really coming to an end.

right now it is at least mathematically possible that i could get a 4.0 -- but i'm not betting on that, necessarily. i'm sincerely hoping for a 3.83, and there is always a possibility of 3.66 so we'll just have to wait and see what i can pull out here at the end.

i have an exam in my english class this evening. i have plenty of things to work on over the weekend, so i'm hoping the weekend weather is nice so i can sit outside on the deck, drink coffee and smoke cigarettes, and attempt to see if i can pull a 4.0 out of myself.

i also plan to ponder the whole "what comes next" idea... after i finish with the studying my ass off part.

it'll be good to have a gpa to back up all the talking about the how well i think i'll do. i could be eligible for hope in the fall -- which would be excellent. i could be recognized by the university for my accomplishments. i could talk about school and walk across campus even more confidently than i do now.

i have already registered for summer. i will be taking 3 classes, as i didn't think i would want to try to manage more, especially having savannah home over the summer. after the summer, i will have knocked out all of the general education classes from the rest of my undergraduate career, and will be able to concentrate almost entirely on political science.

i have already picked classes for the fall, but i don't get to register for those until the middle of june. i have a new advisor, who i hope to meet with at the beginning of the summer session, to check with her about my class selections for the fall. i think my advisor is great, and i'm looking forward to talking to her.

so, i'm trying to relax and be mellow. i'm trying not to work myself up, as i seem to like to do for some things. i've done well, and if i do the same things i will continue to do well.

i'm off to put my nose back into the books, and i promise to resurface when i have something good to share.

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