It's been a while...

I finished my finals on December 7th. Overall, I did well--4As and a single B+. I'm not too broken up over that B+ because I got a D on the final, so I didn't deserve better than that. And I hated the class. So I'm over it.

I think I've made a decision about a major career change. Optometry. I know, crazy. I've got my reasons, I just hope they're the right ones. When school starts up again, I'll contact some people to talk to and see what they say. It's exciting to have stumbled upon a real career choice. It'll take some work to finish up some of the pre-requisites that I don't have from engineering, but I've got the rest of this year and next year to do that.

Home is nice but frustrating at the same time. Everyone around here is always on someone else's nerves. It's neverending complaints, yelling, arguing, fuming, blah. It makes me appreciate the peace and quiet of my Columbus apartment.

Our Christmas tree finally has ornaments on it. I don't understand why it's such a big grumbly deal to put the ornaments up. For crying out loud, I put up the tree (and fluffed it, yay fake!) and strung the lights. Those are the hard parts.

My new phone should be here tonight or tomorrow night. I'm hoping for tonight because I'm excited!

That's all for me. I really need to get on the ball for Christmas shopping...

Please send help...

The mouse (or mice) is still around. He woke me up at 3:45 because he was being noisy on my COUNTER. Ugh. I think that the worst part is that he can get onto my counter, in spite of my efforts to thwart that. Sue (the office lady) said that they would place some wooden snap traps and see if they can get him that way. While I don't want to hear him get...snapped, I would like this to be over.

In other news, it's finals week for me. Yesterday was my physio final and I rocked it. By my own calculations I got an A. Yay! This afternoon is my stats final. I think I'm ready (and it's open book). I just hope nothing funky trips me up like last time. My other two finals are on Thursday, so I have all day tomorrow to study. I'm not too worried: for corrosion, I'm going to make sure I understand last year's final (it seems pretty comprehensive) and for polymers, I need to make sure I understand the two midterms and the few concepts we covered since the 2nd midterm.

Then it's break time! I won't be going home right away due to the fact that I need to get trained on the ESEM for my senior project and I'll be doing that Monday. It's okay though because my apartment doesn't kick me out for break like the dorms used to! The boy and I are going to do some holiday things (like go to the zoo!) over the weekend, so that should be fun!

And now...time to watch some TV before my exam.

Feeling listy

I suppose this is the list I had mentioned earlier in the week. I've been compiling in my head ALL WEEK! If only my brain could be downloaded onto here...

1. I negatively reviewed a professor for the first time in my college career. It was weird. Luckily (or unluckily) a lot of other people were saying the same thing.

2. Physiology is over forever. Or until I perhaps take another physiology class. I'm sad to be done with a class...another first! We ended with reproduction, which must be a highlight of the course. At any rate, I think I'd like to take a class about the development of a fetus. Clearly that would be something that could take up a whole 10 weeks.

3. I have a presentation in about an hour. Unfortunately for me, I don't know if my group members pulled through finishing it and printing it. At least it's not for a grade? Meh. I'm sure it'll be fine.

4. I'm glad I don't typically have a car on campus. I spend a lot of time thinking about going somewhere purely because I have a car. I suppose if I always had a car it wouldn't be that big of a deal.

5. This computer lab is loud. The heating/cooling system squeals and thumps. And it scares me everytime.

6. I haven't worn makeup in FOREVER. (Okay, so I wore some Tuesday, but I looked nice, I had to!) Strangely, it doesn't bother me. And I don't think anyone notices.

7. In 18 days, I will likely be getting a new cell phone. I'm leaning toward a pink Razr, despite not liking them. Oh, the whore that I am for pink. We'll see what happens though. At any rate, I'll have a phone that vibrates again--a true novelty!! And a camera phone, because I can!

8. I have an eye doctor's appointment over break. Maybe I'll try to get new glasses. Or I'll see if they've improved the permeability of colored contacts. My old colored ones were awful for letting my eyes breathe. As a consequence, I looked like I was stoned without the uh...stoned-ness.

9. I have a bump on my head, like I hit it at some point. A point that I don't remember. Fabulous. I'm wondering if this is a warning not to get heinously drunk like I did last year for Autumn Finals. Hey, bump on my head, I get it! I won't get heinously drunk! Stop your hurting!

10. I taped Dr. Phil today. I think that means I'm L-A-M-E. But it was intriguing--a spoiled teen and her mother who was ... working men for money (they didn't just say she was being a WHORE). The girl was amazing. "Well, mom, I just want you to say no to me." Yeah, right, baby.

11. I rocked my Polymer Science midterm from last week. Which was surprising--I felt like crap walking out of it. I'm convinced that I'm doomed to be good at life forever...so much pressure! Haha.

12. My foot has fallen asleep a lot this week. The hardcore type of falling asleep where your appendage feels enormouse because you can't feel it. (Does that even make sense?)

13. I'm having steak for dinner. And probably PastaRoni because I've got 5465713 boxes of it. I can't help that I love it and buy it every time I'm at the store!

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Oh bananas...

I still have mice. AKA my building has mice and they're going to run between the rooms. I've got three different traps (2 mechanical "snap trap" suckers--but not your usual wood/spring combo, and a more "humane" trap that gets baited).

Meh. I'm not that upset about it. With the bedbugs, it was much worse--I had to disrupt my life and studying and it freaked me out a lot. With the mice, I just have to place a few traps and hope they don't get into my food!

The Boyfriend and I went to see Happy Feet tonight. It was cute, but at the end it seemed like they were...rushing to find an ending or they were stuck with how to end it.

Tomorrow is going to be my "off" night. (Well, tonight was too, but who's counting?!) And the finals prep starts on Friday, woot. I think I can take a more relaxed approach to studying based on the spread of my finals. And for once, I don't mind having exams on the last day. Most likely that's because I don't have to leave by a certain time.

The Joys of Living Off Campus

So, this is how I spent my last half hour. This is "Little Guy", my very first mouse. Using ingenuity, Jeri and I caught him in the box from my $3.98 coffeemaker. That baby has already paid for itself.


And Little Guy now has a (temporary) home in a trashcan on High.

Who knew that living in an apartment could be so much fun. I've not even lived here 6 months, and already I've had bedbugs (OK, 1 bedbug) and a mouse. I'm looking forward to the next 6+ months.

Coffee Buzz

I got a coffeemaker on Black Friday because it was $3.98 at Wallyworld, and I really couldn't pass that up. I like lattes from Starbucks, so maybe I'd like coffee with creamer. This morning was my first experiment, and while it wasn't stunningly good, I drank it.

And I'm totally feeling it. I tried to take a nap, as I'm wont to do after lunch, and I just couldn't. My mind was running in crazy circles. And this morning, I was a machine of productivity.

And to think I only had about half a mug of coffee. Sheesh.

In other news, I'm feeling particularly listy. So if I get time later, I'm going to throw together a list of random thoughts. Which should be good if I'm still running on coffee fumes. I just hope that I don't crash during my Polymers class. That would be a doozy. (Though, this may be a new way to keep me awake during Corrosion in the mornings! Of course, I only have 2 lectures left...)

First Post...

I'm so nervous! I feel like I've entered the adult LJ world, where everyone is sufficiently witty. I don't have much to say, but I wanted to at least have a post on my blog.

So, if you're wondering about me...I'm a 21 year old college student at a very large midwest university. I'm studying Materials Science and Engineering, but it's certainly not my career choice. At this point, I just don't know what I want to do. Grad school? Med school? Another undergrad degree? Other than stressing out over school (which hardly gives me time for anything else!), my social life is pretty lame, other than having a fabulous boyfriend of almost 3 years. I love cooking, and I wish to be super-crafty (but I'm stuck at "moderately crafty when I have the time").

Welcome, and I hope that I can keep you entertained!