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I guess I'm going to keep with recent tradition. Only update on Mondays.
Sooooo.... This last week was... umm, how do I put this? HELL. I had that crazy OChem midterm Friday morning that I was so not ready for until about ten minutes beforehand, and then I wasn't "so not ready," I was just "not ready." Hardly an improvement. I'd tried to study all week, but... well, for example, on Wednesday one of the C rats died on us, and Don decided we needed to get the brain slices immediately, so instead of me getting to the library to study by 2, maybe 2:30 at the latest, I didn't get to the library to study until like 4:30. Oh well, I got paid AND I learned how to (sort of) do slices. And the OChem midterm Friday--I took my time and went over everything thoroughly, and blessed Mark (the TA) for giving us the flowchart of how to make alkynes and alkyl halides. Made everything SO much easier to remember. And I thanked all the gods that anyone ever dreamed of that logic works for OChem. (Got my test back today--91!! Average was 65. Last midterm I got an 89 and the average was a 68. I'm thrilled.) (And after the midterm, before work, I went to the Science and Engineering Library and slept for half an hour and dreamed about monobromosubstituted cyclohexenes. Can you say "dork"? Or maybe "masochistic for taking too many classes"?)
So all weekend long, I was in caffeine withdrawal and didn't know it. I slept 17 hours Saturday because I was just exhausted from last week. Sunday I had a headache all day and didn't figure out why until about 8 pm, when I bought Starbucks and magically my headache went away. Oh, addiction. Great. So, in short, I didn't get any studying done all weekend, even though I had a Genetics midterm tonight. And I haven't done any Genetics homework since the session started, and I've read like five pages of the six chapters we were supposed to know. Today I was supposed to inject again, and Cynthia never showed up (misunderstanding--I was supposed to go get her), so I ended up getting Steve and he helped me with the injections and I accidently stuck HIM with one of the C needles (oh, GREAT.).... So once again, instead of getting out at 2, maybe 2:30, I got out at 3:30. Caught a bus, re-registered for next summer session AND went by financial aid, both before 4:00, because I'm just that cool. Anyway. So... I went into the genetics midterm with a total of about four hours of studying under my belt. Thank all the gods again that logic works for genetics. I think I did really well. I hope. *crosses fingers*
So.... It turns out I need to take a 3-quarter Biochem series that I didn't even know existed. So it looks like I'm not taking the 1-quarter Biochem next summer session. I'm taking the second session of Ochem, because I need to start Biochem asap and the 3-q requires BOTH sessions of Ochem, whereas the 1-q only requires the first session. So... that changes my entire life for the next few years. Can you say CRAP? (If you didn't follow that, it means basically that I'm taking OChem all summer long, not finishing Ochem Friday and then starting biochem.)
I don't think I have much more to report. I feel really good about the midterms. The 91 makes me really happy, and I think I did well today on the genetics midterm. So, out of four tests in seven days, two down and two to go. Finals in Ochem lab and lecture Thursday and Friday, respectively.
I'm not worried.
I rock.
I am girl. Hear me roar.
(Note: I was looking for a mood setting of "powerful." Found "predatory" instead. Wow. ...Wow.)
Sooooo.... This last week was... umm, how do I put this? HELL. I had that crazy OChem midterm Friday morning that I was so not ready for until about ten minutes beforehand, and then I wasn't "so not ready," I was just "not ready." Hardly an improvement. I'd tried to study all week, but... well, for example, on Wednesday one of the C rats died on us, and Don decided we needed to get the brain slices immediately, so instead of me getting to the library to study by 2, maybe 2:30 at the latest, I didn't get to the library to study until like 4:30. Oh well, I got paid AND I learned how to (sort of) do slices. And the OChem midterm Friday--I took my time and went over everything thoroughly, and blessed Mark (the TA) for giving us the flowchart of how to make alkynes and alkyl halides. Made everything SO much easier to remember. And I thanked all the gods that anyone ever dreamed of that logic works for OChem. (Got my test back today--91!! Average was 65. Last midterm I got an 89 and the average was a 68. I'm thrilled.) (And after the midterm, before work, I went to the Science and Engineering Library and slept for half an hour and dreamed about monobromosubstituted cyclohexenes. Can you say "dork"? Or maybe "masochistic for taking too many classes"?)
So all weekend long, I was in caffeine withdrawal and didn't know it. I slept 17 hours Saturday because I was just exhausted from last week. Sunday I had a headache all day and didn't figure out why until about 8 pm, when I bought Starbucks and magically my headache went away. Oh, addiction. Great. So, in short, I didn't get any studying done all weekend, even though I had a Genetics midterm tonight. And I haven't done any Genetics homework since the session started, and I've read like five pages of the six chapters we were supposed to know. Today I was supposed to inject again, and Cynthia never showed up (misunderstanding--I was supposed to go get her), so I ended up getting Steve and he helped me with the injections and I accidently stuck HIM with one of the C needles (oh, GREAT.).... So once again, instead of getting out at 2, maybe 2:30, I got out at 3:30. Caught a bus, re-registered for next summer session AND went by financial aid, both before 4:00, because I'm just that cool. Anyway. So... I went into the genetics midterm with a total of about four hours of studying under my belt. Thank all the gods again that logic works for genetics. I think I did really well. I hope. *crosses fingers*
So.... It turns out I need to take a 3-quarter Biochem series that I didn't even know existed. So it looks like I'm not taking the 1-quarter Biochem next summer session. I'm taking the second session of Ochem, because I need to start Biochem asap and the 3-q requires BOTH sessions of Ochem, whereas the 1-q only requires the first session. So... that changes my entire life for the next few years. Can you say CRAP? (If you didn't follow that, it means basically that I'm taking OChem all summer long, not finishing Ochem Friday and then starting biochem.)
I don't think I have much more to report. I feel really good about the midterms. The 91 makes me really happy, and I think I did well today on the genetics midterm. So, out of four tests in seven days, two down and two to go. Finals in Ochem lab and lecture Thursday and Friday, respectively.
I'm not worried.
I rock.
I am girl. Hear me roar.
(Note: I was looking for a mood setting of "powerful." Found "predatory" instead. Wow. ...Wow.)
