WARNING: This is a stream of consciousness entry.
My last quarter at OSU has begun. And it is going to go full speed for 10 weeks straight. Yesterday I sold back my books from last quarter (which I bought for $200+)... they gave me $36.50. Thank you for ripping poor college students off. BOOO! Of course, this quarter I have a teacher that wants to "save" us money by not assigning a book, and not putting together a course packet either. In theory this is good. But I printed off the reading for the first 2 lectures: 60 pages! Unfortunately, printer ink is expensive... and I would rather have bought a book!
This quarter is going to fly by! My planner is already full... yet more things keep coming up. (like my friend Dan is coming in town tonight!! I haven't seen him since he graduated in December of 2006!! ) Anyhow, my schedule is so full that I don't know where I'll find time to do laundry and go to the grocery store! Scheduling is key. I have to know what to do for each day. Want to know the crazy part? I'm taking the MINIMUM number of credit hours this quarter! 3 classes (one of which is for my thesis). So why this quarter is going to be hard?
--I'm going to be out of town March 28-31, April 10-15, April 17-18, and April 25-28
-- I find out from grad schools if I was accepted/waitlisted May 2, and must make a decision by May 7.
--I present my research project (so I have to enter the data and analyze it before hand) at the Denman Forum of Undergraduate Research on May 14.
-- I present a topic for my Biopsychology of Aggression class some day between May 13 and May 29
-- I give an oral defense of my thesis May 28
--I have a 15-29 page paper due for my Biopscyhology of Aggression class due May 29.
-- My thesis is likely due by May 30
-- I have a 5 page paper due for another class May 29.
Really, that was for me... if you really read that, you're crazy! To summarize... I'm going to be busy. I'm not really sure how it will work out. But the good news is: I have no classes Monday, Wednesday, OR Friday this quarter.
Alright, I won't be blogging much this quarter. If you want to know about how my interviews are going, you will have to ask me... I'm not going to blog about them.
What was the point of this entry? I'm starting to forget... Sorry this is such a lame-o post. My mind is sort of racing... if you couldn't tell!! Hopefully I will update every now and then... but it will basically be just to let you know I'm alive!
Wednesday, March 26, 2008
Sunday, March 09, 2008
Oh, That's What a Blizzard Is...
So 6 days ago (last Monday) it was 67 degrees outside. As it poured down rain Tuesday I thought about how much snow that storm would have produced! (it rained more than 1.5 inches Tuesday). And then Friday and Saturday (yesterday) this happened...
I don't think I have ever seen this much snow... Below is what I saw looking out my door yesterday afternoon... Yes, it's a covered walkway. No it's not on ground level!
This is what I saw when I went to check my mail:
It was snowing so hard, my camera lens was getting wet! As I walked to the mailbox, I looked for the smallest piles to walk on. Fortunately Liz's boots weren't too small for me. Hers come up to the top of my calf (mine aren't so deep snow appropriate). The lowest areas of snow came up to my knees (when packed down below my feet). So it was at least 15"!!!! There were some drift piles that had to come up to my waist. As you can see, the cars were not moving anywhere.
It started snowing Friday morning around 9am. By the time I left to go to a final review session at 1pm the roads were covered in ice and snow. It took me twice as long to get to school, and walking wasn't easy either. Snow was pelting me in the face as the wind blew around the Horseshoe. I only made it to the last 15 minutes of the review session! I have never seen snow come down so fast! I cleaned snow off my car 4 times in one day! And every time I got out of my car I would use my snow scraper to get rid of all the snow crammed between my wheel and the wheel well. Crazy!
That was just day one. 24 hours later, this is what Dave's car looked like:
This storm made me think about a couple of things...
1) how I really should have brought my snow pants back from home this winter.
2) how I should buy a pair of those silly looking rubber boots that people have been wearing because they're "stylish"
3) how I don't have a shovel to dig out my car!
Anyhow, I've been studying for finals. My first one is at 11:30 Monday. My second at 7:30 am Tuesday, and the last one is at 4:30 pm Tuesday. They go in order from easiest to hardest. :-p. I was thinking this morning how I will have to plan ahead, and start digging my car out today. (I'm thinking my big plastic bowl that was $1 at Target will make a nice make-shift shovel). But then I remembered that the roads will be bad for a few days, and I'm dreading having to leave even earlier to get to my 7:30 am final. (Without ANY bad conditions I would have to leave my place by 7:00 to get there on time!)
So now there's lots of pretty white snow... and I have to study instead of play. :(
I don't think I have ever seen this much snow... Below is what I saw looking out my door yesterday afternoon... Yes, it's a covered walkway. No it's not on ground level!
This is what I saw when I went to check my mail:
It was snowing so hard, my camera lens was getting wet! As I walked to the mailbox, I looked for the smallest piles to walk on. Fortunately Liz's boots weren't too small for me. Hers come up to the top of my calf (mine aren't so deep snow appropriate). The lowest areas of snow came up to my knees (when packed down below my feet). So it was at least 15"!!!! There were some drift piles that had to come up to my waist. As you can see, the cars were not moving anywhere.It started snowing Friday morning around 9am. By the time I left to go to a final review session at 1pm the roads were covered in ice and snow. It took me twice as long to get to school, and walking wasn't easy either. Snow was pelting me in the face as the wind blew around the Horseshoe. I only made it to the last 15 minutes of the review session! I have never seen snow come down so fast! I cleaned snow off my car 4 times in one day! And every time I got out of my car I would use my snow scraper to get rid of all the snow crammed between my wheel and the wheel well. Crazy!
That was just day one. 24 hours later, this is what Dave's car looked like:
This storm made me think about a couple of things...
1) how I really should have brought my snow pants back from home this winter.
2) how I should buy a pair of those silly looking rubber boots that people have been wearing because they're "stylish"
3) how I don't have a shovel to dig out my car!
Anyhow, I've been studying for finals. My first one is at 11:30 Monday. My second at 7:30 am Tuesday, and the last one is at 4:30 pm Tuesday. They go in order from easiest to hardest. :-p. I was thinking this morning how I will have to plan ahead, and start digging my car out today. (I'm thinking my big plastic bowl that was $1 at Target will make a nice make-shift shovel). But then I remembered that the roads will be bad for a few days, and I'm dreading having to leave even earlier to get to my 7:30 am final. (Without ANY bad conditions I would have to leave my place by 7:00 to get there on time!)
So now there's lots of pretty white snow... and I have to study instead of play. :(
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