Rantings and ravings. Glimpses of my crazy life. Ramblings about my home in Port Lavaca, my work in Houston, my PhD progress at Texas Tech University, and everything around and in between. I also have a business in Houston (Amaya Consulting) and am working on a joint venture in Papua New Guinea (Herries Engineering and Technical Services). It may seem like madness, but it's a good life, and you are invited to poke around in it a bit as often and as randomly as you wish.
Sunday, July 16, 2006
Hours at the Library AGAIN
I've been SNOWED under by project work both at school and at work, but perhaps I'm about to get a 4-week breather. Today I finished by Final Exam for my Statistics class. I have to say, I went into the exam with an A average and hope I didn't blow it today. The exam was much harder than I expected, and I got confused about a couple of the concepts right off the bat. The online portion of the exam is scored immediately, and I scored a 75. YIKES! That is NOT what I needed to maintain my A average. However, I know I did better on the spreadsheet portion of the test, and HOPE it was better enough to rescue my A. Wish me luck, folks!
So, for the next two weeks I have only one class in progress. I made and A in my Project Writing and Proposal class, so temporarily, my GPA is good. The math class could really hurt me if I didn't pull off the grade. This last class is a bit of a crap shoot. I really thought I was going to get an A- last semester with this instructor, and I blew the final and came out with a B+ instead. I'm giving it my ALL this semester, but still worry about something showing up on the test that I'm not prepared for. Currently, I have an A in the class, but there are still 2 major project and 2 major tests to go, so I have no idea whether I can maintain that grade.
After those two weeks are finished, I actually have a couple of weeks with NO CLASSES AT ALL. For the next two years, I have only 2 such "breaks" scheduled, so I will definitely have to make the best of this!
Anyway, I've been here at the library for hours now, got the research material I needed to get, and am ready to go home for a nap. My sweetie is in New Mexico today, and won't be home for a week, so I'm feeling a bit glum. When the hubby and brother-in-law get back next week, I may have to take a day off and go fishing or something. I really need to get my head somewhere else for a day or two...maybe getting it in the water is the answer!
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