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| 5:58 PM, Wednesday, May 21, 2003 |
"Well, I'm back."
--Sam, The Return of the King
Basically I stayed off the 'net since Friday to study and finish up ministry work. Chem actually went really well; I found out late last night that I got a 167/200 on the final, when the average was only 138; and that brought my grade up to a B. Physics: A-. Calc: B- *ugh*. Haven't gotten my ESE grades back yet.
I don't think I'm going to keep my scholarship. I have a flat 3 right now, I'd need an A- in ESE to get a 3.33 and something tells me I'm not going to get it. :-(
At least my finals are over, though; and I'm back in Boston. With my own room, no roommate, and ... okay, the weather was better on Long Island, and so was the company. But I still have few objections to being here.
Friday, took my Calc exam (sigh), then jetted over to Stanley's place for a quick birthday party. After that, went back to my room and chilled for an hour or so, then headed off to devo.
After devo, Bryan told me his roommates were all gone since they were done with their finals, so Gerard, BJ, and I grabbed my sheets, computer, speakers, some clothes, Bible, and a couple of other minor things and I moved into Bryan's room. That was cool. Very cool. So I roomed with him Friday, Saturday, Sunday, Monday. Good stuff. :-)
Got up around 12 Saturday and around 2:45 Rachel picked us up and we headed off. After several stops along the way :-p we finally made it to Staten Island and the Apontes' house for Danny's birthday party. I have to say that watching the Spanish dancing people were doing was one of the more amusing parts of the night, although playing Mao when only four people actually knew what they were doing was pretty funny too. All in all, good times, and one of the better closing pieces to a weekend that I've known.
Sunday, the whole SB ministry went over to Roger's house for brunch before services, then to church. Around this time I realize that I've gotten absolutely NO studying done for chem, and that's the exam that concerned me most. I hadn't even looked at the book since the second midterm.
Oops. So after we get back from services I hit the books as hard as possible, which isn't very hard to be honest as I've never been particularly good at studying. Oh well.
Monday, got up around 9, hit the chem books again, more studying, then rushed off to the exam at 2. Banged that out in an hour and a half then went and complained about it with Mike and Adam. Still and all I did pretty well so I have no complaints.
12:45, I log onto AIM and hit the boards for a quick checkup on whether everything has hit the fan in my absence. Around 1, I start to head off to bed. 1:05, Emma logs onto AIM and asks if I have five minutes to call her.
... that was probably a mistake. That five-minute call turned into three hours, and ... yeah. I got to bed around 4:15, fell asleep around 4:40, and got up at 7:30 for my ESE exam at 8.
*sigh* But I got it over with, then moved some more stuff around. Mom came around 1:30, and we moved my desk chair and fridge to my cousins' house, then we packed up my room, vacuumed it out, checked out, and headed over to Roth Quad cafeteria to pick up six cases of Coke and a case of PowerAde so as to not waste the $200 left on my meal card.
Have you ever lifted a case of 20 oz. Coke bottles? They're 30 pounds apiece, and Mom is just over 100 pounds. It was ... interesting. Meanwhile I carried two outside at the same time as they only could bring five of the cases to the loading dock, and my arms are STILL feeling it.
Dropped the case of PowerAde off at Bryan's room and picked up my sheets and speakers, then headed off home. I fell asleep most of the way; can you honestly blame me? Got home and ate dinner, then finally got to just relax and realize that school's out for the next three and a half months.
Wow.
-David
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