AHHHHHH

Where does the TIME GO?! SERIOUSLY!

I have mid-terms in 2 weeks! Less than 2 weeks! Turns out Physics mid-term is going to be on Monday, March 10th. That's a bit over 1 week away! My other two mid-terms are 2 weeks from today. AHHHH

Not to mention first full draft of the capstone is due in 4 weeks! AHHHHH

Oh my gosh...I get all tense just thinking about everything. I have to do a statistical test for my data and then I think the majority of my "number" results are complete. The rest I think is all discussion type of things that I'm just looking at and determining. That's my goal tomorrow...to actually start writing my paper.

Anyway, I just gave myself a tension headache. Lovely.

I did buy my plane ticket to Terminus!! $502 round-trip from Monterey to O'Hare. That's exciting. That means I'm officially leaving on Monday, August 4th and returning Tuesday, August 12th. August is going to be nuts since my college friend gets married at the very beginning of August (the 2nd) and my cousin gets married at the end of August. Classes at MPC start sometime at the end of Aug too, I think. I'm only taking macro- and micro-economics though.

I just realized the other day in marine conservation bio that not only do I have to research grad schools, but I also need to look at professors for master's thesis papers. I hadn't thought about that. It helps to have an idea, especially if I have to have a statement of purpose or something. I also need to look into taking the GRE again. If I was just going to do Columbia, I don't think I'd care (it's optional, though "highly recommended"). I think Washington, though, requires you to take the GRE. University of Washington looks more appealing the more I think about it, but I still would prefer a more "name" school and a 1-year program. But, I'll take anything, to be honest. :D So my top 3 schools are still Columbia University, University of Edinburgh, and University of Washington. 3 totally different places. LoL

With that, I must be off to take care of some things before my 5 hours straight of class tonight.

Laters

woot!

I got a 49/50 on my grad class (resource and environmental economics) quiz! I'm so excited! I'm also pulling an A+ in physics (we'll see how that holds up once the mid-term comes). I think it's more fluke than anything. LoL

Capstone is going extremely slow...I  have to step it up. I've come to find I haven't been working on capstone at home. I've only been working on it at MBARI, but that's not right. LoL So...I'm going to try and concentrate more on the national report and then work on capstone if I have time. I'm going to be working on capstone at home more now.

Mid-terms are creeping up quickly! So I need to start studying for mid-terms now too. Or at least reading all the required reading I haven't done. Okay, so mid-terms aren't till March 13th, but whatever. Can't plan too far ahead, I say. :)

With that, I was just posting about my grad class quiz grade, I'm off.

Let the countdown and stress begin!

I'm into my 4th week of school, which means I have only 12 more weeks left!

Okay, how does 12 weeks sound really short and 3 months long? Maybe because I tackle each week as it goes by and not by month. All I can say, though, is as each day passes...My stress level keeps increasing. I'm sleep deprived and it's only the beginning of the 4th week of classes. How does that happen?

Anyway, I got sick for about a week with a flu-cold. Definitely not enjoyable and I think it's just thrown me off my rhythm. Then we had the primaries last Tuesday and that's continued to throw me off since I had to get up at SIX AM! I also hit a huge road block on my capstone. I met with Judy, my advisor, today and I feel recharged for it. I have some direction. I like my capstone, it's been an incredible learning experience, but sometimes I just want to throw it out the window and say I don't want to graduate. :P I'm still deciding whether my stress level would still be the same if I had capstone or not. I'm undecided. I'm doing a lot is the problem. Hopefully this week I can get into a rhythm since it'll be a "normal" week for me school/work/whatever wise. Nothing to throw me off.

My "unhappy" day this semester is going to be Thursday, March 13th. I have THREE midterms that day. One in Physics at 10:25am, one in Marine Cons Bio at 4pm, and another in Resource/Enviro Economics at 6pm. Yay for me! I'm going to be SO happy for Spring Break then. April 2nd is also a big day as it's the day my COMPLETED rough draft of my Capstone goes to my advisor. UGH! I need my results completed by the end of this month! ECK! I'm tackling everything HARD this week.

With that...I must be off to do work!

Laters