Saturday was math camp at 9am to noon. We got out around 11am and Ashley, Krista, Jane and I hopped into Jane's car and drove 40 minutes south to Ventura to go to Target! Yes, that's right, we drove 40 minutes to get to get to Target. :P I bought a mattress pad for my bed to help make it not so soft. I can't figure out if it's too soft now or if I'm simply adjusting to it. I think I'm just adjusting to it, but it definitely isn't hard anymore. It feels MUCH better to sleep on now.
Chris came down after his Stats test on Saturday. We had some things to talk about, which turned out well and it really good to see him. We went to this place in Goleta called YoYumYum and it's really neat! It's all frozen yogurt and they have about a dozen different flavors (maybe more...). You pick up a container size and you can fill it with however much frozen yogurt and however many types you want. Then they have a "toppings" section afterwards and they have fresh fruit, chocolate, cereals, candy, etc that you can top your frozen yogurt with. How you pay is you weigh your yogurt cup and it's $0.35/oz. So it's kind of fun! It's like you're in a candy store and getting a Coldstone at the same time! The frozen yogurt was really good too. Chris also took me to COSTCO and treated me to some stuff I wanted and I bought a tall mirror for my room (cheap one, but it works!). Sunday Tori came up to see me, which was fun. So I had lots of visitors this weekend, which was nice. We went to Woodstock's (same place I went to the other day with my classmates). It's a quick walk from the apartment.
Today was the math workshop and writing assessment. We were given 7 articles and we had to read 3-5 of them. They were all about biofuels and ranged from negative to positive articles (most of them were pretty much on the negative end). We had 2 hours to write the policy brief and at least 2 people will review our piece and give us areas we need to work on. If it's REALLY needed, they'll recommend we take the 2 unit writing class in the winter (it's coupled with another class of ours). They also have a "communications center" that will also help us with our writing. I'm pretty sure I failed to write a policy brief, but at least I wrote about the current issues/policies around biofuels. Then again, I may have missed a few policies too. Basically, I ended up writing a paper about how biofuels currently aren't good. They aren't looking at our knowledge about biofuels, but rather our clarity, flow, and organization. I think I did pretty well, but we'll see!
It's kind of funny and cool being in such a small program. Not only do we have the career and communications centers, but they're also doing Excel workshops for beginners and intermediate levels for our class. I'll probably sign up for the intermediate one sometime next week.
Anyway, the rest of this week is pretty easy. Classes start on Thursday, but one of them is canceled so I think I only have 1 class that day. LoL Tomorrow I just have the math workshop; Wednesday is the Grad Division meeting and math camp; Thursday is class, math camp, meeting professors social, and the Bren Program reception. So...I guess Thursday will be my busiest day this week. Friday I leave at 9am on the bus for Monterey. I'll be missing the last math camp (mostly review and whatever was missed) and the career workshop on resume and the announcement of the winners from the ice breakers. I'm sad to miss the ice breaker announcement! They'll probably show pictures from that day and I really want to see that. I hope we win, though! Shame I won't be there for the prize, but whatever. LoL
Anyway, tomorrow I get to sleep in! Math camp is at 1:30pm tomorrow. :) I might bike to the shopping center here, but I'm not sure. I thought about going to Albertson's to buy some more food, but I really don't need more food. I'll need to buy lunch meat before the week is out for next week so I might just do that, but other than buying more bread and lettuce, I've been pretty good. I might buy a few miscellaneous stuff I want that I didn't think about before, but they can also wait too. I do need to think up alternatives for lunch. We have a kitchen (microwave and 'fridge) we can use in Bren, which is good, but I've been eating a sandwich for lunch for a week now and it's getting old. LoL Since I'll be bringing lunch, I need to find alternatives that I can easily bring. I'll think up stuff I'm sure. I have been eating more and less, at the same time, here. I'm actually attempting to eat a breakfast every morning (oatmeal, bought more of that at Target) because it sticks with me better; I eat a lunch (sandwich, fruit or veggies, rice crackers, and a drink); and sometimes I eat a snack and dinner or supper and dinner. :P Today was a supper and dinner day. I had oatmeal this morning, ate my lunch, and came back after the writing assessment starving! I cooked up the chicken my parents got me when they were here, had a salad, and some sugar snap peas, but I ended up eating TWO pieces of chicken (granted, they were thinly cut) and was hungry again a few hours later! So I had a grilled cheese sandwich. Which...is not doing well in my stomach. I seem to have gotten to the stage, even with Lactaid, I just can't eat dairy. For one grilled cheese sandwich, I took 4 Lactaid - 4. Two with the first bite and 2 with the last 3 bites. I'm STILL feeling the effects of eating the cheese. So I need to either invest in Yakults, which do help me, or just stay away from dairy altogether. Haven't decided yet... :P
Oh! My Gerbera Daisy, which was dying when I left, is growing new leaves! I'm happy about that since one of the 3 plants really DID die. I at least have 2 plants left still growing. We'll see how it does, though. I'm tempted to just give up on it and get a new plant, but I can't throw away a plant that's still growing. My other two plants are doing well here. We don't get any direct sunlight so I can't get plants that need it, but we get a lot of indirect sunlight so they do well when I open the blinds. I am glad we don't get direct sunlight. It'd be a bummer sitting at my desk, trying to work, and having the sun blaze into my room.
Well...with that, I should hit the sack (try to maintain a normal sleep schedule, especially since my first class is at 8:30). I haven't read much since being here too. I finished one book that I had started back in Monterey. I'm Hoping to get back into reading as a pass time. Should start that soon since I'll be stuck in my room doing homework and studying more often than I am now. :) That reminds me...I need to find the Goleta Public Library...
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