Here it is: Finals Week

• [x] psych final (68/70)
• [x] phil final (9/10)
• [x] calc final (whatever. it's done.)
• [  ] bio lect final
• [  ] bio lab final

Bio lect tomorrow (cumulative). Bio lab on Friday (unit). I feel ok about it because I've done really well in that class so far.

Calc final was today. It had more of the problems I was hoping it wouldn't have (does that make sense?) so I'm not sure… but! No more math!!! Yay!

I scored surprisingly well on the psych final last Friday. I don't even own the book — I just get it on reserve from the library. That day I woke up fairly early and crammed for about 3 hours before the test and that's it. I love my brain.

I hate studying brains though. They're very very very very very very complicated and nothing seems to make sense. There are 5 different terms for the same anatomical structure which performs 5 different functions under 5 different circumstances. AND I have to know where this structure was derived from?!? Luckily the only new material in that class is the nervous system and the reproductive system, and I feel like the reproductive system is pretty straight forward because it's something we're all very familiar with from a young age.

Again, I'm aware that I write about school too much. But I do it because it helps me relax and feel much more at-ease. So anyway.. 

Day 1 Down

Today was the first day of the last week of classes. I presented my philosophy argument pro-legalization of organ sales. I felt I did well. Especially compared to the argument presented by the other side. HAH! Take that. At least… no one made any great oppositions to my argument. I also finished the rough draft for my last English essay. Final due Wednesday. It's definitely the worst rough draft I've written all year, but it's got my basic ideas and it meets the page requirement, so I guess that's all that matters. I just need to find sources/evidence/etc. 

Bad headaches the past week or so… right behind my eyes, like in the temple-region, the back of my head/neck, and behind my ears. Sensitivity to light. Pain. Definitely annoying, that's for sure. Makes me just want to sleep all the time. Unfortunately, if I sleep all day I am then incapable of sleeping at night. And thus the cycle continues. I didn't get much sleep in Utah (compared to what I would've liked), so I guess that could also be a contributing factor. And of course stress. There's always stress. 

I was doing really well not biting my nails all weekend until yesterday. Then I chewed them all off, somehow. When did I do it? How did it start? I'm not sure.. but now my little sorry-excuse-for-finger-tips look really pathetic… little nubs. Ugly. It makes me so self-conscious… it's ridiculous, but I can't seem to stop. Nail polish, fake nails, the nasty tasting stuff… I've tried all the remedies but it seems like everytime I come close to kicking the habbit… I lose it. Not sure why…

I'm soooo excited for school to be over. It's not even funny. I keep thinking about all the wonderful things I want to do with friends over the summer. Of course, then I remember that I need to get a job and take 2 classes over the summer… unfortunately we can't just play all summer… those days ended back in high school. Oh well. I want us to be able to go camping for at least a couple nights. Camping is fun… And you don't have a choice but to socialize with the people you're camping with. Or just enjoy nature.

I'm excited because my family might be coming up to visit me and go to the Sacramento Jazz Jubilee on May 27th. We went once a long time ago, and I think it was fun. It'll be the first time that anyone comes to visit me… no one ever comes to visit me. That was one of the reasons I wanted to live fairly close to home– so people could visit me. But then, people don't even visit. I guess that's just my family, though. They're all busy, I suppose. Anywho, I'm just excited that for once they'll come visit me and I can show them the campus and where I live and stuff. I want my family to be a big part of my life, but sometimes it's like our own laziness prevents good relationships from developing. 

YESSS!!

So my English teacher FINALLY gave us back our second essays (go figure, the day that the third essays are due…) I got 98%! I'm really really happy because this teacher is like the most meticulous in her grading. More so than any teacher I've had in the past. So I'm quite proud of myself

I finish my essay that was due today about 2 minutes before class started. I finished it and printed copies at one of the computer labs at school. AND more good news: We all have a freebie essay that we can turn in one week late. This is our last essay that we have that option (since essay 4 is due on the day of the final) soooo I don't have to turn in my final draft until Wednesday the 26th rather than this Wednesday…. which is awesome because I have that horrific bio exam this Wed that I'm quite stressed over. It's seriously going to be so hard. But anyway… I'm really happy with how I'm doing in English.

Why don't I just major in English if I'm so good at it? Because I'm a crumby reader, that's why. I love writing, but the reading aspect isn't so fun. I'm alright at it, I guess.. but I would really rather write a lot than read a lot. I like to lightly read something then pick it apart in a discussion because that really opens my eyes to things that I wouldn't have seen otherwise. Then I can relate everything together and write about it for days. 

Actually this essay I finished the rough draft for today is pretty interesting… It's the same topic I'm going to be presenting in my Bioethics class in a couple of weeks: "Should there be a legal market in body parts?" and I'm arguing yes. It's kind of difficult to make this argument because it's the less popular choice. I'll post my essay up on here once I'm finished, in case anyone is interesting in reading it… Personally I think it's kind of interesting because it's not something you hear talked about (usually). At least, I don't' think I ever heard about it being an issue until this bioethics class. 

More good news: my psych quiz has been changed to an ONLINE quiz that we will have two hours to complete at anytime next Monday. Yessss.. That means I can focus on bio for basically the rest of the week (except for Wednesday night… I will need to do math homework)

Sorry for always talking about school.. but it really is my life. If I didn't talk about school, I'm not sure what I would talk about. Except on Thursday nights I can talk about the OR and how it's going. Other than that… yep.. pretty much all school.

I need a job. But I don't trust myself to be able to get straight A's while working. Well, I know I won't quite get straight A's… actually here are my predicted grades:

• Comparative Vertebrate Morphology  – B (+/-?)
• Calc II – ehh… B… I hope. I may have to talk to him about extra credit… We'll see how this next exam goes, whenever that is… crap. I think it's just the final left now. oyyyyyy
• Weight Training – A
• Bioethics – A?? I don't know… I haven't presented my topic yet so it's a tough call (that's the main object of the course)
• Psychology – A
• English – A

I hope that's what they look like at least. The overall GPA won't be that great though, especially if I screw up in Calc… and this semester will most likely be the one that will count for getting into the Nursing program. 

Anywho, back to work. 

4 more weeks…

You can make it, Stephanie. Keep going. Three weeks of classes then finals and that's it. Just keep going.

Once again, a fairly lame weekend

I suppose I like my weekends to be lame. I mean, I’m up so late and have to wake up so early on weekdays… I like the weekends to just stay up late chillin and then sleep until whenever I feel well-rested. But yeah… I haven’t really done that much this weekend.

2:45 AM but I’m still awake

Yep, I’m still up. Going on the computer and checking all my blogs/myspace/etc is usually the thing I do just prior to going to sleep. So I’m on my way there.

I volunteered again today, seeing as how it is Thursday. It was pretty slow and there weren’t very many exciting cases going on… Just elbows and knees and stuff.

I DON’T WANT TO GET SICK

I pulled another near-all-nighter again. Couple hours of disturbed sleep. I was studying for our first Comparative Vertebrate Morphology midterm. It really covered a ton of information. I did pretty well on the prelimary quiz we had a few weeks into the semester, but that only covered a couple topics. This exam covered those topics PLUS musculature and ontogeny. Personally I find ontongeny (embryo development and differentiation of tissues and whatnot) to be a rather difficult subject… Interesting, but difficult. That alone would’ve been enough to test us on.

YAY for Nursing!

So I talked to my cousin, once removed, Laura Criddle, about Nursing today. She is a highly respected Nurse who’s done all sorts of things in the Nursing field. When I told my dad about my interest in Nursing, he referred me to her. Anyway, I f

Lame Weekend?

Well I don’t think I did a whole lot this weekend. I don’t really have much to report. I played some H2. Hung out with my boys. Went to a Women’s Rugby Club fundraiser at El Torito that turned out asi-asi. The food wasn’t the greatest, the service wasn’t the greatest, but I was supporting my friends so I guess that’s all that matters, yes?

The longest day of a really long time

Alright. Well – I ended up staying up until about 6:30 in the morning to study for my calculus test (aka: finish all the homeworks that I hadn’t done yet and re-teach myself a few things) and I took my online philosophy midterm. He gives us two chances… in my first try I got 50%… NOT ok with me. My second try (which I started at 5:30 AM) turned out much better: 90%. I can deal with that.