All I want for Christmas...

...is for this week to be over now. Please.

Am sick. Have finals for which am rather not prepared. Woke up this morning, went downstairs to make tea (to give me, you know, the will to live) and found water all over my kitchen floor, and pooled under my kitchen sink. Nothing is ruined. People have been called and are supposedly coming sometime today, though I'm going to be out until after nine tonight between my calc study session and my (possibly) rescheduled physics study session. (Physics prof was too sick to make it to the one last night, which was fine except that we didn't know that until we showed up at 7pm. And, you know, that we kinda need the help.)

Also, it's raining and (admittedly not literally) freezing out. Though tomorrow's low is a delightful 23 F. We've already hit today's high of 43 F. If I have anyone reading from Wisconsin, I realize this may elicit little sympathy. But it's still cold.

Still, it could always be a little bit worse. I just got a call from one of my friends in the proofs class (which is my only final today). She wanted to confirm the room where the final was being held. When I reassured her she was in the right place, her next (extremely bewildered and working on frustrated) question was why wasn't I there, then? She and one other girl in the class had apparently gotten the times mixed up, and had arrived two hours early. (at ten for a noon final)

So, it could be worse, I could have been rushing out the door to get there by ten while trying to deal with the property management.

Still.

I'd like to fast forward about 4 days now, plz. kthnxbai.

It's getting late, and I think it's time to head on home...

Just got home (about 30 mins ago) from 12 hours on campus. Classes from 10 to 2 (though I did skip my last logic lecture), and then approx. seven hours of calc homework. See, I get an average of three problems done an hour, and I (at the beginning of the day) still had around 75 problems left to do.

Not that I actually have to do them, but we're allowed to swap out our lowest exam score for our homework score. So, if you have 100% on the homework, you're guaranteed 100% on one of your tests. Which is nice. I like 100%. So...homework. More tomorrow, probably. I can do it at home, but I never get anywhere near as much done at home (distraction zone!) as I do curled up at the library.

Or the student union, or the Upper Crust cafe, both of which I also spent a couple of my seven hours working. It was a pleasant day, really. Very nice and quiet.

Tomorrow is also the official (professor-led) study session for my proofs class. I have a middling B in there right now, so I'm hoping the final (which is worth about 40% of the grade) will be kind to me. Or, at least not brutal.

Then Sunday is the offical physics study session, from 7 to 9 at night. *Teddy is glad she doesn't have any exams early the next day* I'm meeting up with one of my lab partners for a few hours before that study session, so it'll be a 6 hours physics study marathon. That'll be... special.

Bible's final is on Tuesday, and it's my only Tuesday final. It doesn't really require (or allow for) much real studying, since it's an essay test requiring you to analyze concepts. I'll reread my notes since the last exam (it also isn't cumulative), and then just head on in. Though I'm really not worried about it.

Not worried at all about my logic final; it's online, mulitple choice, open book, no time limit. Yeah, not really that concerned there.

Physics is scary. Calculus and (particularly) proofs are worrying. Bible and logic are no-brainers.

There will be, however, none of this on the day of the test:



And I'm pretty dead. Depressed that I have to wake up for the 10 am proofs thing tomorrow. Kinda cold. Not at all hungry; I had black bean, spicy green pepper chilli from the Upper Crust at around 4, and just now am finishing the last of my chicken vindaloo with ton-o-rice. It's incredibly hot, and smells amazing. But now it's gone. Le sigh.

So, off to bed with me. Hope everyone has a nice weekend. What are you doing for it?

Also, the post title comes from the lyrics of this song. It's very good, and worth a listen.

She's a maniac, maniac (about school): the Dead Week Remix

Things upon which Teddy's sanity, grades, and pocketbook (in as much as she actually possesses these items), are currently dependent:

• Lists: I have at least five lists scattering my desk at the moment, making sure I can't forget anything. Like, you know, washing towels. Or buying food. Or finishing up five classes worth of work. Stuff like that.
  
• Calendars: Have also four calendars going at the moment. My school planner, which lets me see a week's worth of assignments at a time. My Lonely Planet daily planner, which keeps me on top of non-school-related items like birthdays, Sundays in Advent, and what day of the week it is. My normal wall calendar, which lets me see a month a a time, and is marked up with exams and important due dates (the next two weeks are pretty heavily written over.) Lastly, my own personally constructed calendar of last Thursday until next Wednesday, when my last final is. It has a carefully outlined timeline of each day. Just in case.
  
• Tea: It's hot, sweet, and (for all intents and purposes), free. Yes, I'll take some.
• My electric blanket (thank you Teresa!): Like tea, keeps me warm. Unlike tea, stays warm for ten hours and doesn't get things wet if I try to snuggle with it.
• Extended library hours: From tomorrow on, the library and Student Union are going to be open, while not 24 hours, close enough for my purposes. I shall be mainly living on campus (free heating and fewer distractions, though the food is more expensive) for the next 10 days, so having places to go is...handy.
• Macaroni and Cheese: Self explanatory. And nice. Though I have this niggling fear that once I get out of college it (along with honey nut cheerios, and graham crackers) will be something I just won't be able to stomach for a decade. Ah well. it works for now.
  

Also, there's currently a brightly lit-up, horse drawn carriage trotting down the Esplanade. That's...kinda weird. Hope they don't get splatted by a Hummer, of which there are a surprising number in Chico.

It's been about 42 F here all day. That's a bit nippy; I'm glad it's supposed to warm up a bit the next couple of days.

In other news, here's something for Mom. I know what you're watching tonight...



And for Dad:

Chilled This Room for 24 Days...

It's currently 35 degrees F outside in Chico, California, and 52 degrees F inside the Crazy-siblings-of-the-year-award-goes-to household, Chico, CA.

PG&E bills can go hang, I'm turning on the heater.