Ah the last few days. Ah them. SO. Yesterday was an interesting day. Went to work, and was actually rather productive. I feel like I have kicked it into high gear a bit lately. Looking at this weekend and the beginning of next week- I had quite a bit to do. Well, still have. Book of Mormon test, Rock and Mineral Quiz, reading for William James, movie review and reading for Film, Physical Science to do (will it ever end!?) and of course…the horrible science test….which is still pending. So, I studied for and finished the BOM stuff today- I was a little freaked about it because my teacher is CRAZY, but it went just fine. I did just enough Phsycial Science early in the week to let me have the weekend off…did my film last night, and so now…it’s just the TALK (da da dauuum) and science review. If I can get through those two things in the next few hours, I’ll be a happy girl.
Yes. I had my first testing center experience of the semester. It wasn’t too bad. I find a seat on the end, so I didn’t feel like a sardine. I’ve found that it’s worth the extra couple of minutes wandering around looking for a good seat. When I first got to BYU, I was SO intimidated by the testing center. First of all, in Scranton, all exams were in class. Second, as soon as you enter you walk up a huge set of stairs, stand in line- and have a stranger eye you for contraband notes, ipods, phones, calculators, etc. You get your exam and coversheet, and walk into a room lined with desks. There are rows of desks. The desks are bordering all the walls. The desks are FULL of students- and if you listen closely (because it’s pretty silent) you can hear the sound of 70000 goody-two shoes hyperventilating because they’ve confused Moronihah and Morianton. There are stories told of a room with classical music playing- but I’m not sure it’s worth going to look for it.
Our rock lab quiz this afternoon was interesting too. Lotsa rocks. I felt pretty confident about most of them. I guess we’ll see. I really enjoyed learning about them, surprisingly. On the way out I told Otis (our instructor) “If I didn’t end up doing well, it’s not because I didn’t care! I really enjoyed this.” It made John laugh. I just wanted to make sure he knew that I paid attention and cared. You know. ANYWAY.
So, I returned home (we got done early!) and made some dinner. I’ve been doing that a lot more lately. Lots of rice. I made some chicken my brother really liked. Then tonight, Kielbasa. I’ve also finally found a veggie that both boys will eat: corn. I have a secret plan to integrate some other things in with the corn. We’ll see how it goes. I’m actually going to go see a nutritionist on Monday. I’ve been thinking about how we can eat better- I think it’ll help us both feel better and be healthier through the winter. Since living on my own, any attempts to be healthy have been along the lines of making sure that I got a baked potato from Wendy’s at least once a week. Most of the time, unless my Mom cooks it, I don’t eat food with more than two steps involved in preparation. So- we’ll see how it goes. I’ll see if she has anything to say that I can’t find online.
I also did a wee bit of cleaning tonight. Oh how I love cleaning night.
So, the weekend. John’s parents are coming up for the weekend, and they’ll come to church with us on Sunday :) That’ll be nice. Also, I think we’re going to work on fixing up my “blankie” Maybe I’ll take a “before” picture. I’m a little nervous…this blanket has been with me for YEARS. But we have to try and save it before it rips in half COMPLETELY.
Ok. I’ve used enough capital letters now. Time to get to doing some work!