Done.

My semester is over. I can't say that it ended well (my gpa will probably plummet), but I also can't say that I tried really hard. And this semester was rough on me and my motivation just wasn't there. So I'm just glad it's over. All that stands between me and my masters degree now is my special topics report and presentation.

Now hopefully I'll have time to catch up. Pay my bills. Upload the hundreds of pictures I've taken at all the cool things I've been doing. And, to write about them. There was Al Gore's speech, the Tour of Georgia, and Talladega this past weekend.

Today marked the beginning of Summer of Speed Part 2. It began better than Part 1 ended in the sense that I went on a group ride that I couldn't finish last summer and completed it. The bad news is I wouldn't have been able to without the help of others to pull me back up there. And that I thought I was going to pass out from riding at a heart rate of 190-195 for so long (my max is 198). It was discouraging because it is a "recovery" ride, but it is faster than any race I've participated in. We'll see how it goes next week.

Now it's time to go wash everything I took to Talladega and rehydrate.

Last Semester?

And so another semester has begun. This one, like the majority of my other grad school ones, should be easy. I have three classes: Human Decision Making (an IE elective), design and analysis of experiments (an IE course to satisfy a math credit... but I already learned this stuff) and special problems, which has to do with the decision making and my contract work. All in all, I have class from 3-6 on Monday and 3-430 on Tues/Thurs. By far the easiest schedule yet.

Whether this is my last semester of taking classes is still up in the air. Each day I go back and forth on the PhD thing. I aim to land on no PhD. Seriously, spending all of my 20s in school doesn't seem that appealing. Being compensated accordingly for my work does. Leaving all my work from the past 3 years doesn't. I intend on using the theory I learn in my decision making class to help with this one.

I leave on Thursday of next week to visit my good friend Sarah in Hartford, CT. This is the first trip I've taken on my own in a while. I'm excited to go see her, but a little sad to miss out on all the fun I've been having here. Oh well, I guess I'll just have to make the most of my upcoming fun here :-)

Finals Week

Hours at the Lab
Sunday: 10am-930pm
Monday : 730am -830pm

Coming up
Wednesday: ADM Final (must get extemely high grade), some contract meeting, Sweetwater!
Thursday: 6:30am meeting at Lockheed Marietta (that's going to be a fun one), but done!

Friday: end of boot camp celebration!

Not Enough Hours in the Day

Too much going on, not enough time!!

1. FWD test Friday
2. Navy meeting stuff due Friday
3. ADM Report due Monday
4. Navy meeting Monday
5. IPPD Presentation Tuesday
6. Lockheed Thursday
7. IPPD Report Friday
   

Then done! Except for the fact that I have to work until Dec 21st. Joy.

Happy, though. :-)

Opposite Land

I suddenly find myself in opposite land. I am second-guessing my second-guesses.

Things are so crazy I think I actually mentioned "my thesis" today. Weird, right?

Upcoming:
11/22: FWD Project due (I am almost done, I swear!)
11/29: ADM Test
11/30: IPPD Test
12/2: ACC CHAMPIONSHIP!!!!
12/4: ADM Presentation
12/8: FWD Final
12/11: IPPD Presentation
12/11: ADM Project due
12/12: IPPD Report due

Not only that, but I'm the point (wo)man on our Lockheed project and we have several deliverables coming up. And the bazillion other contract projects going on.

Looking forward to GT-UGA and seeing my soulmate Melissa!!! I'm hoping that our souls being in close proximity will help soothe mine.

Road Trip!

I got a ticket for the ACC Championship game in Jacksonville on Dec 2. I am so excited! I probably shouldn't go, since the week after all of my major projects for the semester are due, but I've decided to anyway. It's part of my quest to have normal college experiences, even though I'm technically not in college, at least according to Facebook.

I'm a little hesitant cause they don't usually win the big games that I go to. Or is it that I go to the big games that they don't win? Either way, most of my favorites are going, which means it should be a good time.

And it'll be my ray of light amidst the darkness that is the remainder of this semster.