Slow Progress..

As expected, not a whole lot has happened since my last update. I have plenty of work to do but life is made somewhat better by ECU’s dining hall. That’s right – the school cafeteria is actually good. I’ve eaten there a few times now and every time it has been delicious! I thought all cafeterias sucked but I was wrong. They use fresh local vegetables and even use –gasp- seasonings. My only gripe is that for some reason the damn heat is on in there. The AC is on too but the baseboards are going full blast. Maybe they should drop the price of the meals and turn the heat off when it’s 90˚ outside.

I should note that my “sir” count increased by one again last week. A kid asked me where a certain building was on campus. I was so happy about actually knowing the answer that I didn’t slap him. Also, the woman in the cafeteria asked me if I was faculty. I think I should count that as a “sir” too.

I had my first Biology lab last Thursday which was utter chaos. The TA showed up 5 minutes before class and I’m pretty sure she didn’t prepare at all. At one point she literally read the due dates off the syllabus word-for-word. I’m hoping the rest of our labs are better because all sections are graded the same and I don’t want to end up getting screwed because my TA sucks.

I also got through Physics just fine. This is the class that sent me crazy my first week, but since I re-learned a bunch of calculus between the two classes I was able to do all the problems we were given. It’s amazing how helpful it is to actually know stuff. I should have learned that a long time ago. Oh well!

Speaking of knowing stuff, I have my first exam on Monday. I’m not really worried about it because it’s Calculus so it should be a breeze. Never fear loyal readers – I will still study for the test. I don’t know when though. This weekend is the first ECU home game of the year. ECU does not have a great team, and they are playing Virginia Tech who does have a pretty good team but that’s not the issue. Home games are for tailgating. Obviously I plan on doing a bit of drankin’ on Saturday afternoon. Normally that would leave Sunday open for studying, but in a bit of scheduling madness this Sunday the Ravens are playing the Steelers. I could skip some Ravens games but not when they’re playing Pittsburgh. So I probably will be spending a fair bit of Sunday not studying. I’ll find the time somewhere though. I’m not taking anything for granted this semester, or this year, or this degree.