A Final.... Tomorrow?!

The past few days I have been studying quite a bit for my Chemical Oceanography final. I've been over my "official" notes several times and over the notes of the most important topics even more times than that. I have concentrations of different constituents memorized, along with chemical formula's, definitions, and vertical profiles. Although, today, the day before the final, I find myself... not as worried about it as I maybe should be. I pulled myself out of bed at the crack of 9:45 and thus far have taken a shower and played around on the computer. I suppose there are three potential causes for my current behavior:

1) I have studied enough and feel comfortable that I will get a good grade.
2) I am tired of studying this crap and feel comfortable that I will get a passing grade.
3) I have all day to study.

Or it could be a combination of the above. Wouldn't surprise.

I'm just looking forward to this final being over. I have so many post-final things planned!

A Dead Day?

Now that classes have ended finals are coming up. I have 1 final. Yep, only one. Yay for me. Too bad it's chemical oceanography. I'm sure it will be okay though. Am just trying to memorize all the crazy formula and the various concentrations of different elements/constituents. Then comes trying to tie everything together. But, I have until Tuesday! Excellent.

In other news... As many of you know, my guilty pleasure is to read the Entertainment news. Well, Angelina Jolie is adopting another child, this time from Vietnam, which is wonderful. I'm glad that she's working with children and doing what she can to make this child's life better. However, it really bugs me that she's changing his name (from Pham Quang Sang to Pax Thien) when he's already 3 and a half years old. She's changing his whole life (most likely for the better) and it just seems like he's not going to keep anything of his former life. I am not exactly sure why it bugs me so much, but it does.

Anyway...

Get Smart!

A movie is currently in the makes based on the old tv show, Get Smart! I'm very excited about it. Not only is it based on one of my favorite childhood tv shows, the casting alone would probably get me to go to it. Maxwell Smart is going to be played by Steve Carrell and 99 is going to be played by Anne Hathaway. It's going to be fantastic! It's not until next year, but I'm definitely looking forward to it.

In less exciting news... turns out I may be TAing again next quarter. History of Life. May be losing my fellowship... Bah! Oh well, nothing I can really do about it.

To do...

The end of the quarter is upon me. I'm more than happy to welcome Spring Break, it's all the stuff that comes before that I'm not so thrilled about. I will get through it though. Most of it will be done by Tuesday. Then all that's left to do is study for my final. The quarter system is kind of crazy, but I'm really excited about having no homework and no guilt during spring break because I won't have classes that I'm returning to. Excellent.

While I have a lot to do, I find myself taking multiple breaks and finding things I have to do... hahaha. Well, I guess I really did need to take Colleen to the urgent care yesterday, but I certainly didn't need to take all the keys off my keyboard and clean them. I also didn't need to go out to dinner last night. Or watch Fullmetal Alchemist. But then, maybe I'd have blown a circuit if I hadn't... Who knows? I did write three single spaced pages yesterday. So that's something. So far today have written... about a half a page. Hahaha... that's okay though....

Anyway, my life is pretty dull. Am looking forward to spring break, seeing Cal people, and just hanging about. Yay for the end of the quarter.

He's Married?

My brother Peter got married yesterday. It's still kind of hard for me to believe. I'm really happy for him because he and his wife (craziness) looked so happy yesterday, and she's been really good for him. I will try my hardest to get along with her and her side of the family. Everybody was super friendly yesterday, but then yesterday was a day when you really had to be. Plus, everybody was just happy and excited, so it was really hard to be negative about anything. Peter was handsome, Melanie was gorgeous (if you want to see pics I posted some on Facebook), and both of my parents were all dressed up! My Dad bought a new suit, my Mom a new dress. Everybody looked so nice. People also tell me that I did (I'll let you be the judge of that).

A good chunk of the wedding was spent taking pictures (tons of them!). And I had to be in quite a few because not only was a bridesmaid, but I was the groom's sister. Meaning I had to be in most of the family shots. I feel like I've been in enough pictures to last for the rest of the year, at least. But I also had a lot of fun. Hung out with my cousin Elizabeth and her kids, James (16) and Alyssa (2). Alyssa was completely enamored with me. She ran up and jumped in my arms quite a few times, she wanted to dance with me (mostly b/c dancing either meant bouncing up and down or spinning in circles), and she sat on my lap while the special dances were happening and while she ate her cake. I think I'm actually in quite a few pictures with Alyssa that the professional photographer took... guess I'll have to wait and see.

I'm still just finding it hard to grasp fully that he's married. It also makes me wonder about my future. No dates, no boyfriend, no nothing... I know it's really early to be saying this, but I really don't want to die alone... I want to get married and have kids and all that stuff. I just need to keep telling myself that I'm young and that I have plenty of time for all that.

Anyway... I guess I should get back to work. Life is a party!