Day One on Day Two

Today was my second day of classes. I had my political science and psychology classes for the first time. It is a bit eary to tell, but I think I will enjoy my classes this quarter. I went running down to the bay. It had been quite a while since I last ran in Bellingham. I'm hoping to make it more of a habit, especially as the weather gets nice.

First Day of Classes

Today was my first day of classes. Well I only had one class, so I guess it was my first day of class. It went better than I thought. It is my first upper level economics class, so I didn't really know what to expect. I think I may enjoy it, but it will be a lot of work. It is hard to believe just a couple days ago I was in Mexico, now I am back to the old school routine.

Mexico

One Big Adventure

Wow. The last week has been crazy. It is hard to adequately describe everything that happened. It was probably the best week of my life. It was such an amazing opportunity to go down to Mexico and be able to help the people out. In the process, I had a blast. From day one with the black widow spider in the room to the last day with trying to make it to our flight on time, the entire trip was one big adventure. The other people on the team were great and we all became close friends. The trip was not just about having fun, and I learned a lot of lessons that I believe will stick with me for the rest of my life.

Mexico Day 8

Today is my last day in Mexico. I should arrive to Seattle at 10:48pm and then get a ride back to Bellingham. I wonder how the trip went. I'll probably be tired but will probably report on how it went tomorrow.

Mexico Day 7

I almost feel like it is cheating to write before and not post on every day. However, this is my blog, and I can do what I want. It has also been so long, it would be disappointing to miss a day when I knew it would happen. I want to miss because I am running to get to a computer at the last minute or something, not just because I know I won't be by a computer.

Mexico Day 6

Even though I was so close to the Winter Olympics, I never made it to watch them. However, my American flag did with a friend of mine. Sadly, my flag never made it back. A friend borrowed the flag from my friend and had it stolen by mobbing Canadians after they won the hockey game.

Mexico Day 5

I still have one grade I don't know yet from last quarter. So far, I've gotten a B+ in all of my classes. That isn't too bad, but it is a bit painful considering I got an 89.5% and a 88.8%. In each class, I was literally one point away from getting an A-. I can look back on my tests and remember the one question that was the difference between not getting a higher grade. Who knows, I may even get a B+ in my other class and end up with four of them.

Mexico Day 4

As I write this today, I wonder what I will be doing in Mexico. I also wonder what the weather will be like, if I will be sunburned, and if so, how bad. Hopefully we are getting a lot done, and everyone is in good health.

Mexico Day 3

The other day, I tried to learn how to do cartwheels. They look so easy. I had quite a bit of trouble. After over an hour and a half and dozens of failed attempts, I decided it was time to quit. Later that day, a little girl went by doing cartwheel after cartwheel. I was disgusted, she made it look so simple, but my aching body was telling me otherwise. I will continue to practice and hopefully eventually be able to do cartwheels.

Mexico Day 2

I've started to like to play basketball recently. It is one of the few sports I didn't play when I was younger. I was on a rec team and have started shooting hoops at the Rec Center. I even played in a game on what I like to call the man court against really good basketball players, most of which were a foot taller than me.

Mexico Day 1

I've decided to write posts for the next week. I don't know if I'll have internet access in Mexico. I leave home early in the morning and fly to San Diego. We are then driving across the border. This will be my first time outside the U.S. in recent memory. I was well traveled when I was little, but sadly don't remember any of it.

Family Fun

Today was my last day home before heading off for Mexico. It was nice to be with the family. I even got to see my little cousins who were in town. I wish I could stay home with the family for longer, but I'm also really excited to be headed to Mexico for a week.

Missed Shot

Today it was nice to be home. It was also nice to be able to go to pickleball. It had been almost three months since I last played. Considering that fact, I played fairly well. I sacrificed my body trying to make a shot on one play, and now have a rug burn on my knee and finger. I wish I could say it was worth it, but I missed the shot.

Over Time

Today I had my last two finals. I can't believe this quarter is over. I can't believe I am headed home in a few hours before heading to Mexico for a week.

Finally

Today I didn't have any finals. It was nice to sleep in and not even care when I got up. What wasn't so nice was finding out when I got to the Rec Center that the hot tub was closed. I've pretty much wrapped up all the studying I feel I need to do, and am ready to take my last two tests and finish this quarter.

Final Frontier

Today I had two finals. They were also the two finals I was most worried about. I put quite a bit of time in studying over the weekend for them. They both went a lot better than I hoped. I even felt like it was theoretically possible I got near perfect on both of them. Mainly, I was just glad to have them out of the way. Doing well on them was just a bonus. I was a bit worried when I got to class when I thought the final was going on and nobody was there. I was worried I had missed it. Eventually, I figured out I thought it started at the wrong time and was 30 minutes early.

Spring Forward

Today I planned to study all day. That is a bit of difficult goal to achieve. I would like to blame spring forward for throwing everything out of whack. I didn't study nearly as much as I hoped to, but I still feel I can do decently well on my finals. I am mainly at the point where I am just glad they will be over soon. However, I am not looking forward to my two difficult finals tomorrow.

Study Session

Today I had a lot of studying to do. There were several things I wanted to go to, but I couldn't justify going and not studying. Ideally I could have gone to these things and studied, but that usually isn't the case. It also helped me to studying knowing I didn't go to those things because I was going to study, so I was going to make certain that is in fact what I did while I stayed behind.

Last Day

Today was the last day of classes for this quarter. I can't believe it. I also can't believe how much knowledge I need to cram into my brain before Monday. It is overwhelming.

Passed Up

Today I completed what may have been the last math assignment I will ever have. It was a bittersweet moment. I am glad to almost be done with this math class, but I've enjoyed math for a long time. I also had a meeting for a group project. This may be one of the few group project assignments I have that works out smoothly, but only time will tell if that is the case. At dinner, there was cookie dough ice cream. I had already finished dinner, and actually dessert, but cookie dough ice cream is a rarity that can not be passed up.

Do Work

Today is Wednesday. I can't believe I will be done with finals in one week. I can't believe this quarter will be over that soon. I can believe that I really need to buckle down and do work now.

Mad Hops

Today I slept in. It felt good. I haven't been getting as much sleep as I should. I also went to the Rec Center, which isn't much of a surprise, but I went there mainly to shoot hoops. I've recently started to like shooting hoops. Maybe eventually I'll even work my way to play in one of the pick-up games. While shooting hoops today, the ball got stuck by the rim. It was beyond my hopping abilities to get it down, so I had to recruit someone else to get it down. I guess I shouldn't have been embarrassed about it. I just felt bad having to interrupt there game.

Do and Due

Today was the first day of dead week. I can't believe dead week is here already. I got my calculus test back and got the best grade I've gotten so far on my latest test. It was a good way to start this week. I have a few projects I need to get done. I keep reminding myself how close I am to the finish, but that doesn't really help anything. It just reminds me how much I need to do and that a lot is soon due.

Blame Game

Today I got quite a bit of reading homework done. I also took a nap, but I think the reading homework is to blame for that. I wrote out a list of everything I have left to do this quarter. It doesn't seem like that much, but when compared to how much time is left this quarter, it does.

Two Weeks Notice

Today I had a team meeting for my mission trip to Mexico. I can't believe that two weeks from now I will be in Mexico. It is hard to believe. There is a lot of stuff that needs to get done before then, including several finals.

Great Friday

Today is Friday. I was worried about my calculus test the past few days, especially today leading up to the test. I feel like it went well and there was only one problem I was a bit unsure on. I also got two grades back today on assignments I didn't even know were being graded. I think it was the first time I got an A for something being "provocative".

Go Noon

Today I didn't have class until noon. It felt good to sleep in. I kept waking up and setting my alarm clock later and later. It was a great feeling. I have a calculus test tomorrow, that is not such a great feeling. It would be really nice if it went well. Thankfully, I don't think it is do or die in terms of doing well in the class. It would definitely help though if it went well.

Changes

Today I changed my schedule. It is very likely that I will change it again. I don't think I will be graduating at the end of this year, although I could if I wanted to. I am not sure if I want to, or if I should want to. It is a confusing time in my life and academic career right now.

Major Decisions

Today I registered for classes. To my complete shock, it is very feasible that I will graduate after this next quarter. I was not expecting this at all, and am not sure if I am mentally prepared for that quite yet. I thought I was going to be here for another year, now I'm not so sure. I have some major decisions to make in the next few days. In other news, I was holding a door open for a person today and they said "hello" and then "I mean thanks", it was funny.

Schedule Time

Today was a long Monday. I was busy for over 12 straight hours, basically without break. I register for classes tomorrow, and I have yet to look at classes or even plan any sort of potential schedule. I am getting to the point in my academic career where I need to really make sure I am taking classes I need to take. I need to figure out a schedule now and hope I can get in all the class I want/need.