Calculus vs. Gardenboy

It is just about 8:00 here on the East Coast. I am sitting in the library doing my final preparations for my Calculus final that is from 3-6:00 this afternoon. My last bit of work for this, my second semester at VTC. As I go into this final my average is a 71. Not too great. If my average had been a 75 I would have been guaranteed a passing grade in this class. Now I need to score at least a 20% on my final. Oh you might think 20% should be no problem. I hope I am up to the task. I have put many hours into this class over the course of the semester. More than my other 4 classes combined. Okay maybe not but the proportion is close to that. To work so hard and to have so little to show for my effort is disheartening. I certainly will not be satisfied if I get a 20% on this exam. I don't want to get a D- in this class or any other class. I could still get a C+ if I do okay on this final. But right now all I really care about is passing the class. As some of my classmates are quick to point out "D is for diploma."

See you on the other side of this exam.

BRING ON THE FINAL!!!!!!!

Last Day

Today is our last day of classes for the Spring semester. Many quizzes and tests have been taken and lab reports written over the past 14 weeks. Oh and too many little papers for English. I am so happy to be done with this semester. Now to get through my finals next week.

Hoping

I have my last calculus exam Wednesday morning at 8:00. Right now I have a 73.4 average in the class. If I score an 80 on this exam I will pass calculus no matter what I get on the final next week. Think good math type thoughts for me tomorrow morning. I will need them.

We are in our last week of classes. Finals are next week. I have 2 on Monday-Physics and Materials(concrete and asphalt), 1 Tuesday-CAD, and 1 Thursday- Calculus. Then I am done for the semester. I start my job with the Dept. of Environmental Conservation on May 19th. I may start the 14th. It depends on when my chicks are delivered. I have 25 layers and 25 meat birds coming my way.

Think good math thoughts....

My Hockey Jerseys

Here are some shots of me with my various hockey jerseys. Note the helmet.

Disappointed

Hmmm....quite a title to a blog. Am I disappointed we won't get to see UNH at the Frozen Four--this pales in comparison. Disappointed I got my butt kicked Friday by a Calculus exam---not even in the same league.

I am hoping that we get to see the North Dakota Fighting Sioux. And more specifically the North Dakota Cheerleaders. Now is when the disappointment starts. I have known this fact all season but have waited until now to talk about it. The cheerleaders no longer skate. You read that right---they no longer have to skate. I loved watching them skate around. Not only were they cheerleaders(hell I did that at UNH for the football team-another story another time) but they were SKATING cheerleaders. I read on their web page, of course I have it bookmarked, that they no longer have to be able to skate to be a hockey cheerleader. I hope The Fighting Sioux make the Frozen Four and even more I hope we are in the Dakota section for the games...

Please feel free to talk about this amongst yourselves and post comments.

Go Cats Go!!!

There are not very many reasons that I would miss playing hockey myself. I play every Friday from 6-7:30. Great time to play, great group I play with. But tonight I had to reluctantly(maybe not) tell my teammates I would not be playing. I am staying home to watch the Wildcats take on the Eagles. This should be a very hard fought game. UNH has beaten BC three times this year. One has to wonder about the odds of the Wildcats being able to put BC away one more time. A win tonight will most likely give UNH a number one seed in the quarterfinals of the NCAAs. And very much deserved this year.
I really like the 'Cats chances tonight. So tonight at 5:00 I will be tuning NESN a.k.a. TV 38 from Boston to watch the Hockey East semifinals. The second game features BU vs UVM. tough one for me to pick. Who do I dislike less???? Kind of like voting for politicians. Guess I would have to pick BU. No matter who wins I hope they are playing against UNH for the championship tomorrow night.

So even though UNH plays BC tonight you can bet I will yell out on more than one occasion "LETS GO BLUE!!!!SCREW BU"

Memory

As I sit here, watching it snow on the first day of Spring, I am doing my calculus homework (quiz tomorrow), listening to Pandora. One of my stations is called "Big Band/Swing". So far the several songs I have heard take me back to Williams Circle and dinnertime. Remember how we used to listen to music most nights while we ate dinner? Well I am recognizing some of the songs as ones we used to hear. It also made me think about how we used to bring Dad's sweatshirt down to him when he got home from work. Off came the jacket and on went the sweatshirt. As I recall he didn't always take his tie off. I also remember his timing of arriving in the driveway as the food hit the table at 5:45.