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.

Road Trip Traveler

Has anyone heard anything from Amy since she left?

Holy Crap

I have survived my first round of exams. For some reason this semester my first round only had 2 exams. One in Calculus and another in Physics. I got an 87% on Calc and 100% on the physics one. Sounds good doesn't it? But hold on. Let us take a look at calculus quizzes so far. These are out of ten. 6, 4.5. and 6. Ouch not so good.
Physics has been better. Once again out of ten. 8,8, and 9. Physics labs, also out of ten have been okay too. 9,8,and 8. In Materials so far we have had 3 homeworks-all of those have been a check plus. He only offers three grades on homework check plus or 100, check or 90 and check minus or 80. He just doesn't go any lower than an 80 on homework. Turn in a paper with just your name and the homework questions and no answers will get you a check minus, but that is still worth an 80. We have handed in three labs so far that I received a 5.4/6.0 or a 90% on those. My English class has been good too. He grades on a five scale. we have turned in five assignments so far. All fives. The CAD class has had three grades so far. Based on ten I have gotten 9,9.5 and 10.

We are now in the 5th week of this semester. That means we have next week off. The week we go back I have 3 exams. So my vacation time will be spent getting ready for those three exams.

I am very worried about the Calculus class. It is very hard. I do understand the concepts but keep making foolish errors on my quizzes. Hopefully I will stop doing that.

Semester Two at Vermont Tech

I just wanted to let everyone know what classes I am taking this semester.
In no particular order of importance they are:
Physics
Calculus
CAD part II
English-Technical Writing
Materials (deals with concrete and asphalt)

Lots of work this semester. One more class than last. I have 18 credits this time. I won't have to take 5 classes again during a semester thankfully. My schedule is better than last semester in that I have only one day that I am on campus from 8-6. I still have my job at the hardware/feed store on Wednesday afternoons and weekends. I set up tutors for myself in Calculus and Physics. I really like having tutors especially the way it works at VTC. If you sign up early enough (of course I did!!) you can get a 1:1 tutor. Plus there is no charge for this service. There is lots of drop in tutoring but none of that is 1:1. This school seems to go out of its way to help us succeed. I hope I can do as well as I did first semester. I have put a fair amount of pressure on myself to do well. I really like to get A's.

I think that Johnny the Bobblehead is planning to attend some of my classes with me this semester. He claims he wants to learn some more, but I think he just wants to check out the co-eds.