:)
Today turned out so well!
First of all, it wa warm at the barn this morning. It's kinda sad when I consider a temp in the high 40s to be warm, but nevertheless. :p And for a Monday, the stalls were not too bad at all. Normally I have to dump out the wheelbarrow two times, but today I only had to once. I was even able to leave about ten minutes early today.
Then I studied for the next billion hours and went to campus early to study even more. A bunch of kids from my class were waiting in the hall like an hour before the test began, but it was good because we all went over things we had questions on. I was a little nervous because, although I knew everything from the class notes, I hadn't been too good about keeping up with the reading over the past few weeks and I also missed one lecture and never got notes on the subject-- hell, I'm not even sure what it was on exactly!
But it all turned out okay. Normally I have "test inferiority" the same way I have "paper inferiority" every time I hand something in, but not so today. I know I did well, so hopefully it'll earn me a B+ or A-.
I *was* worried about getting back the BabbitT paper because I honestly felt as though I missed the point I was trying to make, or that I didn't have a strong enough argument, etc. So after I handed my test in and the professor handed my paper back, I didn't even want to look at it. There were some marks/comments on the front, but I didn't take the time to read them. I stood outside in the hall and very cautiously turned to the back page. Saw lots of comments. . .and. . .a circled A! (er, no, not the anarchy symbol :p) I was so surprised I literally squeaked! Rich knows what I'm talking about, haha. But yeah, she said it was an incredible paper, astoundingly well written and one of the best that she's read in awhile! Well, for a paper that I thought *sucked* or was passable at best, I was NOT going to complain. I actually checked the front to see if it truly was MY paper, lol.
So, having a good test and getting back a totally unexpected A helped make my day very awesome.
I didn't get to watch Sweeney Todd since Rich's brother was home and already watching a movie, but that was alright. Speaking of movies, Amazon still hasn't sent out my Assassination of Richard Nixon DVD. It's supposed to be shipped by Wednesday at the latest, and this was after being pushed back from an earlier date. When I first ordered it, it wasn't out of stock or anything, so I'm not sure why it's being delayed. Maybe they're running background checks on people who order it, hehe. ;p I've never had a problem with Amazon before, so hopefully it *will* be sent out on time and there won't be any more problems. I want to order Sweeney Todd on DVD too, but I'm definitely waiting until this other order is straightened out.
Well, the only other thing I have to get through this week is a philosophy presentation, and that does worry me since I can't bs my way through it like I probably could for anything history related. The other girl I'm working with and I are probably going to ask the professor for some suggestions tomorrow. There *is* a third girl in our group, but she hasn't responded to any emails, so we might try talking to her tomorrow too. But once Thursday's over, I don't have any more remotely busy weeks til the end of the semester.
And it's time for bed. 'Night!
ETA: just checked my AOL email (which I haven't cancelled yet :/) and Amazon shipped my movie today, so it should be here in a week. :)
First of all, it wa warm at the barn this morning. It's kinda sad when I consider a temp in the high 40s to be warm, but nevertheless. :p And for a Monday, the stalls were not too bad at all. Normally I have to dump out the wheelbarrow two times, but today I only had to once. I was even able to leave about ten minutes early today.
Then I studied for the next billion hours and went to campus early to study even more. A bunch of kids from my class were waiting in the hall like an hour before the test began, but it was good because we all went over things we had questions on. I was a little nervous because, although I knew everything from the class notes, I hadn't been too good about keeping up with the reading over the past few weeks and I also missed one lecture and never got notes on the subject-- hell, I'm not even sure what it was on exactly!
But it all turned out okay. Normally I have "test inferiority" the same way I have "paper inferiority" every time I hand something in, but not so today. I know I did well, so hopefully it'll earn me a B+ or A-.
I *was* worried about getting back the BabbitT paper because I honestly felt as though I missed the point I was trying to make, or that I didn't have a strong enough argument, etc. So after I handed my test in and the professor handed my paper back, I didn't even want to look at it. There were some marks/comments on the front, but I didn't take the time to read them. I stood outside in the hall and very cautiously turned to the back page. Saw lots of comments. . .and. . .a circled A! (er, no, not the anarchy symbol :p) I was so surprised I literally squeaked! Rich knows what I'm talking about, haha. But yeah, she said it was an incredible paper, astoundingly well written and one of the best that she's read in awhile! Well, for a paper that I thought *sucked* or was passable at best, I was NOT going to complain. I actually checked the front to see if it truly was MY paper, lol.
So, having a good test and getting back a totally unexpected A helped make my day very awesome.
I didn't get to watch Sweeney Todd since Rich's brother was home and already watching a movie, but that was alright. Speaking of movies, Amazon still hasn't sent out my Assassination of Richard Nixon DVD. It's supposed to be shipped by Wednesday at the latest, and this was after being pushed back from an earlier date. When I first ordered it, it wasn't out of stock or anything, so I'm not sure why it's being delayed. Maybe they're running background checks on people who order it, hehe. ;p I've never had a problem with Amazon before, so hopefully it *will* be sent out on time and there won't be any more problems. I want to order Sweeney Todd on DVD too, but I'm definitely waiting until this other order is straightened out.
Well, the only other thing I have to get through this week is a philosophy presentation, and that does worry me since I can't bs my way through it like I probably could for anything history related. The other girl I'm working with and I are probably going to ask the professor for some suggestions tomorrow. There *is* a third girl in our group, but she hasn't responded to any emails, so we might try talking to her tomorrow too. But once Thursday's over, I don't have any more remotely busy weeks til the end of the semester.
And it's time for bed. 'Night!
ETA: just checked my AOL email (which I haven't cancelled yet :/) and Amazon shipped my movie today, so it should be here in a week. :)
posted by Erica at 10:41 PM
1 Comments:
Your story reminds me of how I began to get my ideas around philosophy together - I was perhaps 20 at the time.
Before then I was scoring 11, 12 out of 20 for my essays. They were scattered all over the place and did not contain any cogent thought.
When I actually began to work on what I thought and actually write it down, everything feel into place.
The first time it happened was on a Descartes essay. I argued that he wouldn't throw away rationality even though he threw out everything else, because he needed to get himself out of his initial position. Sort of a conflict of interest idea.
I remember it was fairly easy to write. And I remember feeling we'll see how this one goes. And I remember the feeling of elation I got when I saw that I had achieved what I had achieved.
I got an 18/20 for that essay, and from there got a feeling that my life was coming together too. Perhaps it was the more rigourous thinking I was doing, perhaps it was the self esteem that the essay delivered - that my thinking was valued.
Anyways, thanks for your story, which reminds me of mine.
Sorry to side track.
Well done on your achievements. You are excellent.
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