Short night, long day

[flexagon]

School's out, school's out, teacher let the monkeys out! Yes, this morning was the 3-hour final exam for my algorithms class. I clean up after classes the way I unpack after business trips; so the textbook is going back tomorrow to the guy who lent it to me, and no papers are left around the house except my graded exams and the stuff in the recycle bin. Nobody studying around here until 2 in the morning, not tonight, nope.

I took the afternoon off work, reading Kabuki: Circle of Blood and bumming around Harvard Square. I got a $6 skirt, and a pricey, relaxing facial at Sasha Salon, and then a cheap haircut at that place that used to be GreatCuts. Harvard Square doesn't have to be expensive... unless you want it to be, kitten, and then it can always arrange something. ;)

I've taken my beautified self out on the town home, to belatedly do laundry and nip out for groceries. We had almost nothing caloric left in the house besides some oatmeal and the cats, so a backpack full of easy stuff has gone a long way toward making me feel better about my domestic capabilities. It's hard to explain how far we've both fallen, in terms of cooking. I'll just say that I'm having cheese and tuna and Triscuits for dinner right now, and I almost didn't have the tuna because I didn't want to deal with opening the can and draining the water out. Yeah, yeah... I know.

You probably want to know how I did on that final... and I can't answer because I don't know. I feel like I studied all the right things, and performed in a way that didn't represent me unfairly, so I wasn't upset walking out and was able to put it out of my mind. I probably didn't get full credit on many of the hardest problems, but that's to be expected for this class; and I've walked out of many finals feeling like that and then gotten As in the classes. This time I only need a B (to get reimbursed for tuition), and I was probably on the A/B line walking into this test, so I think reimbursement should be sewed up; just a smidge of nervousness left on that, as I wait for confirmation. I mean, if I'd messed up badly enough to drop me a letter grade I'd have felt a disturbance in the Force, right? But I feel okay. In the meantime let's all fake some crocodile tears for the teachers and TAs, who have probably been working on grading for the last eight hours.

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[a-kosmos.livejournal.com]

School's out for summer
School's out forever
School's been blown to pieces

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hWABJzHrGww

Hooray! Your semester is over and you got an afternoon off and a facial! Good for you!

[flexagon]

Finally watched the video! Oh my god that was funny, thanks. :)

Oddly, I had a dream last night that I had been enrolled in two MORE classes and found myself taking both their finals in one day... haha, nope, silly subconscious, there was only one, so get over your jet lag.

Yay for exams!

[islenskr.livejournal.com]

Congratulations for crossing the finish line! Isn't that the best? Finishing the (last) exam and then wandering off to do whatever? A facial, though...I had never thought of that. I'll keep it in mind the next time I write an exam. :)

By the way, VERY GROOVY sweater in your last post! Is it a Lavold pattern? Oooooh, I so want one of those.

Re: Yay for exams!

[flexagon]

Thanks! Yes, it's a pattern called Hild by Elsebeth Lavold... but pretty heavily modified for a closer fit. It's from the Second Viking Knits Collection. :)

[apfelsingail.livejournal.com]

You have no idea how much this post makes me want to feed you. :-)

[flexagon]

I figured it would horrify you, yeah. I've been super good about nutrition lately, but a lot less well-fed in terms of "food prepared with care, for me". Something you are good about, but I tend to drop it on the floor when I get too busy.

I'm holding out for saag paneer in Atlanta as soon as we can figure out when. :D

[gmtarkin.livejournal.com]

Yay for being done, and for a relaxing afternoon! I'm sure you did well, and it sounds like you got a lot out of the course. I hope it works out well, and that you can enjoy having some time back.

[flexagon]

I'll enjoy having some time back, either way! I know your term is finishing up too... when it's over, want to have coffee or something? There's a Starbucks near your place on Mass Ave, as I recall, though I don't know if you're a coffee shop person.

[apfelsingail.livejournal.com]

And have I mentioned how impressed I have been with how you have handled all you have been juggling lately? Your plate has been more than full of not-little things, and I'm totally awed by your sheer willpower.

[flexagon]

Thank you apfel, I know it's coming from someone with a few giant steaks on her own plate. *hugs* As I said a couple of posts ago, I sometimes feel like willpower's the hammer I hit everything with. But it works on so many things... it's kind of self-reinforcing. You have it too, so I think you probably understand.