You lucky bastards – two updates in one day! Smile!
Since today was a beautiful day weather wise, I decided to blow off my classes. Actually, it wasn’t at all like that, its just the way that it happened. It seems that if you set your alarm clock for 7’oclock, you had better make sure that is AM, not PM, which I did not. Subsequently, I woke up at 9:00 (AM) – which is about half way through my calculus class. So I went to school anyway, and managed to get some good news, and some bad new. I had midterms last week, and one this week. The physics II and calculus II classes – I had assumed that I did really bad on them, or even failed. This is the way these things go. I was pretty sure that I did ok, yet not wonderfully, in my law and psychology class. Naturally, as Murphy’s law dictates, these assertions were hogwash. I got the lowest mark in the class in psychology (which I don’t really care about in a midterm that isn’t worth much – but it is an indication that I had better wake up), and I completely passed the average in physics, which I was dead sure I failed. In calculus, which history says my previous high mark on a calculus midterm ever was 60%, I completely blew the class average of 54% out of the water and got 80%. How this happened I am not sure, but all the studying I did might have had something to do with it, maybe. Wow.
As I started off on before, I missed my calculus class today. I decided to spend my time outside today because of the rare glimpse of sun that we had today. It was 27 degrees and completely clear – startlingly different than Wednesday which was very foggy (esp. at SFU) and about 12 degrees. Consequently, I studied outside today and fell asleep in the sun, which is why I missed my physics class. As punishment I am sure, I woke up with a devastatingly good sunburn. I generally decided long ago that, since I seem to be allergic to most sunscreens, that I just wouldn’t use it at all. I made the decision that the resulting rash/scratchy phenomenon was worth the risk of dying of cancer, a strategy which now that I am old(er) and wise(r) I should probably reevaluate or abandon completely.
I went hiking this afternoon for about 5 hours. This was fun, considering the weather, and wasn’t something I had done recently enough. All of my injuries (back, knee and ankle) completely ignored my activity, so everything was very pleasant. To top it off, I went somewhere I had never been before, so I got to explore a little of the mountains around Port Coquitlam a little more that I had before.
To continue off on the earlier assertion I had made a week or so ago about the people who obviously think they are more important than everyone else : I went to Safeway today. The two elderly people were proud of this cake they were buying, because it was on sale. Only , it wasn’t on sale, it was just on the wrong shelf (others were on sale). An argument ensued, which, I must admit, was quite entertaining. Apparently they thought that since the cake was on the wrong shelf, they should still be charged the price of the other cakes on that shelf. More arguing. Finally, the clerk asked if they wanted the cake because of what kind it was, or because it was on sale. On sale, they said. So the bright idea came forth that they get the kind of cake that was ON sale, and abandoned their current one. Everyone went home happy and I was entertained.
Go to the kitchen now and slop bubbling hot spaghetti sauce on your sunburn. I guarantee it will get your attention!