El Examen.
Well, I have my test today at around 9:00. It goes until 3:30 pm. I actually like taking tests to an extent. I always have fun with it. The only bit that always eats me up is the math parts. Why am I not a math genius? Anyways, excellent day yesterday with Robbie. I missed him a lot. I had an odd dream last night. Francesca purchased many mice and hamsters, and I had two kittens. One was named Minty (the black one), the other was Enrico (brown and white). It was a very cute dream. I remember one of the kittens was wet and shivery and I cleaned it off with a small towel. I don't know why I'm so giddy about this. I'm not a very sensitive person prone to cooing over babies, but kittens are just - perfect. Anyways, I woke up at 7:00 because I originally thought the test started at 8. It's about ten minutes away from my house, so I shouldn't have a problem with time. I ate eggs this morning and Mum made me take some omega 3 fatty acids because it will apparently "feed my brain" which reminded me of a quote from Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. I have everything ready for the test - I am wearing loose black sweat pants and my Crucible sweatshirt. A lens from my glasses fell out. We are purchasing a new pair of reading glasses before I leave, thank God. I have my hair up in a messy ponytail, which is starting to irritate me. I hope the reading test is first, that's always a nice way to start off the morning. I'm sure the math section will be second. I have terrible allergies this morning. I continuously blow my nose. I really hope they won't think I'm cheating and have all the answers written on the tissue. That would be clever. If they weren't covered in muck by the end of the test. I wanted to take a Claritin, but it always makes me very sleepy. I looked over - well, I glanced at my ACT practice test booklet - the math section, mostly. My highest scores on the PLAN were in science - reading and writing were about the same - and then math was my lowest score. Overall, I received a score in the mid/high 20s, so I'm ok with that. Well well well. I'm all ready to run off to Meijers - I think I'll brush my teeth again. I popped a few jelly beans into my mouth, and now I can feel the sugar coating on my teeth. After this ordeal, I'll go home, take a shower, and then invite the Robbie Bobby over and maybe see a movie if we have time.
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later (at 5:30): Very irritated. Test was irritating. The woman who spoke to us reminded me of an old turtle - her voice was absolutely disgusting and crackly. She had these long pauses in between each word. She had difficulty reading particularly long words as well. She was intelligent, but irritating - and frightening in an odd way. I kept eating during the points when we were taking the practice test. Instead of listening to various explanations for each question, I skipped ahead and did all of the reading/comprehension sections. I finished and had a half hour with nothing to do but play games on my neighbor's graphing calculator. I currently have my Mother's sister Liz over and they're watching "Walk The Line" - a mediocre film, if I do say so myself. I really hate the voice of Johnny Cash - or anyone that attempts to sound like him. He sounds old and husky.
God, I'm feeling particularly critical. I believe it's because lately I haven't made an excessive amount of snide comments. I've been holding it in, venting to no one and feeling good about it. The practice tests made me feel somewhat satisfied. I did well.
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later (at 5:30): Very irritated. Test was irritating. The woman who spoke to us reminded me of an old turtle - her voice was absolutely disgusting and crackly. She had these long pauses in between each word. She had difficulty reading particularly long words as well. She was intelligent, but irritating - and frightening in an odd way. I kept eating during the points when we were taking the practice test. Instead of listening to various explanations for each question, I skipped ahead and did all of the reading/comprehension sections. I finished and had a half hour with nothing to do but play games on my neighbor's graphing calculator. I currently have my Mother's sister Liz over and they're watching "Walk The Line" - a mediocre film, if I do say so myself. I really hate the voice of Johnny Cash - or anyone that attempts to sound like him. He sounds old and husky.
God, I'm feeling particularly critical. I believe it's because lately I haven't made an excessive amount of snide comments. I've been holding it in, venting to no one and feeling good about it. The practice tests made me feel somewhat satisfied. I did well.