The long entry of DOOM!
Hmm. This is going to take me a really long time to write. I guess I'll just start with school...as it...is....OVER!!!!
WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!
I am a free woman until the 17th of January, when I will embark on (possibly) the busiest semester of my life. And why is that, you ask? Because in addition to taking my regular classes, I will also be attending Princeton Review MCAT classes (many many many thanks to my uncle) 4 times a week to prepare for the REAL Doomsday: the 22nd of April. At least I'll be able to say that I was 20 years old for six days incase I die during the 8-9 HOUR LONG exam due to brain failure. *g*
Oh yes. I am just a WEE bit scared. I'm supposed to be looking at medical schools now in this point of my academic...career. I'm still having issues about whether to go for an MD/PhD program or a DO/PhD program. I would prefer to be a Doctor of Osteopathy but they're just not appreciated enough in the medical community (they make up about 6% of American doctors). I dunno. I guess I'll have a couple more months to figure that stuff out. What I really want to do is shadow a DO and an MD and see which I like better. Problem is...it's nearly impossible to find DO's in my state.
Now I KNOW that I worked my butt off this semester. And I hoped it payed off well. I'm also thinking of dropping my minor...
General Psych II: Before I took my final my average was an A-. I think I did pretty well on the final so hopefully it'll boost me up to an A.
Psych of the Black Experience: I now know that my final grade is an A...since I had to calculate it before deciding whether or not to take the "Last Chance Exam" (basically the final). So I was free of at least one exam during finals. And for those who want to know...I got an A- on that 33-page paper (my very first academic child...:D). Woot!
Speech: Hmmm....this class I'm a little bit iffy on. I don't think I'll get an A in this one...but I predict something in the B- to B+ range.
Cell and Molecular Biology: So far my average has been an A, but with my final in the lecture portion and another exam in the Lab portion (with the lab instructor from hell) I think my grade is going to go down. There was just too much for me to learn for this Final. So far the prof posted the class average, and it was a 68%! :( I'm scared. Compared to the very first Midterm average (89%), this is just really bad.
Organic Chemistry I: Oh God. This is the class that I am worried about. I was actually very happy last week because I got an 87% on my second midterm. So my average so far was an 83%. But after taking that final exam (which was actually two exams combined) I fear that my average will be KILLED. :( I studied so hard, too...but when I took the exam I felt as if I had not studied at all! Really. Organic Chemistry: You think you know, but you have NO idea. That should be its motto. *g*
If I get at least a B- in this class I will be SO HAPPY. But if I get a C I will be devastated...because it will be my first C ever in college. I'm turning into a grade freak. *g*
Okay...enough about grades because now I'm starting for freak out...*g*
I'm going to miss my friends at school (yes. including the GUY). I think I was much more social this semester, and I actually felt quite at home at school...unlike my Freshman year.
I'm especially going to miss the GUY. Yes. Even though my heart is shattered into many pieces which I am still trying to find, I am still friends with him. Funny thing is, he hasn't mentioned his girlfriend to me at all. Maybe....he was....lying (*wishful thoughts*) in his profile the whole time and maybe just put that there to see if I got jealous because he secretly likes me as much as I like him? :D I wish. He gave me LOTR (Heroes of Middle Earth) calendar for Christmas. I think it was because I mentioned to him that I was in dire need of a calendar...because I just never know what I'm doing anymore. I was so happy that he got me a present and so I hugged him. :D And then we went up to the greenhouse to see the crickets (who keep eating each other up for some reason...I know they are cannibals but come on! when there's extra food in the container you're supposed to EAT it) for one last time before the vacation. And before we parted ways for the last time he asked me to hug him! And I did! And I told him that I was going to miss him and felt like such an idiot for saying that.
I got him the HBP book. Since he was finishing up on OoTP...but he keeps Googling stuff and spoiling things for himself. He just doesn't mind being spoiled. I, on the other hand, am soo strict about that stuff.
And I still miss him. I can't give up on this guy...whether he has a girl or not. Damn you men for making me so...weird. :P
My two friends in my Cell/Molec Bio class (the ones who know that I like the guy) got me chocolate and a cool Guess Jeans shirt. They are awesome. They still think that the GUY likes me, despite what he says on his profile.
Ok...enough about school.
Life at work has been pretty difficult lately due to scheduling and whatnot. We're so under staffed that it's not even funny. But people keep leaving because the head manager is so....rude, to put it in the nicest way possible. *g* Plus, I have issues with the managers complaining when I can't work extra hours.
First of all. I've always had and always will put my schoolwork before work. End of story.
So when I tell my manager that I can't work weeknights because I have to STUDY and wake up early for class tomorrow morning, I can't help but get a LITTLE annoyed when they (jokingly) tell me that I just don't want to work. Of course I don't want to work...not because I'm lazy (which I'd like to think I'm not)...but because I have OTHER things to do, like STUDYING and SLEEPING and taking care of my siblings when my parents are at work. I just feel like the managers think I'm lazy and don't want to work...but that's not the case. I just have other things to do.
Yes. I do feel bad for the managers because they desperately have to find people to work certain shifts and I feel their pain. I really do. But really, to say that I'm "lazy" (even though I know they were joking) does get on my nerves, because I'd like to help out more with the current situation, but I can't. I took the previous two Saturdays off because I had to go on a field trip for a school organization and play in my piano recital (both of which were fun, btw). This is the first time I've taken days off since the SUMMER! And they're complaining, now?
Speaking of more work...I called my manager yesterday and found out that he put me down for the morning shifts on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day. Plus the morning shifts from Monday to Wednesday. I was pissed because I signed up for the night shifts on the weekend. He said that I signed up for the morning. I'll have to see that sign-up sheet this weekend because I'm pretty sure I signed up for the evenings. He managed to get someone to switch with me tomorrow, but I'm not sure about Sunday. My parents will kill me if I work Christmas morning.
In addition to that, I don't even know if I'll be able to work more than a day a week next semester, with these MCAT classes. Plus, if I get into the National Institute of Health Research Program, I'll be gone for the summer. I think I'll have to get a part-time job at school.
I really should just quit, but I feel like I can't because it's so understaffed there to begin with, and I genuinely do like the people there...even if they get on my nerves and baby me (as I am one of the youngest workers there) at times. It's just the actual work that's exhausting. I'm not so enthusiastic about working there anymore. And I'm sick and tired by being hit on by incessant creepy customers.
Fayestah and Casstah, hopefully we'll be able to go see Memoirs at the end of next week. If I survive till then. *g*
I haven't even begun to write about HOL yet...but I will later. This weekend I hope.
Wow....that NYC Transit strike sure was...something. I kept off the GSP this week.
I sent out Christmas cards today (I know...really late..). Most likely you'll be getting them on (hopefully) or after Christmas. But yeah, if anyone else still wants a card, just poke me. I need some updates on some addresses, anyway.
WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!
I am a free woman until the 17th of January, when I will embark on (possibly) the busiest semester of my life. And why is that, you ask? Because in addition to taking my regular classes, I will also be attending Princeton Review MCAT classes (many many many thanks to my uncle) 4 times a week to prepare for the REAL Doomsday: the 22nd of April. At least I'll be able to say that I was 20 years old for six days incase I die during the 8-9 HOUR LONG exam due to brain failure. *g*
Oh yes. I am just a WEE bit scared. I'm supposed to be looking at medical schools now in this point of my academic...career. I'm still having issues about whether to go for an MD/PhD program or a DO/PhD program. I would prefer to be a Doctor of Osteopathy but they're just not appreciated enough in the medical community (they make up about 6% of American doctors). I dunno. I guess I'll have a couple more months to figure that stuff out. What I really want to do is shadow a DO and an MD and see which I like better. Problem is...it's nearly impossible to find DO's in my state.
Now I KNOW that I worked my butt off this semester. And I hoped it payed off well. I'm also thinking of dropping my minor...
General Psych II: Before I took my final my average was an A-. I think I did pretty well on the final so hopefully it'll boost me up to an A.
Psych of the Black Experience: I now know that my final grade is an A...since I had to calculate it before deciding whether or not to take the "Last Chance Exam" (basically the final). So I was free of at least one exam during finals. And for those who want to know...I got an A- on that 33-page paper (my very first academic child...:D). Woot!
Speech: Hmmm....this class I'm a little bit iffy on. I don't think I'll get an A in this one...but I predict something in the B- to B+ range.
Cell and Molecular Biology: So far my average has been an A, but with my final in the lecture portion and another exam in the Lab portion (with the lab instructor from hell) I think my grade is going to go down. There was just too much for me to learn for this Final. So far the prof posted the class average, and it was a 68%! :( I'm scared. Compared to the very first Midterm average (89%), this is just really bad.
Organic Chemistry I: Oh God. This is the class that I am worried about. I was actually very happy last week because I got an 87% on my second midterm. So my average so far was an 83%. But after taking that final exam (which was actually two exams combined) I fear that my average will be KILLED. :( I studied so hard, too...but when I took the exam I felt as if I had not studied at all! Really. Organic Chemistry: You think you know, but you have NO idea. That should be its motto. *g*
If I get at least a B- in this class I will be SO HAPPY. But if I get a C I will be devastated...because it will be my first C ever in college. I'm turning into a grade freak. *g*
Okay...enough about grades because now I'm starting for freak out...*g*
I'm going to miss my friends at school (yes. including the GUY). I think I was much more social this semester, and I actually felt quite at home at school...unlike my Freshman year.
I'm especially going to miss the GUY. Yes. Even though my heart is shattered into many pieces which I am still trying to find, I am still friends with him. Funny thing is, he hasn't mentioned his girlfriend to me at all. Maybe....he was....lying (*wishful thoughts*) in his profile the whole time and maybe just put that there to see if I got jealous because he secretly likes me as much as I like him? :D I wish. He gave me LOTR (Heroes of Middle Earth) calendar for Christmas. I think it was because I mentioned to him that I was in dire need of a calendar...because I just never know what I'm doing anymore. I was so happy that he got me a present and so I hugged him. :D And then we went up to the greenhouse to see the crickets (who keep eating each other up for some reason...I know they are cannibals but come on! when there's extra food in the container you're supposed to EAT it) for one last time before the vacation. And before we parted ways for the last time he asked me to hug him! And I did! And I told him that I was going to miss him and felt like such an idiot for saying that.
I got him the HBP book. Since he was finishing up on OoTP...but he keeps Googling stuff and spoiling things for himself. He just doesn't mind being spoiled. I, on the other hand, am soo strict about that stuff.
And I still miss him. I can't give up on this guy...whether he has a girl or not. Damn you men for making me so...weird. :P
My two friends in my Cell/Molec Bio class (the ones who know that I like the guy) got me chocolate and a cool Guess Jeans shirt. They are awesome. They still think that the GUY likes me, despite what he says on his profile.
Ok...enough about school.
Life at work has been pretty difficult lately due to scheduling and whatnot. We're so under staffed that it's not even funny. But people keep leaving because the head manager is so....rude, to put it in the nicest way possible. *g* Plus, I have issues with the managers complaining when I can't work extra hours.
First of all. I've always had and always will put my schoolwork before work. End of story.
So when I tell my manager that I can't work weeknights because I have to STUDY and wake up early for class tomorrow morning, I can't help but get a LITTLE annoyed when they (jokingly) tell me that I just don't want to work. Of course I don't want to work...not because I'm lazy (which I'd like to think I'm not)...but because I have OTHER things to do, like STUDYING and SLEEPING and taking care of my siblings when my parents are at work. I just feel like the managers think I'm lazy and don't want to work...but that's not the case. I just have other things to do.
Yes. I do feel bad for the managers because they desperately have to find people to work certain shifts and I feel their pain. I really do. But really, to say that I'm "lazy" (even though I know they were joking) does get on my nerves, because I'd like to help out more with the current situation, but I can't. I took the previous two Saturdays off because I had to go on a field trip for a school organization and play in my piano recital (both of which were fun, btw). This is the first time I've taken days off since the SUMMER! And they're complaining, now?
Speaking of more work...I called my manager yesterday and found out that he put me down for the morning shifts on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day. Plus the morning shifts from Monday to Wednesday. I was pissed because I signed up for the night shifts on the weekend. He said that I signed up for the morning. I'll have to see that sign-up sheet this weekend because I'm pretty sure I signed up for the evenings. He managed to get someone to switch with me tomorrow, but I'm not sure about Sunday. My parents will kill me if I work Christmas morning.
In addition to that, I don't even know if I'll be able to work more than a day a week next semester, with these MCAT classes. Plus, if I get into the National Institute of Health Research Program, I'll be gone for the summer. I think I'll have to get a part-time job at school.
I really should just quit, but I feel like I can't because it's so understaffed there to begin with, and I genuinely do like the people there...even if they get on my nerves and baby me (as I am one of the youngest workers there) at times. It's just the actual work that's exhausting. I'm not so enthusiastic about working there anymore. And I'm sick and tired by being hit on by incessant creepy customers.
Fayestah and Casstah, hopefully we'll be able to go see Memoirs at the end of next week. If I survive till then. *g*
I haven't even begun to write about HOL yet...but I will later. This weekend I hope.
Wow....that NYC Transit strike sure was...something. I kept off the GSP this week.
I sent out Christmas cards today (I know...really late..). Most likely you'll be getting them on (hopefully) or after Christmas. But yeah, if anyone else still wants a card, just poke me. I need some updates on some addresses, anyway.