Christmas and the like
Soooo yesterday was kind of depressing. My Christmas consisted of watching Love Actually, washing dishes, and cleaning my apartment. Got some phone calls from friends and family but I must admit, I was a bit jealous. Everyone calling and then saying, "Okay, gotta go be with the fam now!" I think sometimes people don't appreciate family until they don't have them. But I guess that's how it is with lots of things. I may not have gotten along with my dad before, or really get along that great with my mom now, but it would have been nice to see one (or both, ideally!) of them yesterday. I also wish I could have seen my sister, my aunts, uncles, cousins...etc. Oh well...I keep telling myself May will come so quick and then I will be home. It just sucks that I haven't been to Philly since the beginning of last January. We're talking like January 4th.
However, at like 11 o'clock at night, Rich came over. He brought Friends and pumpkin bread. Haha, so sweet. The bread was really good, I won't lie. And I love anything pumpkin. He liked his gift (a throwback Bucs hat) a lot. He stayed till like 2 am and we just drank some PBR, laughed, watched Friends, had a good time. He really made my Christmas a lot better so that's good. I'm lucky to have him.
Now that the holiday is over, things are semi-going back to normal. I work every day this week at one or both of my jobs. I'm starting to get things organized for next semester. I was pretty excited about taking Criminal & Court Procedures with this judge professor I had this past fall semester because he's a funny, laid-back professor. No real attendance policy. But when grades were posted and he gave me a BC - which could be a B- or C+ which is unacceptable - I was a bit annoyed. I had a 92 or 94 on the first test (can't remember and he took them back) and wrote all four papers and I think I did a pretty good job on them. I also did two extra credit papers. I must have BOMBED the final in order to drop my grade from an A to a BC. And I mean, I thought I did bad but I didn't think I did that bad. And now, because of that, I won't be able to graduate cum laude like I hoped/expected. Even if I get all As next semester, I will be .005 points away from having a 3.5 - the GPA you need to graduate cum laude. So I emailed him and asked what my final grade was and explained, "I had a 94 average in your class and even did extra credit papers. Can you please let me know what grade I received for my final exam because this BC has disabled me from graduating cum laude, something I was really hoping for." Overall, I thought it was a well-written email. Unlike the other assholes in the class. That's what annoys me the most. I may not have gone to EVERY class, but I feel like I paid attention more than anyone else and took the class seriously. Everyone else wanted to talk about how they got arrested and their dealings with cops. Anyway, I'm mad because I am sure some of those people got As and I'm sorry but if you shoot the shit the entire class, talking about let's go to MacDinton's after class, you don't deserve an A. I read every chapter and took lots of notes - I do NOT deserve a BC. Well, the email was returned to me as undeliverable! Which is obnoxious because I don't know how to get in touch with him! Needless to say, I dropped his class for next semester and picked up a class with my favorite professor. Granted, it's a MWF class and I hate Friday classes but I love her classes a lot so it shouldn't be so bad. The new class is Crime and Punishment: Current Controversies. So...it sounds interesting. We'll see! I have an independent study with her as well.
However, at like 11 o'clock at night, Rich came over. He brought Friends and pumpkin bread. Haha, so sweet. The bread was really good, I won't lie. And I love anything pumpkin. He liked his gift (a throwback Bucs hat) a lot. He stayed till like 2 am and we just drank some PBR, laughed, watched Friends, had a good time. He really made my Christmas a lot better so that's good. I'm lucky to have him.
Now that the holiday is over, things are semi-going back to normal. I work every day this week at one or both of my jobs. I'm starting to get things organized for next semester. I was pretty excited about taking Criminal & Court Procedures with this judge professor I had this past fall semester because he's a funny, laid-back professor. No real attendance policy. But when grades were posted and he gave me a BC - which could be a B- or C+ which is unacceptable - I was a bit annoyed. I had a 92 or 94 on the first test (can't remember and he took them back) and wrote all four papers and I think I did a pretty good job on them. I also did two extra credit papers. I must have BOMBED the final in order to drop my grade from an A to a BC. And I mean, I thought I did bad but I didn't think I did that bad. And now, because of that, I won't be able to graduate cum laude like I hoped/expected. Even if I get all As next semester, I will be .005 points away from having a 3.5 - the GPA you need to graduate cum laude. So I emailed him and asked what my final grade was and explained, "I had a 94 average in your class and even did extra credit papers. Can you please let me know what grade I received for my final exam because this BC has disabled me from graduating cum laude, something I was really hoping for." Overall, I thought it was a well-written email. Unlike the other assholes in the class. That's what annoys me the most. I may not have gone to EVERY class, but I feel like I paid attention more than anyone else and took the class seriously. Everyone else wanted to talk about how they got arrested and their dealings with cops. Anyway, I'm mad because I am sure some of those people got As and I'm sorry but if you shoot the shit the entire class, talking about let's go to MacDinton's after class, you don't deserve an A. I read every chapter and took lots of notes - I do NOT deserve a BC. Well, the email was returned to me as undeliverable! Which is obnoxious because I don't know how to get in touch with him! Needless to say, I dropped his class for next semester and picked up a class with my favorite professor. Granted, it's a MWF class and I hate Friday classes but I love her classes a lot so it shouldn't be so bad. The new class is Crime and Punishment: Current Controversies. So...it sounds interesting. We'll see! I have an independent study with her as well.