'let freedom reign' or 'free at last, thank god almighty, i'm free at last' ?
i wanted to title my first blog after i finished the gre today but i couldn't decide which to go with so i'm just going to put both of them out there.
i really didn't want to get out of bed this morning. i felt like i had fifty pounds of bricks laying on my chest and a really nasty cough with some drainage down my throat (i'm sure y'all really needed to know all of those details). so getting out of bed this morning seemed like an extraordinary type of torture. i mean who really wants to get out from under layers of warm blankets, when i'm already not feeling good, to go spend three hours taking a physics exam... but i promised my buddy dan that i would get up in time to bring us both coffee and a crossword to the testing site so we could sit and relax for half hour before the exam (while i'll be graduating in may with a B.S. in physics, Dan will be graduating with his masters in physics and he has been a real trooper this week with helping me study so how could i really deny him a cup of coffee and a crossword). so i go through my normal morning routine, get the coffee and a paper, and head up to campus. due to the need to control traffic for graduation (which i forgot was taking place) this morning, the police turned the campus into a maze, blocking off the first four entrances i tried to use. when i actually got to the parking lot i needed to be in and walked all the way to the building where i was supposed to wait for dan, no sooner had i set the coffees down on a picnic table to wait, did dan call. he was panicking because his motorcycle wouldn't start and he begged me to come pick him up (which, of course, i did). we made it back to the testing site with two minutes to spare. i couldn't believe how many people were sitting in that room waiting for the exam to begin. i couldn't fathom that the entire room full of people were there to take the physics gre, then it dawned on me that this was probably the saturday exam time scheduled for all of the other subject tests as well. i had a psychology guy sitting next to me and a literature girl in front of me. i was however floored to discovered that the physicists in the room outnumbered every other topic. dan and i really thought that we would be the only ones taking it today. i mean, how many people, off the top of your head, do you think that would take the physics gre? the testing proctor kept shooting me dirty looks because i was drinking coffee in a room where no food or drinks were allowed. oh well, screw them.
i finished about half an hour before dan so i went out to my car to get the paper and i waited. we both ended up throwing out a third of the questions. beyond that, we really have no idea how we did. its just frustrating to know that out of 100 questions, i can only guarantee that i was right on two of them. now the waiting game begins, six weeks until i get my score.
as soon as i got home this morning i took a two hour nap. i'm still feeling groggy. it hasn't really hit me that i'm on break yet. it needs to hit me soon because i've got to clean and pack tomorrow for my trip. then i've got to drive out to my sister's house for the night. i have to take her with me to the airport on monday. she's flying out an hour after me to meet her internet boyfriend for the first time (who is a marine just coming home from being stationed in Korea for a year). i'm trying very hard to let her be and not pass judgment because she is going to do what she wants to do whether i agree with it or not. part of me hopes mom and dad put their foot down about this guy soon though.
i'm babysitting now and i thought both of the girls were asleep but i hear babbling...
i wanted to title my first blog after i finished the gre today but i couldn't decide which to go with so i'm just going to put both of them out there.
i really didn't want to get out of bed this morning. i felt like i had fifty pounds of bricks laying on my chest and a really nasty cough with some drainage down my throat (i'm sure y'all really needed to know all of those details). so getting out of bed this morning seemed like an extraordinary type of torture. i mean who really wants to get out from under layers of warm blankets, when i'm already not feeling good, to go spend three hours taking a physics exam... but i promised my buddy dan that i would get up in time to bring us both coffee and a crossword to the testing site so we could sit and relax for half hour before the exam (while i'll be graduating in may with a B.S. in physics, Dan will be graduating with his masters in physics and he has been a real trooper this week with helping me study so how could i really deny him a cup of coffee and a crossword). so i go through my normal morning routine, get the coffee and a paper, and head up to campus. due to the need to control traffic for graduation (which i forgot was taking place) this morning, the police turned the campus into a maze, blocking off the first four entrances i tried to use. when i actually got to the parking lot i needed to be in and walked all the way to the building where i was supposed to wait for dan, no sooner had i set the coffees down on a picnic table to wait, did dan call. he was panicking because his motorcycle wouldn't start and he begged me to come pick him up (which, of course, i did). we made it back to the testing site with two minutes to spare. i couldn't believe how many people were sitting in that room waiting for the exam to begin. i couldn't fathom that the entire room full of people were there to take the physics gre, then it dawned on me that this was probably the saturday exam time scheduled for all of the other subject tests as well. i had a psychology guy sitting next to me and a literature girl in front of me. i was however floored to discovered that the physicists in the room outnumbered every other topic. dan and i really thought that we would be the only ones taking it today. i mean, how many people, off the top of your head, do you think that would take the physics gre? the testing proctor kept shooting me dirty looks because i was drinking coffee in a room where no food or drinks were allowed. oh well, screw them.
i finished about half an hour before dan so i went out to my car to get the paper and i waited. we both ended up throwing out a third of the questions. beyond that, we really have no idea how we did. its just frustrating to know that out of 100 questions, i can only guarantee that i was right on two of them. now the waiting game begins, six weeks until i get my score.
as soon as i got home this morning i took a two hour nap. i'm still feeling groggy. it hasn't really hit me that i'm on break yet. it needs to hit me soon because i've got to clean and pack tomorrow for my trip. then i've got to drive out to my sister's house for the night. i have to take her with me to the airport on monday. she's flying out an hour after me to meet her internet boyfriend for the first time (who is a marine just coming home from being stationed in Korea for a year). i'm trying very hard to let her be and not pass judgment because she is going to do what she wants to do whether i agree with it or not. part of me hopes mom and dad put their foot down about this guy soon though.
i'm babysitting now and i thought both of the girls were asleep but i hear babbling...
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