I’m literally hours away from being done… my last final is at 2:00 p.m. today, and I just want it to be over. It’s just a cumulative calculus and finite math final. I should probably start studying for it, considering it’s in about four hours… yeah, I should be hopping on that train pretty soon.
I’m FINALLY taking my finals. I’ve been studying and anticipating getting these over for about a solid week now. I have my first two today, and then another one tomorrow… and then I am DONE! I’ve got my CHOW 2 exam at 10:30 a.m. and then my accounting final at 4:30 p.m. (that one’s going to be a beast – pray for me).
I was looking at pictures of Wyoming this morning that were taken by one of the guys that I’ll be working with out there… the vast majority were pictures of wolves, bald eagles, bison, elk, and a stray grizzly bear. Mm mm mmmmm… here I come, ready or not.
Forgive me for not writing more. It’s crunch time right now, and I’m trying desperately to finish the year out strong. It’s so hard not to become burned out with studying for tests and exams, writing papers, giving presentations, and doing homework. I’m exhausted… three more days left of finals, and then I’ll be done by sophomore year of college. It’s hard to believe.
I’m flying out to Jackson Hole, Wyoming in a week and a half. Hard to believe. I look forward to writing about my time there, as well as the next week or so as I prepare to head out there. The writing might be spare for the next few days though. I’ve got to keep my head down with studying. I have my CHOW II and Accounting finals on Tuesday, and then a cumulative Finite Math and Applied Calculus final on Wednesday. I also have a ten page Business Management paper (my final) due on Wednesday.. it’s a case study analysis on Outback Steakhouse.
Three more days and I’ll be finished. Until then…
I’m utterly exhausted right now. My day has been… long, interesting, discouraging, somewhat frustrating, and just plain tiring. I got up around 8:00 a.m. to grab a shower and breakfast before being picked up at 8:55 a.m. by Dr. Kapic. I dropped Jonathan and Margot off at school with him, and then he dropped me off at his house to start yet another painting project.
I’ve been doing odd painting jobs for him throughout my time at Covenant. I painted their outside car port, an inside entry way and door, all the baseboards on the first and second floor (that was so boring), and a number of other touch-ups here and there. Today, I started my next project — an old window outside. I say “window,” and no doubt you’re thinking, “It’s a window. How hard can that be?” Well this is an old window… and it is a window with 30 (yes, thirty.. I counted) small panes of glass in it. It had been primered about a year ago but never painted. It was chipping and peeling all over the place, and the old caulking (essentially cement) was still there from the original installation.
I surveyed the project — not a big deal. It would take me a day to prepare the wood — remove the old caulking, chip off the old paint, sand it, and put new caulking around the 30 window panes. Then it might take me an additional two days to prime the wood and put two coats of gloss paint on it. Not a big deal.
I got out there this morning around 9:15 a.m. I grabbed a knife and a scraper to start removing the old caulking. I started with the first window pane… Click to continue »
Saturday was an incredible day! I wish I had had time to write about it then or at least yesterday, but this weekend has been busy writing three papers and studying for a test — all of which are due today (as of now, two papers are handed in and the test is done).
Every year in the spring semester, usually the week before finals, Covenant has a music and art festival called Baker Tree. It happened this past Saturday, and it was an incredible day! The stage was set up on the steps of the chapel, and tables and chairs were set up on the chapel lawn. It was sunny and beautiful for the majority of the day. The music started playing around noon. Various Covenant students that had signed up to play took turns playing favorite songs – songs ranging from jazz songs to “Imagine” by John Lennon… to “Come on Ilene” …to “Burn” by Usher (performed by our very own Director of Student Development, Scott Hwang) …and a ton of other awesome songs. It lasted all afternoon and evening. The dining services brought dinner out to the chapel lawn and grilled fresh burgers for us as all 1000 students (give or take :) stood in line. It was just amazing to hang out with students and faculty, kick soccer balls around, listen to incredible music, and just take a much-needed break from studying.
Brendan James came to perform in the chapel that evening too. He has his first record coming out in June, and no doubt, he’ll be big in the next year or so.
It’s Saturday morning, and I should be writing two papers and studying for the test that I have on Monday… I can’t get my mind off of Wyoming. I keep day-dreaming about it. Less than three weeks and I’ll be flying out there.
Chorale and Chamber Singers have their big concert tonight in the chapel at 7:30 p.m. Admission is free, and the music is going to be incredible. We’re singing a wide range of pieces… anything from Beethoven’s Hallelujah, to Sanctus, to Embrace Me… to It Don’t Mean a Thing if it Ain’t Got That Swing.
It’s going to be fun, and it’s going to be good music! Chapel Auditorium at 7:30 p.m. tonight — the Covenant Chorale and Chamber Singers.
I just got back from watching a bunch of the guys from my hall play outdoor intramural soccer. I made the mistake of just wearing a t-shirt… i’m having a hard time typing right now because I pretty much went numb from my elbows down to my fingers. My hands feel really heavy, and I can hardly move my fingers (and yes, the parapraph above took me about twelve minutes to write). It was snowing this morning. What’s up with that? It’s April 14th. And get this — it’s supposed to be 80 degrees tomorrow. Nothing like a 48 degree difference from what it was this morning. But I’m not complaining. It’s been so beautiful here on the mountain. The trees are starting to get green, and overall (minus today), it’s been a lot warmer and sunnier. This is our last full week of classes. It’s hard to believe. I cannot wait to be finished.
I just printed off my Cross Cultural Experience papers. Five papers, each one four pages in length… all written in the last two days. :)
There’s nothing like feeling the warmth of a big stack of papers hot off the printer and knowing that every word on every single page is something you wrote, even if it is just a bunch of fluff.
Procrastination at its best.
A quote for you… compliments of Jess, compliments of Mr. Vance Havner. I think it speaks for itself.
Where are the marks of the cross in your life? Are there any points of identification with your Lord? Alas, too many Christians wear medals but carry no scars. -Vance Havner
