St Patrick’s Midterm

I can finally breathe a sigh of relief now that this week’s two tough midterm exams are over and done with. After spending Monday night finishing up the grading that I didn’t get done over break, I spent all day Tuesday and Wednesday studying/freaking out over Wednesday evening’s midterm exam in 521 (Atmospheric Dynamics). I really was quite nervous and depressed about the test beforehand, I was pretty sure I’d get something around a 40%. But Sukyoung made a pretty fair test, especially since she let us choose 4 out of 6 problems to do, and since the questions were pretty similar to our homework and past exam problems. So it took me a little over two hours, but I think I pulled out a decent grade on that test. Now it’s just time to wait and see how Sukyoung will grade it.
Wednesday morning we were made even more nervous when Yvette asked us if we’d started studying for her Mesoscale midterm. When we told her no, that we all had a 521 midterm that evening, she said, “oh, I really would’ve been studying by now.” Not a good sign. Thursday was pretty well dedicated to studying, but it wasn’t nearly enough. We had the test this morning (who schedules an exam on St Patrick’s Day anyway?), and I think I’d be lucky to score a 65%. There was just too much material covered to study for adequately in the time we had. Hopefully she’s really nice with extra credit, because I’m definitely gonna need it…
At least now that that’s over I can relax a bit and start enjoying that it’s a) Friday, b) St Patrick’s Day, and c) Day 2 of the NCAA Tournament. I sense that the rest of the day is gonna be a really good day. 🙂 But the weekend can’t be all fun and games, because although our Cloud Physics midterm was pushed back from this coming Monday to the following Monday, homeworks were assigned to fill the void. Blah.
The weather’s been a bit of a rollercoaster lately. Back on Monday it was 75 degrees here in State College, while back home in Cumberland there was a massive snowstorm that dumped 18 inches. That’s really a tough call for which I’d prefer, because that much snow would be really cool. But since then it’s been in the 30s and low 40s around here, kinda blah weather.
If ever there were more evidence needed that there are too many frivolous lawsuits in our culture today, look no further than this California man that sued himself for backing into his car with a dump truck. Idiot.
Well, time for me to go passionately cheer on schools I never see play except for this time of year. Some of my gutsy predictions include: Bucknell in the Sweet 16, Wichita State in the Elite 8, LSU over Duke in the Sweet 16, 16-seed Oral Roberts upsetting Memphis, and Villanova winning it all. Keepin my fingers crossed!