Happy Mother's Day!

I love you, Mom!  Thank you for everything, and have a very happy Mother's Day!

<3<3<#<3<3

Finals

Well, I just had my first final exam.  I will be done with them and leaving VT on next Wednesday, but until then, I'll be alternately buried in notes, trying to relax, or trying to pack.  Wish me luck!

Happy Valentine's Day!

Just thought I would say Happy Valentine's Day to you all.

So...

Happy Valentine's Day!
<3<3<3

I can do it!

I woke up this morning with vestiges of the bad mood I had yesterday (completely unrelated to the Super Bowl).  I'm stressed.  I didn't get as much homework done as I should have.

Somehow, during breakfast, I heard the strains of "Don't Stop Believin'" in the dining hall.  It got stuck in my head.  I like that song's chorus.  It reminds me that there is hope.  God has a plan, and it involves this homework.  And I can do it.  And I can avoid the distractions; I can ignore those little online flash games calling for me to come play them if I really want to get this stuff done.  Because somehow, the ability to solve differential equations or take partial derivatives will be important someday.

I won't stop believing.

(Sorry if I got that stuck in your head, by the way.)

Thanks for Asking...

Yeah, yeah.  I'll get back to my breakfast and homework in just a second.  But this just made me laugh, even though I know it was sent out in all seriousness and that a lot of guys would be interested.  (Please keep in mind that I am a woman.)

My email inbox, as of a minute ago:  "Would you like to become a part of [the] only all male engineering fraternity on the Virginia Tech campus?"


Um. 


No thanks.  


(Disclaimer:  There is a Greek women in engineering organization here.  But I have enough on my plate.)


EDIT:  I just got some emails mentioning said women's engineering sorority, just to be fair.  They too went to the entire listserv.  

Let's Go Hokies!

The Hokies just won the Orange Bowl!  Yay!

Yay!

Today was a really good day.  My roommate for next academic year and I just signed a pre-lease on a nice apartment that is really close to campus.  (Yeah, in Blacksburg, if you need an apartment for school, you gotta sign early.  There's a little bit of a housing crunch, and while there are some spots for second-, third-, and fourth-years in the residence halls, there's not much.  Housing isn't guaranteed after your freshman year, so many just move off their second year.  Every upperclassman I have talked to said that if you don't sign early, you have to hope the housing lottery is in your favor, or else you might end up in a not-so-desirable apartment.)  Anyway, I'm very happy about that.

Annnnnd... I just took my last exam!  I'm done for the semester!

I'm also required to leave 24 hours after my last exam, so I'd better finish packing.  So... Northern VA, see you soon.

Oh man, how could I forget...

It's World Diabetes Day!  If it were earlier in the morning and I had remembered to post, I might have suggested you wear blue to show support.  But unfortunately I have been crazy busy.  Classes are almost over for the semester, but right now it is the final crunch.  The end of finals is slightly more than a month away.

Anyway, check out the website:  http://www.worlddiabetesday.org/

Sorry about the lack of posts lately, by the way.  Hopefully when things calm down soon I will post more.

I voted!

I voted for the first time!  This is exciting.  Finally, after watching my parents hit the big red VOTE button for so many years, I can finally make my own voice heard.

I would have put a picture of me wearing my awesome "I Voted" sticker here, using my tablet's handy built-in webcam, but I figure you all either know what it looks like or you should go vote and get your own.  So go vote!

I never thought I'd be so happy to hear that a Windows computer was working again!

My tablet should be ready to be picked up!  I could have picked it up today if I had gotten the voicemail before the bookstore closed (oops; I had my phone on silent) but I can get it tomorrow at 9AM!  Finally!

=D

Yay mobile blogging!

Ooh! I just realized that with the unlimited texting plan my awesome parents decided to get, I can blog from my phone! Yay!

A fire drill at a normal time? No way!

#6, and yes way.  We had the sixth fire drill of the year at about 12:45.  It was COLD.  But at least it was not at 2 AM.

I wouldn't be surprised if it frosts soon, though.  I keep forgetting to pull out either of my warm coats, though, since the dorm is very good at retaining heat AND they turned the radiators on.  I was considering changing into a t-shirt earlier before I turned the fan on.

Ok, enough ranting.  Back to homework.

BTW, I can't wait to see my parents this weekend!  Major <3!

Fire Drill Count

#5  (View the time stamp, please.  I got a very pleasant wake-up call of BWAAAAAAAAAAAAAH after being asleep for a while.)

Though I'm sure it isn't on purpose that all our fire "drills" end up in the wee hours of the morning.  I think either some not-so-well-meaning prankster pulls the fire alarm, or someone decides he or she really really really  needs popcorn at 2:30 AM.  And burns it.  I really think the dorms don't bother to schedule fire drills; they just happen on their own.

Key Lock

Ok, so you know how phones that have buttons on the front have a key lock that keeps you from accidentally calling someone while the phone is in your pocket?  Apparently, something managed to thwart the key lock on my phone.  I just discovered that I sent this text message:

Dkjag.

to a 13-digit telephone number.  It was sent at 12:38 pm, around lunchtime for me.

Some things just can't be explained.  I would try to make witty commentary, but I think this one needs to stand alone.

First Engineering Test Over!

Yay!  It's over!

Now for German homework!

Yay!

I got a ticket to our homecoming game!  No, all you scalpers out there, I'm not selling it.  (That's a breach of Honor Code, too.)  Totally going, Lord willing.  **happy dance**

Yay!

We just won 20-17! Go Hokies!

Happy Birthday!

Happy Birthday, Aunt G! And Happy (two days ago) Birthday, Hol!
I love you guys!

...?

Oh man, who kept telling me to do my homework on the ratings? Awww.

=)

Type 1 Diabetes Alert Day!

Ah, it's been a while.

Anyway, a blogger I read fairly regularly, Kerri, has declared Monday, April 14th to be Type 1 Diabetes Alert Day. Since Type 2 Diabetes has its own day on March 25th, type 1 has to have one, right?

Here's her post. It explains the idea better than I could. So read up on Type 1. Here is the Wikipedia article, which does get kinda technical, but it's good info. And by all means, if you have diabetes (of any type), tell people! You never know what could happen.