So totally what I didn't need today...
Oct. 5th, 2007 10:39 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
polychrome_penLaptop + Me = FAIL.
So, we have our first midterm coming up on Monday: Integrated Biological Sciences. It's pretty heavy stuff, and I was prepared to spend all day (since it was our "Fall Break" today - note the sarcasm) with the material (after getting Tillie's coffee and a scone! ^_^) at home until "OMG One Note hates me!!!111"; yes, you guessed it - more laptop troubles. One Note kept crashing on me after about 10:30 am, so guess what? I got to drive all the way back into school on my DAY OFF and spend almost two hours in the Tech Office trying to fix that piece of crap. I eventually ended up having to delete the entry (which contained all my notes on that topic) because it was corrupted. Luckily, however, the teacher for that class puts up their notes (because they use Windows Journal to present the material) after each class, so I was able to get most of the material back. But still - this marks my third or fourth visit to the Tech Office in the little over a month since I've been back to school...
I dread going through three more years with this laptop. @_@
So yeah, I'm pretty stressed with Midterms just around the corner and my lovely inability to focus on school rearing its ugly head again (ten times worse than ever - I'm almost ready to just take the wireless card out of the laptop due to the distractions it presents (I've started to keep the wireless connection off during those times I mark off for studying, and it seems to be helping, so we'll see).
I spent the remainder of the afternoon at the Health Sciences Library and got through all the the Glycolysis lectures, which was a pretty good chunk of material. I think I'll return to the library on Sunday to finish up going over the lectures. Oh, and I think I pinched a nerve in my shoulder when I was pulling our my power cord (and it hurt like HELL). Which is not surprising considering my back has felt out of sorts and super tight lately (I've been thinking about scheduling a deep tissue massage or something, 'cause I'm dying here).
I also eagerly await next Thursday, which will be the end of Midterms. I think I'll treat myself to a coffee and a little bit of retail therapy and Borders or Barnes and Noble.
In other news, because of the new addition to our church, there's a special (ie, one performance only) choir singing. I missed the first practice (not even because of work! I just forgot!) two weeks ago, so I was determined to attend this week. I did, and had a wonderful time. It brought back so many of the fun memories of singing as part of a choir (and reminded me just how much my baritone has atrophied *sigh*). It's been almost three years since the last time I really sang with a choir, so the experience was a little melancholy too. I mean, I adore piano, but singing was something I always loved. Ah, if only I had more time (and a little more musical theory knowledge!) I would try to lead choir myself. Oh well...-_-
Anyway, I'm super tired, so I think I'll get some sleep.
Oh, and if you're not a member of disney_faeries then I don't think you've seen my latest drawing yet.
So, we have our first midterm coming up on Monday: Integrated Biological Sciences. It's pretty heavy stuff, and I was prepared to spend all day (since it was our "Fall Break" today - note the sarcasm) with the material (after getting Tillie's coffee and a scone! ^_^) at home until "OMG One Note hates me!!!111"; yes, you guessed it - more laptop troubles. One Note kept crashing on me after about 10:30 am, so guess what? I got to drive all the way back into school on my DAY OFF and spend almost two hours in the Tech Office trying to fix that piece of crap. I eventually ended up having to delete the entry (which contained all my notes on that topic) because it was corrupted. Luckily, however, the teacher for that class puts up their notes (because they use Windows Journal to present the material) after each class, so I was able to get most of the material back. But still - this marks my third or fourth visit to the Tech Office in the little over a month since I've been back to school...
I dread going through three more years with this laptop. @_@
So yeah, I'm pretty stressed with Midterms just around the corner and my lovely inability to focus on school rearing its ugly head again (ten times worse than ever - I'm almost ready to just take the wireless card out of the laptop due to the distractions it presents (I've started to keep the wireless connection off during those times I mark off for studying, and it seems to be helping, so we'll see).
I spent the remainder of the afternoon at the Health Sciences Library and got through all the the Glycolysis lectures, which was a pretty good chunk of material. I think I'll return to the library on Sunday to finish up going over the lectures. Oh, and I think I pinched a nerve in my shoulder when I was pulling our my power cord (and it hurt like HELL). Which is not surprising considering my back has felt out of sorts and super tight lately (I've been thinking about scheduling a deep tissue massage or something, 'cause I'm dying here).
I also eagerly await next Thursday, which will be the end of Midterms. I think I'll treat myself to a coffee and a little bit of retail therapy and Borders or Barnes and Noble.
In other news, because of the new addition to our church, there's a special (ie, one performance only) choir singing. I missed the first practice (not even because of work! I just forgot!) two weeks ago, so I was determined to attend this week. I did, and had a wonderful time. It brought back so many of the fun memories of singing as part of a choir (and reminded me just how much my baritone has atrophied *sigh*). It's been almost three years since the last time I really sang with a choir, so the experience was a little melancholy too. I mean, I adore piano, but singing was something I always loved. Ah, if only I had more time (and a little more musical theory knowledge!) I would try to lead choir myself. Oh well...-_-
Anyway, I'm super tired, so I think I'll get some sleep.
Oh, and if you're not a member of disney_faeries then I don't think you've seen my latest drawing yet.
