Final Week of Classes

As the title says, this is the final week of classes. I can't wait to be done with this semester as I am getting really tired. Certain classes, such as manufacturing processes, could not possibly end soon enough if they tried. Although I remind myself that I still have one more assignment to complete in that particular class. I should get on that.

Speaking of assignments, half of my remaining assignments are all due during finals week. That seems a little odd considering that finals usually is the last thing we do and for either of these assignments, we could honestly hand them in after the final. It's a bit different from what you might normally expect. I should get to work on those assignments too....

In other news my mission papers are into my bishop so he should be sending them to whoever he sends them to next on Friday (tomorrow. Exactly 3 months before my birthday). Hopefully I haven't forgotten any information that would prevent those papers from going through as soon as possible. I need to get my call as soon as possible so that I can leave as close to my birthday as possible so that I get back in time for school in two years. I trust all will go as planned.

Which reminds me again! I need to make an appointment to meet with my adviser before I leave so she can tell me what to do when I am getting ready to come back. Goodness it's going to be a busy week....

I guess this is growing up.....

Depressing post time! This weekend, my grandpa had a screening of his digestive tract because he's been having trouble eating and lost a lot of weight because of it. The doctors' findings were not good. There was a tumor in his colon. He went in for surgery to have the tumors (also ones in the fatty tissue between organs and on his diaphragm) removed. When analyzed, the cancer was revealed to be at stage 4. Things were not looking good last night so they took him into surgery again. This time they learned he was bleeding internally from the first operation so they stopped that and at last I've heard he was doing better. Obviously, things are not looking good overall.

Wasting Money

Man I've been doing this a lot lately. The most obvious example is going out to eat way too much. This could probably be fixed if I were to find some more interesting things to make rather then ramen. I eat out because I'm getting sick of ramen, PB&J, and ham & cheese (although I did get smarter and started buying deli ham and cheese rather than the prepackaged stuff. Overall the better deal honestly). I also bought Dr. Horrible on DVD, but that is definitely worth it. I can't wait to watch it with the singing commentary. either way, yeah, wasting money. I need to stop. And yet as I type this I'm thinking of what I'm going to get for lunch and want to spend money on it.

Monday

Blah, I hate Mondays. Don't think I've ever said that I here so I think that I will. Technically I hate Monday mornings, but if the morning is bad, that basically ruins your whole day. Hmm, what days do I not enjoy and why:
Monday- Have to get up after sleeping in all weekend. Not a good way to start it.
Tuesday- Tuesday's are extremely busy. Including institute it's the longest day of my week. And it's still pretty long without institute.
Wednesday- I don't really have any consistent complaints about Wednesday.... although I do have to get up early but the same as Monday and Friday too.
Thursday- So close to the end and yet still so far. Thursdays have always bothered me.
Friday- Definitely a good day. Even if it's the 13th I still love it. Although I still get up too early but there is nothing that can be done about that.
Saturday- It is WAY too short. Unfortunately.
Sunday- I don't like 9:00 church. I don't like getting up that early on the weekend. I get up that early or earlier the rest of the week and need to weekends to recover.

And I guess so that I don't seem like quite the pessimist, I'll list good things about each day of the week:
Monday- The Big Bang Theory!
Tuesday- um.... Daily Show? Colbert? That's Monday-Thursday though
Wednesday- Important things?
Thursday- The Office!
Friday- End of the work week
Saturday- EVERYTHING.
Sunday- Church and awesome dinner if I were to be at home.

My goods are rather pathetic aren't they?

A&W

A&W is a wonderful fast food restaurant. Good burgers, good fries, and fantastic root beer. Having lived in Logan, I've gone to one of the oldest A&W joints in Utah. When most of the others closed down, this one stayed open (or so say my parents). Now others have started to re-open, but a lot of the new ones are part of gas stations. So now I'm considering a difference between the Logan one and this one here in Layton connected to a Conoco (?). Overall, the Logan wins hands down. Faster service, higher quality ingredients, and even more special offers. In fact, there was only a single positive difference in the gas station one. That difference is that the draft root beer (A&W's signature item) was self serve rather than behind the counter. While I'm sure that you COULD get a refill at the Logan one, you can definitely get the refills here at the gas station. And if you're crafty enough, you can keep getting one since the A&W staff usually are more worried about the drive through than they are about the dine in area (another con of the gas station vs. the Logan version).

Wasted Break

I've wasted a LOT of time this break. I've played Half Life, Guitar Hero, and Assassin's Creed. I have NOT done any homework. Which is not good. Most of my classes had some form of homework over the break (all except one). And guess what? I haven't touched a single thing! That's really not good. I should start getting to work. Physics is due first on Sunday night. I'll probably do that tomorrow. Then math and half of Engineering Graphics is due Tuesday so I'll do those Sunday/Monday. The other half of Engineering Graphics is due on Thursday. So that on Tuesday and Wednesday. Will I follow this schedule? Honestly, probably not. Physics will probably been done Sunday night. Math/graphics on Monday night/Tuesday morning and the other half of the graphics stuff will likely get done late Wednesday night. I'm such a fool when it comes to those things. *sigh* oh well

The Future

I just realized my 19th Birthday is a little more than 4 months away. Holy crap. It is so hard to believe that a mission is so very close right now. I still have a month and a half of school left and then I have no idea what I'll be doing until my mission. I've thought about going back to Layton High but I'm not sure I want to go back for 8 hours a day Monday through Friday. I don't know what kind of activities I'll be engaged in to prepare for my mission, so I don't want work to get in the way of that. Although unless Rod and Ryan changed significantly this past year, they'd probably be ok with it. Either way, while summer work is much more enjoyable than daily during the school year work in public school custodial work, it is still extremely tiring. But the money would help. I'll have to think about it.