So I really haven't been on sice this week started, basically because I've been so busy with school.  I had my bio lab test yesterday.  It went ok, but I blanked on where the aorta connects to the heart and what type of blood it carries.  I hate that.  Anyways, I have a Chem lab quiz tomorrow, then my writing portfolio and final bio midterm on Friday.  That basically means that I won't be on until Friday afternoon, but I'm planning on making a bunch of submissions while waiting for the traffic to die down so I can go home. 

Last night I got really depressed/scared.  My grandfather said that he would pay for my USC tution, but he stopped after last semester, so I owe about $8k for this semester.  My registration is tomorrow, but I can't register because of the balance on my bill.  I tried to get a loan, but I can't find a co-signer.  My mom can't do it because she has loans from her PhD program, my boyfriend's mom can't do it, and my family just won't do it.  I started to freak out because I need to get that loan.  If I don't, by the time I pay off my bill, all the classes I want will be filled, and I'll probably get stuck in the 8 am or night labs, which would just be horrible.  Well I decided to call my grandpa today and ask him to cosign.  He should because he is the reason I'm stuck in this mess.  Now I'm just praying that he'll say yes.

On a brighter note, I had my last Writ-140 class today.  As much as I hated that class, my TA was really helpful.  He graded pretty hard, but he really pushed us to get better.  He returned our last assignment today, and I finally got an A.  Kind of sad because I always get As, but Writ-140 makes it's almost impossible too, even for Writing/English majors.  Anyways, my TA had me stay after class. At first I was scared that I had done something wrong, but he just wanted to tell me that he suggests I use that paper for my portfolio (the rest of the class isn't allowed to use the last assignment for it).  He also said that after he read my paper he told his wife paper's like mine were the reason he teaches the class.  In the terminal comments of the paper he also said that I have become an excellent writer.  That really made my day, so I've been really happy since then.  Now I'm even more motivated to work hard on the portfolio.  If I get an A on that, I should get an A/ A-in the class, which would be amazing because only the top 5% of all the freshman in Writ-140 get As.  Ok, time to get back to work.

So it's raining today, which I guess is good becaue I swear it's only rained 5 days this year.  I got so soaked walking from class to class today, which was so uncomfortable.   I really do like the rain, just not when I'm walking in it.  I guess I love the rain because on rainy days when I was younger, my mom would make a pot of soup and we would all gather around the fireplace and drink hot chocolate while listening to the rain outside.  Something about those days, they were just so peaceful, warm, comforting. 

Well, I'm exhausted.  Not really physically, but mentally, I'm really out of it today.  I've written so many papers that I honestly don't feel like I can write anymore.  I still have two more papers that I have to edit and submit as a portfolio, but I have no motivation to actually do it.  I think I'll take tonight off and then start on those tomorrow.  Only one more week, then life will be somewhat easier.

Ok, so I guess the question in my last blog was answered.  I just got a 158% increase.  Took awhile, but I think this is the catch up for the 123 submissions I made over the weekend.  I'm just glad that they actually ran the levels.  Hopefully sometime in the near future the levels will start working properly again.

It seems like this has been the longest week of my life.  It just seems as though the minutes have been going by so slowly, probably because school is almost out.  Actually, the minutes only seem to go by slowly when I'm avoiding homework.  I can eat, clean, and come on this site and only ten minutes have gone by.  But when I decide to actually start homework, I open my book and look up at an hour has gone by.  I don't know how it takes me an hour to open a book, but I swear it does.  Last night I went to bed, and I actually thought it was Thursday night. It was a little depressing when I realized that it wasn't Thursday.  Then this morning I woke up at 8 and freaked out becaue I thought I had overslept my lab, then I realized I had had lab yesterday, and that was the last one.  Lol, my body clock is just all out of wack.  Oh well, just 2 more papers and a midterm before this week ends.

Anyways, I posted my 501st comment yesterday on the GG board.  Very exciting, but it took me awhile.  Also, no update still.  Very, very annoying. Are we even going to get one this week?

So one of the toilets in my suite is broken and is flooding the restroom floor.  It's pretty gross.  I just filled out a work order for it, so hopefully that will get fixed by this afternoon.  Also, we actually locked our suite door last night.  I think it was due to the Virginia Tech shooting, and the fact that we are afraid that there will be copycats.  It's just strange to hear about a shooting on a college campus. Once you leave high school, you think your out of the danger zone when it comes to school shootings.

Well, I had just my last bio lab of the semester.  So happy about that!!  Officially, I am never going to have an 8 am lab again...at least if I can help it.  That was by far the worst lab time ever.  It was so hard to get out of bed in the morning just because I knew I had lab, and I wouldn't want to go. 

I only have 9 more school days.  I'm so happy, but the bad part is I have a ton due in those 9 days.  I have a chem midterm on Thursday, and I haven't studied yet.  Very bad.  I need to study because my grades have taken a drive this semester.  I just got my bio test back.  I did pretty bad, I got the average. I did notice though that my grade on the test was higher than what it said on my grade print out.  I'll have to talk to my TA about that.  Also, I clearly wrote IgG as one of my answers, and I got it marked wrong, but IgG was the answer.  That was really weird.  I'm going to submit it for a regrade.  The question was only worth a point, but still, just the fact that I put the right answer gets me mad.

Still no real level update.  I only got 2%.  Hopefully this thing will get fixed sometime soon.

Second blog for the day. The other one is about Virginia Tech, below. Well, I just got the new Blue October cd yesterday.  I just finished listening to it right now.  It's really good.  My favorite song is Hate Me, I swear I get goose bumps every time I listen to it.  I probably like Blue October so mcuh because I'm totally obsessed with them and the Red Hot Chili Peppers right now.  I still have to get Stadium Arcadium, but I just haven't been able to find a good deal for that one on ebay yet.  Once I do though, I'm going to be listening to RHCPs like 24/7.

So I just came online after class and saw the msn homepage.  NBC is reporting that a gunman went on to Virginia Tech's campus and started shooting.  At least 31 people were killed at the college this morning, and it is the worst school shooting in US history.  My condolences go out to those families,, and they are in my prayers.  A school shooting has got to be one of the scariest things to live through.  I really don't understand how someone could do that to other people. What a waste of all those lives. Just sad.

So, of course the levels didn't run yesterday.  Hopefully they will run this afternoon because I did over 100 submissions.  I logged on today and had 21 submissions in my queue.  That's the most I've even had, so that was exciting.  Anyways, this is my 51st blog.  Woo hoo!  When I started I never thought I would have 51 things to blog about.  Well, hope everyone is having a nice weekend. I'm stuck being sick.  I think it's a stress cold because I've been stressing about my last two weeks of school.  They are probably going to be the hardest two weeks I've ever had. I have four papers and a midterm next week.  I haven't started 2 of the papers, and I haven't started studying for the midterm. I don't even really want to think about it because I just start getting stressed out again.  Oh well, if I can make it through these next two weeks, finals should be a breeze.

So I just made my 1000th submission.  I've basically just spent the last 3 hours fixing up a guide I just got.  It was probably the worst guide I've even seen.  Episodes that aired in 2006 were in the same season as those that aired in 2002, the original air dates were wrong, and blocks of 15 episodes were just missing.  That took awhile, but I just got done adding air dates, episodes, and arranging everything in order.  I think my head hurts now, but I'm not sure if that was from sorting everything or from the fact that I'm sick.  Anyways, knowing my luck, the level won't run tomorrow, but here's to hoping that they do! 

Ok, so I went to work today and one of the girls I work with said that the squirrel was in the lobby area again yesterday.  She said that he was just sitting there and wouldn't leave, so she had to chase him out.  He went into the tree right outside and waited for her to leave so he could go back in.  I guess our boss feeds him, so he's used to coming in and being with people now.  Great.  I just hope he isn't there when I am because I will probably freak out again.