This week flew by

I know it's only Thursday, but this week was supposed to be the week where I was able to get ahead of the work that I have coming up next month. Unfortunately, that didn't really happen. I still have today to do some work and this weekend, but I am nowhere near being ahead. The only exception is that I began searching for information on building tables in HTML and CSS. The final project for ECM1110 requires the building of a website with tables, but we will not be learning tables for another few weeks. We learned tables in ECM1120, but that's irrelevant because we can't use Dreamweaver for the ECM1110 project.

We were just given an ACC1145 assignment that's due next Thursday. I'm going to try and take care of that this weekend. Or at least get it started. That's something that I could work out maybe Saturday. There's a classmate of mine that wants some help on the ENG1111 research paper (which I might add is going to be handed in late), so I'm thinking that Saturday would be a good day for the library.

I plan on going to the library on Sunday too. I have to get busy on all this schoolwork. I switched teas from the "goat" to the ginkgo. I'm going to need all the brain power that I can to be able to pull off this last month of school. (5)

Crunch Time

The last month of school is here. That means end projects and finals. All of my classes have a gang-load of work due before the end of next month. Will I be able to do it all? Of course. Will I be able to hold my head through this time of stress? I sure as hell hope so.

I have two websites to design and build for ECM1101 and ECM1120. I also have a business plan to compile for ECM1101, a research paper for ENG1111, and two Accounting assignments for ACC1145. I have to begin some of this work this week or else I'll be behind and hustling to get ahead next week.

I kind of lucked out with my job because I'm only working one day this week and two days the week thereafter. Money'll be tight for the next two months, but I'll have the time to do the work I have to. I just have to stay focused. (8)

I finally got a bike

I finally got the bike that my dad had offered me in the early summer.  A red Peugeot Looxor 150cc that rides like a tricyclye.  It's so light compared to the People 150cc that I was riding occasionally.  The Looxor needs a new mirror on the righthand side and probably a new basket.  My dad hooked me up, so I only have to pay for the licensing and insurance, which comes to $250.  A steal considering a bike like this would cost upwards to $1000, at least.  This couldn't come at a better time.  I start over at the new restaurant next week and I want to be able to travel with ease.  

There's work tonight, and I have to go pick up my new uniform and my schedule for next week.  I need some rest so I think I'll go and make things happen. (6)

I aced it.

I aced my ACC1145 exam.  I was pleasantly surprise when I seen the grade of 98%.  That's an A.  I was so worried that I would have to drop this grade and have an A- to fall back on.  The only error I made was one that I missed because I was so focused on all of the other material.  I feel like I did good, but also I feel like I just managed to scrape by.

I said that I put little effort into the class and I still feel that way.  All the studying I did was an hour and a half before the exam.  It was material that I had done for the assignment that was handed in the week of mid-terms, but I usually don't hold on to the accounting procedures I learn.  I'm more interested in web-design.

I handed in a research paper today for ENG1111.  Four drafts including the final, with three sources.  I'm one of the few who was prepared to hand in the assignment today.  I feel a bit robbed in that class because I had gotten an A-, yet I'm one of the only people who get to class on time, hand in my work on time, and do my best to follow the standards and requirements of the assignments.  Most of the other students should be getting C's and D's, as well as a few F's in there to motivate some of the slouches.  Not being the professor, I'll just leave my rant for here.  Still, my point is that I don't even benefit from other people's shoddy performances making mine appear better. (1)

Procrastination and Accounting

I can't help procrastinating on the ACC1145 studying that I should be doing now. I know that I got an 80% on the last exam (didn't help that it's considered an A-), but I'm just really tired and really not interested. I said that I have to be careful about something like this. I did almost everything else I had to do today and the rest of my week seems like it's going to be pretty straightforward. I would feel better if I went into this exam confident about everything I had to know for it. Also I'd like an A.

I didn't get much sleep last night for a few reasons. I was woken in the middle of the night by my aunt. She seemed to be suffering from some sort of sleep dementia. I was deep asleep about to hit dreamland, literally. Once she woke me up though, that was over for about three hours. When I was finally able to go back to sleep, I was woken again. This time by my cousin's boyfriend telling me that I could take a shower in his bathroom whenever I wanted to. Granted that was good news, but I was far from ready to take a shower for at least another hour and a half. My priority was getting some sleep before the long day I had ahead of me.

Now I'm tired as hell and I need to study. I've already fallen asleep twice on my books so I'm thinking that I should just throw in the towel; get to bed extra early tonight; and study my ass off in the morning. I'd rather that than do a poor job studying and forget everything during the exam because I was too tired to retain the information. I've already said I have a problem with that in ACC1145 anyway. As much as I would like to (and that may be the problem there) I just can't hold onto any accounting lessons after and outside of class. So I will be studying before the exam. It's just a matter of how much material. (8)

What day is it?

I think it's Sunday.

Finally finished up the work week. The last two nights make the school week seem like a distant past. I hustled my tail off and got out extra late both Friday and Saturday night. I think I have to remember to hold my head these next few weeks. I'll be changing jobs and also beginning a few term projects, so I can't let myself lose any momentum. I know if I relax for too long I'll just end up in slouch mode and try to get by on my mid-term grades. If I do that I might end up with B's and C's instead of those A's I'm shooting for.

My next day at the job is Wednesday, but I have to go and introduce myself to my new maitre'd to ensure that I'll be put on the schedule when it's time. There is also a few meetings at school. Spirit Day is this coming Friday and I have to be prepared for that. That's RSO work. It looks like it's going to be a hearty week. (0)

Weekend's here

It looks like it's going to be job-centered. I'm off to work now, an hour early for a meeting, and tomorrow I'm in almost two hours early for a special event. I have school work to complete so that looks like my Sunday. I'm really not looking forward to all this. I'd much rather stay here at school where the work has a defined end to itself. (5)

Back to school

I guess you can tell by the space between my last post and this one. I ended up doing very well on all my exams (the lock ended up being perfect after all). But now this week I'm expecting a toughie.

The PGA is in town and that means that work has been predicted to be extra busy. Extra busy means I work and extra day. A day that I usually use for studying or doing homework. There are only about five weeks left of class and those final assignments aren't going to do themselves. The same goes for the exams. Speaking of which, I have an ACC1145 exam next Tuesday. It looks like I'm going to be studying this Sunday, which will be my first day off.

The RSO is also going to be taking up a lot of my attention because Spirit Day is next Friday I believe and we are supposed to have a newsletter and a presentation booth ready by then. Realistically, it doesn't look like it'll happen, but I'm going to do my best to get something done on my end. I'm the project leader for the newsletter and it'll reflect bad on me if I have to make excuses for my team. I guess I should start writing my piece then. (4)

The thrill is gone

The excitement from doing well for my mid-term assessments is wearing off. This is because of my job. I worked last night and it was not pleasant. The staff has been trimmed dramatically which makes it hard for us to manage when it gets busy. For the past few weeks nightly reservations have been averaging around forty or fifty. Last night they were one hundred and ten. Each of us had to do our best to help out each other, but at the same time not expect any help ourselves. It was a drag. It doesn't help that I hadn't served customers outside of the bar for a few weeks either. Now I'm about to head in to my job this afternoon and I'm hoping that tonight will be easier. (6)

It's official

ECM 1120 is an A.
ECM 1110 is an A.
ACC 1145 is an A-.
ENG 1111 is an A-.

The RSO was a pass and ECM 1101 hasn't been posted yet. I'm pleased, but those two A-'s seem like such a rip because there's no one to fault but me. I got a whole half of semester to bring them up because I'm striving for a 4.0. (8)

**ECM 1101 is an A. (9)

Still up in the air

The A- that I claimed for ACC 1145 may have been premature. I hadn't checked my grades for the semester yet, so that may be the A- that I received on the exam a few weeks ago. I'm hoping that the assignment that I handed in yesterday will push me up to an A.

On another note, I was told by another student that they "may have seen" that I got a perfect score on my ECM 1110 mid term exam. Y'kno, the lock. I still can't accept that as the grade until I'm holding it in my own hands. Still, I offered to help out my source because he didn't score that well. Regardless of all this, I'm going to be checking for my grades all through the rest of the week. (8)

More of the same

ACC 1145's assessment is also an A-. Are we seeing a pattern here? (0)

Mid term assesments begin

ENG 1111 is an A-. She said that doesn't include one assignment that hasn't been graded yet. She grades hard but fair. I really don't like being an A- student, but as of now that's my college experience. Let's do better. (5)

The waiting game

All assignments are in and all exams are taken. Now it's just a matter of time. I'm concerned about these grades because I haven't taken exams like this in a really long time. I'm sure I passed them all, but there is this nagging worry that I messed up somewhere. Most of the work I've done this semester has come back graded lower than I expected (with the exception of ECM 1110). But that was with good reason. I was cocky and missed errors that I made. Let's hope that doesn't happen again.

The ECM 1120 project is up in the air. He hasn't graded any of the work we've handed in, so I don't know where I stand. All I know is that none of my assignments have been late and none have had to been done over.
Forecast: favorable.

I've already said how I feel ACC 1145 is a class that gets little of my attention. I handed in my assignment today and was able to run through the class exercises after they're shown to me once. In fact, there was an exercise we were doing today that I completed in its entirety before we were told to move on to the second part. I just hope that my speed didn't cost me points by way of stupid errors that I didn't check.
Forecast: favorable, with a chance of disappointment.

ECM 1101's three essay exam today was okay. I knew all the answers, but was still at a loss for words. The three questions I chose were straightforward without having to dig too deep. Even so, I struggled to reach the word count. Each essay was to be 300-600 words and two of mine just made it past 300. But I knew my stuff.
Forecast: good.

My last exam today was too easy for me. On the ECM 1110 quiz we had earlier, I got 97.5%. It wasn't an error, but something I forgot. However, no points were taken off for missing quotations in the code, because they didn't affect how the code worked. For this exam points would be taken off for something like that. I made sure I had all my quotes. I found one error when I went over the exam, but I still feel like I could have missed something.
Forecast: excellent, with scattered worry.

All that being said, the exams are over and the break begins the day after tomorrow. It's only a few days, but I'm free for a while. It was a good day, and I got to flex some intellect. Still, I'm glad it's over. (9)

Right on schedule

All the work that I wanted to complete today has been completed. I've been studying for that ECM 1101 exam that I'm taking tomorrow and it's a lot more material than I thought. I guess I'll be putting in some time tomorrow morning before ACC 1145. That's time I would've spent completing the mid-term assignment, if I hadn't completed it already. Anyway, as I said, there's a lot riding on this exam. I have to do well or else.

It's strange. I feel like I could be doing more, but I make do. I'm putting a lot of effort into not failing. I'm actually far from failing, but I really wonder what potential I have if I applied myself more. Web design is what I want to do, but there has to be more. There is more, but I don't think I'm ready or able to pursue it yet. (5)

Heavy workload this weekend

Over the next week Ill be taking my mid-terms. I have two exams and two assignments to hand in. One assignment is due tomorrow. The other and the two exams are Tuesday. Am I prepared?

Almost.

The assignment ECM 1120 has to be finished. It's due tomorrow morning, but that will not take long to complete. The assignment for ACC 1145 is about 70% complete. I began working on it yesterday before I went in to my job. There are still two problems left to do. It'd be nice to finish them today.

Studying for the two exams will take place today and tomorrow. ECM 1110 is a lock. I'm making that claim because we get to use a cheat sheet. There's a little pressure in doing well on the ECM 1101 exam. Two essay questions on concepts and history of E-Commerce. For me, that's harder to study for than code. Six revenue models, early packet-switching networks, encapsulation...

Although not as pressing, I still have to come up with a topic for ENG 1111. We have a cause and effect research essay due after the break. I was thinking something along the lines of cosmetics and health. I have to formulate a thesis around three sources that are available in the school library. If that doesn't develop well then I might have to go into a more esoteric topic.

About twelve hours left in the weekend. (3)

The RSO wasn't mentioned in my last post

It's Friday. I just finished starting the MenSpeak blog. The RSO is looking like it might be a lot of work, but it's just the type of project I was looking to be involved in. I'm concerned whether I would be taking too much on with not only being one of the PR guys, but also the Project Leader of the newsletter we're planning to put out. I'll make it work though. There's really no other choice.

I got the night off from work, so I'm looking forward to getting some school work done. Even if it's just a little. (5)

Put myself to work

Eight posts last month. I'm doing better, but I'm getting it handed to me. Since last week I've

1. Completed my mid-term assignment ECM1120
   
2. Solidified good mid-term assessments for ECM1120 & ENG1111
   
3. Learned .css
   
4. Called Mom for her birthday
   
5. Worked the Bermuda Music Festival
   

There's no mention of any ACC because I'm not trying very hard in that class. I got an A- on the first exam. The mid-term assignment is due next week and I haven't even looked at it yet. But I will do better.

October's begun (0)