Well, I've almost finished my second quarter of college. Given that I don't have another final for four days, I was browsing around and actually reread my last journal entry. Boy, how things have changed.

First and foremost, one thing has not changed-I still absolutely love Davis, both the school and the city. Last Friday was the one-year anniversary of me knowing I would be an Ag, and I do not regret it one bit. I'm not saying that I wouldn't love any other place as much as this. What I mean is that I am completely satisfied with my life here, even with a few up and downs.

So it's finals week, and instead of being a good little student and actually studying, I'm relaxing on the computer. I think it's a fairly valid thing to do though. For one, I only have one final left, and it isn't even until Saturday. (Whoever thought of having finals on a Saturday needs to be shot.) Second of all, I was studying all weekend for my German final today and working on my leadership final project, both of which went really well. And third of all, I just got my Macbook back from the tech center today, after bringing it in on Friday for making weird noises. The noises are still there, but the new fan is ordered to replace it and make my computer nearly silent.

As I said, my German final was today, and I am actually really pleased with how well I feel I did. For the first time since I started German last quarter, I actually answered EVERY question, leaving absolutely none blank (amazing), and I knew the stuff cold. I'm expecting a very high grade for it, which surprisingly upsets me a little. See, my first test of the quarter, I failed. 59%, to be exact. After that, I changed my grading for the class to Pass/No Pass, rather than getting a grade and having it affect my GPA (yeah, sadly, GPA and grades still matter in college). Since then, though, my test and quiz scores have skyrocketed, and my TA even told me during his office hours that I was doing very well and was a little disappointed that I wouldn't be graded in the class. Oh, irony.

Next quarter is looking to be one hell of a quarter, and I don't necessarily mean that in a good way. I mean, I got all the classes I wanted, and most of them the times I wanted as well. However, I'm taking 19 units. (Frame of reference-taking 15 units is considered normal and on-track for graduation.) German 3, Creative Writing: Fiction, linear algebra, microeconomics, and Gospel Choir. Thursdays will be the death of me, though. Fiction: 8-10, German: 10-11, Math lab: 11-12, Econ: 1:30-3, Econ discussion: 6-7. Math should especially be interesting, since I am skipping my last quarter of calculus to move on to the linear algebra. Technically, that last calculus class isn't a prerequisite, and I'll be taking it over the summer at De Anza, but I do wonder if that is going to hurt me at all.

Next year's plans are already in the works, too. I know who I'm living with, and we've signed the lease at one of the most popular apartments in Davis (because of location, price, and generally a nice place to live). That had so much drama involved in finding roommates and everything, the story of which I shall not put here because I don't know how much the other three want on the internet. 'Tis a story I shall be sharing with some people whether they want to hear it or not, though, and if you're interested in it, feel free to ask-it's not like it's a huge secret we're trying to hide. And with any luck, I may start planning next quarter for possibly studying abroad my junior year, either for a quarter or an entire year.

Oh, and one last piece of BIG news from up here. So, I may have complained to some of you how much I could not stand my roommate and how we never got along and, at times, how much of a bitch she was. Friday afternoon ended up being a fantastic afternoon, as she announced, and then followed through on, that she was going to move out to her friend's room. She's still on the floor, and I still see her, but I don't have to live with her anymore, I don't have to deal with her and her boyfriend anymore. Not to mention, I have the entire double-occupancy room to myself now. I really could not be any happier. Although, when I told my mom about this, she didn't sound too happy about it. I don't know why, it's not like I'm going to be charged anymore, and she knew how much we didn't get along.

Wow, this ended up being much more of a giant mind dump than I planned it to be. Honestly, I just meant to say a couple of things to give an overall update, in case people cared to hear it. It sort of just exploded into this entire thing. Makes me wish I still had a real blog to put all this mind dump into. Perhaps I shall start one again, sometime when I'm not too lazy.