TA or RA?
Well, today is certainly shaping up to be an interesting day...
Before the end of the weekend, I could be thrust into the high-stress world of being a Teachers' Assistant!
Why, you ask, you nosey people you? Well, we're short on Teachers Assistants, I guess. Dr. Rabideau said that this graduate class is alot smaller than usual classes and that everyone has either some sort of grant or funding. Which is good except that they are a little short on Teachers Assistants. And even though my grades aren't the best (GPA is 2.7. Average GPA for most TAs is over 3.0, my Graduate GPA is, like, 3.75, though :)... I screwed around alot my first years of college.)
I'm excited. I'm not specifically certain why. It won't mean any more money and it will make me all the busier, but i'm excited nonetheless.
So, I went to a big fancy schmancy restaurant last night. My grandmother took my mom, me and Josh and our uncle and aunt and her family to Jon's Flaming Hearth Cafe. It's a beautiful steak restaurant. Very expensive and very good. I ate SOOO much (It COULDN'T have been a good night for my diet). We started with drinks and fresh bread, then came the salads. I had my own and then my great uncle gave me his. (I don't like Raspberry Vinagerette Dressing. I just found this out last night) and then I had Strip Steak and Rice and Steamed Veggies. I ate soooooooooo much. It was good, tho! And a good time was had by all! :)
So let me tell you the continuing adventures of just finding a good scale. I'm out looking for a scale to weigh myself on and watch (hopefully) the weight drop, right? I get a digital first.. it weighs well ONCE then dies. The second digital never weighs me. It just reads "EE". So I gave up on digital and got an analog. Which is very good from the range of, say, 50-240. But over 240.. it doesn't weight people right. Shifts in weight bring changes of 10 or 15 pounds. It said last night I was 280 and then, this morning, it said 295 (My actual weight is about 297. So 295 was KINDA close, but..) So hopefully my mom returns that tonight and I'll go looking for something better :P
GRAR! I WANT A WORKING SCALE! :P
I dun wanna have to guess if I'm dieting by realizing a couple months later that pants that were tight on my before feel just right again.
Still working out hard. Think maybe I overdid it a little last night. I came home and was stiff.. really stiff.
So I'm finally registered for all my classes.
In case I haven't said, let me tell you about my four classes (more detail about the 3 I've been in so far. I'll be in the 4th class at 2:00 today)
Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays I'm in
Advanced Mathematics For Civil Engineers - It APPEARS to be a very applied course in mathematics, calculus, series, imaginary numbers etc. I feel I'll do well in it because I'm good at math.
Environmental Fluid Mechanics - The GRADUATE course of Fluid Mechanics. I know the instructor, Dr. Rabideau (well, for one he's my boss, but i've had him as a teacher before too). This class will be TOUGH. His homeworks will be TOUGH. But as long as I work my ass off to keep on top, I should be fine.
On Tuesdays I have,
Advanced Groundwater - It's basically a course on analysis Groundwater flow, but through analytic methods instead of the usual numerical. It will be another tough course, but I'm sure I can stay on top.
On Thursdays I have,
Environmental Engineering Practicum - Don't yet know what this class will be like. It's taught by Dr. Weber, though, and he is a really good teacher, so I'll probably be fine.
What else? Hmmmmm...
Can't think of anything else.
OK, I'll end this, then. :)
Before the end of the weekend, I could be thrust into the high-stress world of being a Teachers' Assistant!
Why, you ask, you nosey people you? Well, we're short on Teachers Assistants, I guess. Dr. Rabideau said that this graduate class is alot smaller than usual classes and that everyone has either some sort of grant or funding. Which is good except that they are a little short on Teachers Assistants. And even though my grades aren't the best (GPA is 2.7. Average GPA for most TAs is over 3.0, my Graduate GPA is, like, 3.75, though :)... I screwed around alot my first years of college.)
I'm excited. I'm not specifically certain why. It won't mean any more money and it will make me all the busier, but i'm excited nonetheless.
So, I went to a big fancy schmancy restaurant last night. My grandmother took my mom, me and Josh and our uncle and aunt and her family to Jon's Flaming Hearth Cafe. It's a beautiful steak restaurant. Very expensive and very good. I ate SOOO much (It COULDN'T have been a good night for my diet). We started with drinks and fresh bread, then came the salads. I had my own and then my great uncle gave me his. (I don't like Raspberry Vinagerette Dressing. I just found this out last night) and then I had Strip Steak and Rice and Steamed Veggies. I ate soooooooooo much. It was good, tho! And a good time was had by all! :)
So let me tell you the continuing adventures of just finding a good scale. I'm out looking for a scale to weigh myself on and watch (hopefully) the weight drop, right? I get a digital first.. it weighs well ONCE then dies. The second digital never weighs me. It just reads "EE". So I gave up on digital and got an analog. Which is very good from the range of, say, 50-240. But over 240.. it doesn't weight people right. Shifts in weight bring changes of 10 or 15 pounds. It said last night I was 280 and then, this morning, it said 295 (My actual weight is about 297. So 295 was KINDA close, but..) So hopefully my mom returns that tonight and I'll go looking for something better :P
GRAR! I WANT A WORKING SCALE! :P
I dun wanna have to guess if I'm dieting by realizing a couple months later that pants that were tight on my before feel just right again.
Still working out hard. Think maybe I overdid it a little last night. I came home and was stiff.. really stiff.
So I'm finally registered for all my classes.
In case I haven't said, let me tell you about my four classes (more detail about the 3 I've been in so far. I'll be in the 4th class at 2:00 today)
Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays I'm in
Advanced Mathematics For Civil Engineers - It APPEARS to be a very applied course in mathematics, calculus, series, imaginary numbers etc. I feel I'll do well in it because I'm good at math.
Environmental Fluid Mechanics - The GRADUATE course of Fluid Mechanics. I know the instructor, Dr. Rabideau (well, for one he's my boss, but i've had him as a teacher before too). This class will be TOUGH. His homeworks will be TOUGH. But as long as I work my ass off to keep on top, I should be fine.
On Tuesdays I have,
Advanced Groundwater - It's basically a course on analysis Groundwater flow, but through analytic methods instead of the usual numerical. It will be another tough course, but I'm sure I can stay on top.
On Thursdays I have,
Environmental Engineering Practicum - Don't yet know what this class will be like. It's taught by Dr. Weber, though, and he is a really good teacher, so I'll probably be fine.
What else? Hmmmmm...
Can't think of anything else.
OK, I'll end this, then. :)