Snippet of an IRC chat with my friend Val:
Bertha: I really can’t tell if my internet connection is getting slower, or if I’m just getting less patient.
Val: Yes.
Apr 282008
Bertha
Oven Shopping
Geek Wannabe, General
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Apr 262008
Our oven has been in this house since it was built. It doesn’t heat well, a couple of the burners are askew, and the door doesn’t close properly. We’ve been talking about replacing it for a while now, but one of us (ahem) keeps putting it off.
Today mi esposo said, “We need to resolve this problem with the oven. Come with me and we’ll go look at ovens and decide which one we want.”
I immediately entered Whine Mode. “I don’t wanna. I hate shopping.”
“It’s not that bad.”
“We’ll have to go to a whole bunch of different stores.”
“At least three or four, yes.”
“But I really hate shopping.”
“But you’ll do it anyway, because you love me,” he said brightly.
“…you bastard.”
Guess what I’ve been doing all day? They deliver the thing next weekend.
One More Week!
Accounting Stuff, Geek Wannabe, General
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Apr 252008
We’ve got one more week of classes—two days of actual class, and three days of exams.
Two of my classes aren’t actually having exams. One is having a guest speaker come talk to us about her real-life work experience with fraud and internal controls; in the other one we’re just supposed to stand in front of the class and give a brief presentation on the final paper we wrote. Normally I loathe presentations, but this is a very laid-back class and all the students are very supportive of each other. I don’t anticipate it being a problem. (I finished the paper itself several weeks ago.)
This morning out of curiosity I calculated what I need on my Intermediate final if I want to make an A in the class. Turns out I’ll need at least a 32. I’m not too worried about that final.
Yesterday the three of us who competed in the PBL State Leadership Conference went to a little award ceremony in the student lounge to get our certificates. During the ceremony I learned that the tests we took were 400-level tests. As in, some of the people we were competing against were fourth-year university students. Maybe sixth place wasn’t that bad.
I think I embarrassed Super Smart Guy a bit when I cheered as he went to accept his first-place plaque. You really just can’t take me anywhere.