Mid-terms are OVER! I’m trying hard to keep my A’s, but it’s at the point now where I’m just doing my best. And if that means getting a B, well then so be it. Either way, my GPA isn’t going to move but 0.05 points in either direction. No use worrying.
Last night I got to hang out with several girl friends of mine. We ate chili and chips & salsa, drank beers, sat around the campfire, and talked about girl stuff (mainly boobs). Sometimes you don’t realize how awesome your friends are until you all get a little sloshed around a campfire.
Then I came home to find that my roommate has yet again parked in my parking space (where my car is for 95% of the time since I rarely drive it). I put a note on her car asking her not to do it again. Because really, who parks in someone else’s parking space? It’s not like there aren’t 1,000 other places for her to put her car — we live on a farm. Then I went to my room, turned on the heater, and put on some music to fall asleep. Cranky roommate knocks on my door and says to turn down the bass because she has to work in the morning. It was only midnight, but whatever, I turned it down (even though it wasn’t loud to begin with). Then I wake up *before* she does, to find out that “I have to work in the morning” means “I have to leave for work at 10am” ??? Who bitches about something at midnight, when they don’t have to get up for another 9 hours? Blah.
Today I called up my friend Patrick, whom I haven’t seen in a while, and asked him if he wanted to do lunch. Of course, yes. 15 bike miles, one wrong turn, and an hour and 10 minutes later I was at his house, helping to chop up veggies for a “What do I have left in the refrigerator?” meal. Needless to say, it was, as always, delicious. We had cooked cabbage and julienned carrots, jalapeño-sauteed venison, rice, and pinto beans. YUM. Somehow I made it back home in only 50 minutes. Slam!
Tonight my friend Dani is having a soiree a su casa. More food and friends.
I like this weekend.
Published on
September 17, 2006 in
life and school.
Everybody keeps asking me what I am doing after I graduate.
Here’s the plan.
January – June 2007: I will be in Madrid, Spain working for the USDA FAS division. They still haven’t sent down the decisions yet. I should know by October 6th if I am selected. Keep your fingers crossed for me — I really really want to get this position. It sounds like a challenging job and I’ve always been interested in working for the government on global agricultural issues. If I don’t land the internship, I have no idea what I will do for the first 2/3 of next year.
June – August 2007: If everything goes as planned, I will be travelling through Europe for 2 months and working on various farms. Ideally it would be for 2 weeks on a farm in Italy, France, Spain, and Austria plus a 2-week buffer for travelling time. And I would hopefully have a chance also to visit my friend Elke!
August 2007 – ???: Working on a PhD in Crop Science at NCSU.
Published on
September 17, 2006 in
life.
My friend Liz just had her 30th birthday party last night. It was awesome. I still can’t believe we’ve known each other for about 12 years now. Sometimes I wonder where the last 12 years went. I think we all do. I’ll be 30 in a year and a half, but most people still guess that I’m 23 or 24, so I think that’s a good thing.
I saw Lisa last night. Adorable. We’re going to Atlanta together next weekend.
My brother turns 27 tomorrow.
Mom drove up and took me out to lunch today.
And my Frank Black tickets came in the mail on Saturday. Hooray!
Can’t say I have anything to complain about these days.
Published on
September 11, 2006 in
life and school.
Well, I studied my ass off for my second Herbaceous ID test.
Tried to go to sleep last night at midnight, with a plan to wake up at 6:30 am and study more. Only I ended up not being able to sleep until about 3 am. Partly this was due to (I think) the four cups of coffee I had yesterday morning… I don’t think the caffeine had worn off 14 hours later, if you can believe that. The other thing was this goddamn bus that is parked at our house… it’s part of some farm/restaurant tour (don’t ask)… anyway, the guy driving it decided it would be a good idea to crank it up, rev the engine, make noise, and spew diesel fumes into my bedroom at 1:30 am. Needless to say, we weren’t happy.
So anyhow, I’m really really tired today. And not being able to sleep last night has totally screwed up the plans I had for tonight. Hopefully they can get rescheduled… I’m keeping my fingers crossed. Right now I’m running on empty, and this does not make a happy Ben.
And the test? I think I got another 100.