Introspection

It must be the end of the quarter -- I'm exhausted.

So far as I can tell, it was that damned biochem midterm that did it this time. Then there was Consonance, of course, and no chance to catch up on lost sleep since... but I don't just need sleep to recharge right now. I need time off.

I was doubting recently that I would still qualify as an introvert. I'm not wondering now -- the need for time to myself, specifically time in my own head, is like a thirst. No matter how much I sleep, I'm not going to feel rested until I can spend many more hours reading, or writing, or puttering in the yard. I spent the train ride up reading a book instead of doing flashcards, and I'm aware that I feel much better, even physically, than when I got on the train.

I have three-hour lunches today and next week, which do help. My lab final is next Wednesday, and then we're into finals week... what I'm dreading is that I scheduled most of my spring break for being social. I hope the plane trip out to Indiana can be spent relaxing.

I'm always tired at the end of every term; something always seems to come up that makes me overextend myself. I'm starting to guess that the lack of time off exhausts me as much or more than anything else. Next quarter doesn't look a lot better.

If I'm not reaching out and saying hi, or responding to email promptly, at least you have some idea of why. It's not that I don't like you guys... it's that I've been missing somebody else more. Namely, me.

It's 106 miles to list

I'm not expecting to get everything done this weekend, because there's ( lots to do. )

Spring class schedule is up [f:f]

Oh, and by the way -- if you want to know next quarter's schedule (I start on the 28th), I have another floating post up.

I'm done being Posty McPostalot now.

Um, okay

Having finally looked at my biochem midterm, I can confirm that I retained my score of 72. Seeing as he had told us that the mean had dropped from 70 to 50 on this one, though, I effectively gained almost 20 points with all that studying. I'm satisfied, if a little dismayed by how much effort it took.

We also got our Plant Devel midterms back today. I grabbed mine out of the pile and did a small double-take, then looked up at the board. The mean was 285 or so, okay... other stats like standard deviation, sure... high of 300. What did I get? 300.

Hmm. Well, it wasn't as hard as I had feared going in, so I guess he just went easy on us, and I was one of a handful of people who got a full score. It's unexpected, but not unheard of... I did get a 100/100 on one of the plant prop exams last quarter, and plant anatomy and development is pretty easy for me to understand in general. So I got a 100%, neat, yay, good day.

I showed it to Angela, who proceeded to tell me that in a convo with our TA yesterday, he had mentioned that someone had gotten a 100% on this exam -- and that it was the first person to get a full score in the last twenty years that Sundar's been teaching this class.

Blink. Blink. I started to giggle, and proceeded to chuckle with extreme good humor all the way to the MU.

At least I know I'm in the right line of work...