Let me tell you about my day…and it’s only 11:00 a.m.!

I stayed in AA last night due to the forcast of multiple inches of snow.  Though the total snowfall here in AA was probably less than forcast, it was still significant enough to make the digging out of the car, and the drive of a few miles to the bus stressful.   I was glad I left early;  the bus ride, normally 30 minutes, turned into 50 as it lumbered through unplowed streets, picking up wayward vagabonds, people bundled in scarfs, hats and coats, no faces showing and up to their knees in snow, from the sides of the road.  Still, I was the first person to arrive at the classroom for our exam.

At 9:10, the exam to begin in 5 minutes, the professor asked those of us there where everyone was.  Amazingly maybe half the class was still absent.  Throughout the first 40 minutes students trailed in.  I would have been totally freaked out if I were 30 minutes late to an exam.  But turns out the test wasn’t that difficult.  Sure there were a couple of things that would have been simple had I thought to look at them while studying, and probably stuff I got almost right, but not totally correct; but all in all I know I passed.  Which was, after all, all I was praying for.

So now I am sitting in a study room up in the stacks of the graduate library.  This particular study room has a window overlooking central campus.  The sun is shining, the snow is fresh and white.  From this vantage point, the students who have just been released from classes and are moving up and down the zig zag sidewalks look like ants in some web based computer game.  Wish I had my camera!

I have seven hours before I start my work shift.  I’m going to write a paper for a presentation I have to do a week from tomorrow.  It’s a group thing, and I want to get it done before tomorrow when we meet.  I am so relieved to have this midterm over.  I know I have the practical midterm for the same class next week, and I know that will stress me out even more.  Though I understand the underlying concepts, actually DOING computer coding is just beyond my grasp at the moment.  But today…well…today I’m just going to enjoy the sun, write the paper, eat my lunch…and smile.