**First, some good news: I just took my first midterm exam in 15 years and got a 97% on it. (And I must admit that I got one wrong in just a bone-headed wrote-the-wrong-letter-choice-when-I-knew-the-correct-answer move.
**Newest pet peeve: “It’s like, you know, um, I like, went to, like, New York and like, hung out or something.” I swear to the god of your choice that some of these kids can talk for an hour and say 1 minute’s worth of conversation. I fear for them when they try to get a non-Gap job.
**Getting older stinks. I’m crapping out in my Color Theory class because I can’t see reflected color or subtle tints any longer.
**True story: My friend’s 5th-grader took a math test on money. She breezed through the test and then got to the last one: “How did you figure out the above answers?” Her answer: “I know my money.”
** I’m learning to loathe exchange rates and credit card balances (and yes, they are connected).
**Sleep is good. Too bad I’m seeing so little of it!
**I take the Metrolink into downtown LA four days a week (1 day for work, 3 days for classes). It’s a commuter train, and takes me 1hr 20min to 1 hour 40 minutes, depending on time of day. Generally I catch the train at either 6:30 or 7:00am, meaning I get up around 5. Welcome to the real world!
**I’m really hoping that next term I’ll have some classes that are more collaborative – I’m learning a lot, but everything is so solitary. I’m hoping to get some work that’s more group-oriented.
**We’re never as good at things as we think we will be; conversely, we’re usually much better at some things than we ever knew or will realize.
**You just can’t find Bit-o-Honey candy anywhere anymore!
