Adios Calculus 1, Hello Work!

My calculus final was Wednesday and I found out my grade today, so I am officially done with probably the most difficult class I have taken to date. There were at least three times when I seriously considered dropping the class. In the end, I am glad I didn’t. That said, it just means I “get” to start Calculus 2 on September 2.

I will miss my Calc 1 class for a few reasons: a) There was a guy in the class with some severe vision problems, he was a real trooper since he had to sit in the front row with his very thick glasses and still had to use binoculars to see that board. I really admire his desire to learn since that’s above and beyond what most lazy students would do. One thing to realize is that he also had a sleep disorder and so once or twice per class, he would fall asleep and snore and/or drop his binoculars. It kept the rest of us awake. b) There was a girl I sat by in class who had hair that was longer than the super short-shorts she wore. She liked to rock an antique Star Trek shirt and I sometimes wondered what her life must be like outside of class. c) My teacher, although not 100% on the English language, was “the nicest, most passionate about the subject, most concerned about the students” professor I’ve had. I know I wouldn’t have passed with out his help!

With the grand success of finishing class yesterday, I celebrated by working 13 hours today. My part-time, 20 hours a week schedule, has been about 40 hours a week since the start of July. I think things will let up sometime next week. At least I will have a couple weeks to truly relax before it all begins again.

I did have a nice celebration with D. and my mom last night post-final. We had beers and appetizers and then saw movies. D. saw Dark Night since he wouldn’t subject himself to Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants with the girls. There was one gentleman in the movie and his eyes seemed to roll back in his head sometime around the previews. Anyways, I loved it!