You know, I have mixed feelings about these moments in my graduate school career where I am on the cusp of completing some project or near taking a big exam. I mean, they are certainly chock-full of stress. But they also have this wonderful promise of self-gratifying relief when they are over or accomplished. I think it is entirely possible to become addicted to it. It pairs well with procrastination, of which I am a fan.

So tomorrow is the big Sequence Analysis Final tomorrow. I'm not really concerned anymore, becuase I have gone over all the material, and sometimes the exam structure has been blatantly odd or unfair in the past (aka a test of 70% TorF questions?!) so I know that there is only so much that I can do to avoid destruction. And if I get destroyed, well, then mom's dream will come true and I'll get a C (she had a dream about that). Grad students are supposed to maintain a B average for each semester. Blargh. So many years of straight or near-straight A's, and one bad class can mean so much.

Life is pretty good though. Very confusing at times, but I won't complain. Pretty much all drama and stress is of my own doing. So the beds I make, I lie in, and that's about that.

Almost time to drive home to WV (next sunday), and already I have learned I'll miss the rapidly-becoming-legendary McMechen bar crawl (there are a total of 5 in all of the city/township of McMechen). I think though I'm most excited about getting to see my family, my dog Mocha, the cats, and a slew of new and growing cousins from the second wave of kids on the Pollack side (I and my siblings were part of the first, and I am the eldest grandchild). So yay!

Finally, if you are bored, you may want to watch a movie trailer:

http://www.thenewworldmovie.com/trailer_qt_large.html