I actually woke up on time this morning. Sort of. Well, I woke up with enough time to get ready, eat, and not be in a huge hurry. I had oatmeal for breakfast. It was good. When I make oatmeal it's either with brown sugar and maple syrup or white sugar and frozen blueberries. I'm not sure which I like better. I might try just brown sugar... or perhaps honey. Hm. I'm not quite sure.
During investments we started off with a two question quiz over the video we watched on Friday. Originally Dr. Foley was going to give us bonus points for the quiz, but then decided not to. To clarify: he was going to give us 25 bonus points for any class that he is not teaching. So I'm going to see if Mr. Frye will go for it on Wednesday. During the actual class we started talking about forward rates and spot rates, which are a very big theme on exam FM. Dr. Foley introduced this topic with: "We're going to start a section on the term structure of interest rates. Joel, you'll like this. You've had it before so you should know it." It was funny. After class I randomly ran into (almost) someone I'd met on Saturday at the Taste of Africa dinner. Yeah, that's about the end of that short little story.
In between classes Tim got us all up to date on how having a child is going and the adventures that entails. He said that it's going much better than he had anticipated, especially since he had done nothing with a baby since he was about 7 years old (he is now 27). He was telling us about some of the things he has learned so far... like how important it is to have things set out for changing the baby before it is night time, because waking up in the middle of the night gets you very disoriented. And you might just happen to change the wet blanket after changing your child's clothes (that might have happened to him). Then we heard Kathryn's account of watching Erica's dog (Howie) last night. Kathryn is not a dog person... she is a cat person. Her knowledge of dogs is at about the same level as my knowledge of make-up: I know it exists and there a lot of people who know a lot about it... and there are different kinds of it. And people spend a lot of money on it to make them happy. The end. So Howie kept her up all night. It would have been more comical were Kathryn not so miserable from getting all of 3 hours of sleep last night. I don't recall anyone else having super exciting stories to share.
Then it was off to life con. Our quiz got moved back to Thursday, so I am excited. The down side of that is that it's very difficult to be productive when I don't have anything due until Thursday.
Dustin was really tired today, so we didn't go to the gym. I was not sad. So I went home, had a salad... and was still hungry. So I made a bunch of rice and ate it. It was really good. I haven't had rice in a long time, but I still like it a lot. Just so you all know. I played a game for a little bit, then did some dishes. Talked with Andre for a bit about his choice of avoiding red meat... and how much we love bacon. Originally I was going to meet a couple of my students from the Fall at Jamba Juice at 3, but they had to cancel at the last minute. I was sad. So then I went to go do homework.
I started off doing probability, but I got discouraged because I tried 3 problems and couldn't get them. Mostly because I haven't done any probability in about 5 days... I think I'm at the point where I need to study every day from now until the exam. I'm going to start with maybe 1 to 2 hours each day for the next couple of weeks, then go 2 to 3 for the next 2 weeks, then 3 to 4 for the remaining two weeks. That should do it, I hope. I don't feel awful about it because I have 6 weeks of review from this point on. We have gone through the entire manual, so all I have left is tons of review. I was not at this point for FM until about 3 weeks before the exam. So I still have plenty of time.
Kathryn came over for dinner and I made the salmon that I got at the store the other day. It turned out really well. It would have been better grilled... but I do not have a grill. But cooked on the skillet was really good too! Then for dessert I made fried apples, since I had a couple apples that were getting old.
After that Miles and Jared and I were going to play some games together, but Jared's computer wasn't working properly. Then Miles had to go run some errands. So that kind of didn't work. Maybe tomorrow. So I just kind of browsed the internet for a while... and now I'm going to bed! Good night!
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4.02.2012
3.31.2012
Day 312
Good morning, all. I was way too tired to update this last night, so here it is now!
Yesterday morning I really considered not going to class, but I decided that I should just do it. So off I went. I'm actually glad that I did go because in Investments we watched a PBS Nova on the stock market, particularly two economists named Black and Scholes, who created a definitive pricing formula for option and derivative pricing. It was really good. On our way to the Atrium after class I was talking with Jacob about the video and I just mentioned how much I like Novas. So he asked me which ones I'd seen and I told him about the one I'd watched on String Theory. Later on in the day I sent him a link for it to watch online... Because it really is that awesome. If you have about 3 hours to spare, I highly recommend watching the PBS Nova "an elegant universe."
During life con we went over some ways of solving the various differential equations that we've encountered during our class. Since this May will be the first time the new MLC exam is being used, no one really knows what exactly will be on it. So... This will be interesting for anyone taking it.
After class I came back to my apartment and had lunch. I considered being productive, did some amount of cleaning, then decided I was tired of that and played video games for a bit. Then I decided to look for a Nova to watch. So I found one on space. It's really long (4 hours) so i just watched the first part. But I hope to finish it soon.
Kathryn came over for dinner. I made pizza with bacon. It turned out really well. After dinner we went to family video and got Spider-man. Even though I've seen it about 2 million times I still love it. So much amazingness. Then we talked for a while about... Life? Ha, just whatever came to mind. So yeah, that was fun. Then it was bed time!
So. The end!
3.27.2012
Day 309
So today!
I woke up late. I was tired. Well, I actually woke up on time, but I was just didn't feel like getting up that early. So I finally got up at 7...
I did get to work on time though, so that's good. Mainly just working on probability. Actually... that's what I did the entire time. I also learned that my coffee mug does not retain heat for very long. So that's exciting. I don't suppose I should expect too much for $6 though. I remember thinking this morning that there was something that I really wanted to write about... but I can't remember what it is now. I hate when that happens.
Then... we had life con. It was a blast.
After class I went to go work out with Dustin. It was rough. I think I pulled something or got a knot in my neck... I was not really amused by this. Bleh. Oh well. Then I ate lunch in my office. I got a ticket from Saha for Bangladesh Night in a couple weeks, so I need to get him money for that sometime soon. Yup.
Umm... So then I went back to the computer lab. And tried to work on probability. It's kind of (actually, very) frustrating. I feel like I understand the concepts, but then they ask questions and I really don't know how to answer them. Or the question will actually be very easy (conceptually) but they just throw in really tedious calculations. Anyhow, when I got back to my apartment I got a snack and tried to study some more.
I made hamburgers and fries for dinner. I feel like these recipes that I've made the past two days are so trivial that it's not even worth adding to my recipe blog... but I need to add them. I haven't updated it for a while. But yeah, I made hamburgers and fries. I think the burgers should have been more flat... but they were pretty good. I seasoned the fries with chili seasoning and garlic salt, the burgers with cinnamon and garlic salt (I really like garlic salt). They were good. I think I should have done cayenne instead of garlic salt in the burgers... that would have been tasty. Maybe next time.
After dinner I talked with Clifton for a while about people being silly. Well, basically about how the universe owes us nothing. And the sooner we acknowledge this, the sooner we can stop feeling like we deserve things from life. Then I did some more studying. I was pretty well worn out at this point, so I decided to be done for the night. So I read a couple articles on the internet. One of the longer ones was comparing the baby boomers with the current generation. The article was mainly to help people understand that the army of young people graduating from school and trying to enter the work force are encountering something much different than the baby boomers encountered. According to the article, as the baby boomers grew up their parents created or continued to create systems that would allow the boomers to flourish as adults. Once the boomers entered the work force, they ensured that the systems stayed in place...at least as long as they were alive. Things like social security are all but guaranteed to run out in the next 30 years unless something drastic happens. Those in my generation who are somewhat politically aware have known that they will never get a penny from social security. So yeah, the rest of the article gave some statistics about wealth and poverty between identical age groups now and 30 years ago, then talked about how people just aren't retiring as early as they used to. Sometimes by choice, sometimes out of necessity... but either way it prevents younger people from getting jobs and so the cycle continues. If I'd read it on this computer I would have actually provided a link... but I actually read it this morning in the computer lab. I just decided to add it right here.
Anyhow. Time for bed. Night!
I woke up late. I was tired. Well, I actually woke up on time, but I was just didn't feel like getting up that early. So I finally got up at 7...
I did get to work on time though, so that's good. Mainly just working on probability. Actually... that's what I did the entire time. I also learned that my coffee mug does not retain heat for very long. So that's exciting. I don't suppose I should expect too much for $6 though. I remember thinking this morning that there was something that I really wanted to write about... but I can't remember what it is now. I hate when that happens.
Then... we had life con. It was a blast.
After class I went to go work out with Dustin. It was rough. I think I pulled something or got a knot in my neck... I was not really amused by this. Bleh. Oh well. Then I ate lunch in my office. I got a ticket from Saha for Bangladesh Night in a couple weeks, so I need to get him money for that sometime soon. Yup.
Umm... So then I went back to the computer lab. And tried to work on probability. It's kind of (actually, very) frustrating. I feel like I understand the concepts, but then they ask questions and I really don't know how to answer them. Or the question will actually be very easy (conceptually) but they just throw in really tedious calculations. Anyhow, when I got back to my apartment I got a snack and tried to study some more.
I made hamburgers and fries for dinner. I feel like these recipes that I've made the past two days are so trivial that it's not even worth adding to my recipe blog... but I need to add them. I haven't updated it for a while. But yeah, I made hamburgers and fries. I think the burgers should have been more flat... but they were pretty good. I seasoned the fries with chili seasoning and garlic salt, the burgers with cinnamon and garlic salt (I really like garlic salt). They were good. I think I should have done cayenne instead of garlic salt in the burgers... that would have been tasty. Maybe next time.
After dinner I talked with Clifton for a while about people being silly. Well, basically about how the universe owes us nothing. And the sooner we acknowledge this, the sooner we can stop feeling like we deserve things from life. Then I did some more studying. I was pretty well worn out at this point, so I decided to be done for the night. So I read a couple articles on the internet. One of the longer ones was comparing the baby boomers with the current generation. The article was mainly to help people understand that the army of young people graduating from school and trying to enter the work force are encountering something much different than the baby boomers encountered. According to the article, as the baby boomers grew up their parents created or continued to create systems that would allow the boomers to flourish as adults. Once the boomers entered the work force, they ensured that the systems stayed in place...at least as long as they were alive. Things like social security are all but guaranteed to run out in the next 30 years unless something drastic happens. Those in my generation who are somewhat politically aware have known that they will never get a penny from social security. So yeah, the rest of the article gave some statistics about wealth and poverty between identical age groups now and 30 years ago, then talked about how people just aren't retiring as early as they used to. Sometimes by choice, sometimes out of necessity... but either way it prevents younger people from getting jobs and so the cycle continues. If I'd read it on this computer I would have actually provided a link... but I actually read it this morning in the computer lab. I just decided to add it right here.
Anyhow. Time for bed. Night!
Day 308
I am exhausted.
Today was reasonably eventful. I had breakfast and class and things. Yeah.
In between classes we had a decent discussion about technology. I think it started when I asked Paul what sort of phone he was going to get when the contract on his Blackberry (or as they are more affectionately known, "Crackberries"). So we discussed differences between iPhones and Android phones, how we use phones, GPS versus maps... then on to the differences between Facebook and Twitter and how we use (or don't use) them. It was interesting. It appears that some people do, in fact, use Mapquest. I always thought that was just a saying and that everyone actually used Google Maps. Learned something new today.
I also finally ponied up and bought a mug from the Atrium. I didn't want to, but I get refills for $.70 instead of buying a cup of coffee for $1.65. And the mug was only $6 (including the first cup of coffee). The first mug I got had a leak in it, so I had to get a new one. But that didn't seem to be an issue.
During Life Contingencies we discussed some actual formulae for some of the concepts we've been dealing with and just went over why they work intuitively. I like classes like this where we we've gotten to a point that we can imagine a scenario where we need a formula... and we just make it. We don't derive everything from scratch, starting with the normal garbage of mathematical nonsense using phrases like "Let x be a member of the set of positive integers such that for all x in Z+ we can say..." Nope, none of that (though I've done my fair share of them in my time as a maths student). We just look at something like "we want our person to get paid when he moves from state 1 to state 3 and stays there." So we just set it up and do it!
After class I worked out with Dustin. It took us longer than usual, but we were both just being pokey today. We got through it eventually.
When I got home I had lunch and read some probability. It was so much fun. Then I went to the store to get some shampoo since I was out. But no more!
When I got back I made some coffee and relaxed for a little bit. Then I started making dinner.
I tried something new (recipe coming tomorrow). A long time ago I went to a restaurant with Amber and Jesse out in Phoenix that served baked potatoes covered with barbecue pulled pork. So I thought I'd try to make that. It went really well. I didn't have pork, so I used chicken and just used a fork to shred the meat. It worked decently. Then I just threw it in a skillet with barbecue sauce while the potatoes were in the oven. Kathryn came over for dinner and to study afterwards. So studying was all sorts of fun... as fun as studying probability can be, I suppose (which really isn't that fun at all). When she went home I played some TF2 with Miles. And now I'm going to bed! Night!
As random thought, I think I need to start using new tags, but I'm not sure what sort of things I should tag. I don't really ever use the tags I have. Any suggestions? Thanks!
Today was reasonably eventful. I had breakfast and class and things. Yeah.
In between classes we had a decent discussion about technology. I think it started when I asked Paul what sort of phone he was going to get when the contract on his Blackberry (or as they are more affectionately known, "Crackberries"). So we discussed differences between iPhones and Android phones, how we use phones, GPS versus maps... then on to the differences between Facebook and Twitter and how we use (or don't use) them. It was interesting. It appears that some people do, in fact, use Mapquest. I always thought that was just a saying and that everyone actually used Google Maps. Learned something new today.
I also finally ponied up and bought a mug from the Atrium. I didn't want to, but I get refills for $.70 instead of buying a cup of coffee for $1.65. And the mug was only $6 (including the first cup of coffee). The first mug I got had a leak in it, so I had to get a new one. But that didn't seem to be an issue.
During Life Contingencies we discussed some actual formulae for some of the concepts we've been dealing with and just went over why they work intuitively. I like classes like this where we we've gotten to a point that we can imagine a scenario where we need a formula... and we just make it. We don't derive everything from scratch, starting with the normal garbage of mathematical nonsense using phrases like "Let x be a member of the set of positive integers such that for all x in Z+ we can say..." Nope, none of that (though I've done my fair share of them in my time as a maths student). We just look at something like "we want our person to get paid when he moves from state 1 to state 3 and stays there." So we just set it up and do it!
After class I worked out with Dustin. It took us longer than usual, but we were both just being pokey today. We got through it eventually.
When I got home I had lunch and read some probability. It was so much fun. Then I went to the store to get some shampoo since I was out. But no more!
When I got back I made some coffee and relaxed for a little bit. Then I started making dinner.
I tried something new (recipe coming tomorrow). A long time ago I went to a restaurant with Amber and Jesse out in Phoenix that served baked potatoes covered with barbecue pulled pork. So I thought I'd try to make that. It went really well. I didn't have pork, so I used chicken and just used a fork to shred the meat. It worked decently. Then I just threw it in a skillet with barbecue sauce while the potatoes were in the oven. Kathryn came over for dinner and to study afterwards. So studying was all sorts of fun... as fun as studying probability can be, I suppose (which really isn't that fun at all). When she went home I played some TF2 with Miles. And now I'm going to bed! Night!
As random thought, I think I need to start using new tags, but I'm not sure what sort of things I should tag. I don't really ever use the tags I have. Any suggestions? Thanks!
3.23.2012
Day 305
Ok! The weekend is here and I'm about to give you an update.
Morning...omellette...class... you know the drill. My mornings are pretty standard. Last night my investments quiz got canceled, so I didn't have that in the morning. In between classes we went to the atrium and did some studying. We were having trouble understanding why one of the answers worked the way it did (I had a general reasoning, but no sound mathematical argument) so Jacob did a quick and dirty proof and we were all convinced.
For the beginning of life con we just talked about... something involving Markov chain theory. Huh. I remember at the beginning of class we asked Dr. Foley what he was going to be doing this weekend. He said that if the weather was nice he would be having "porch time." We inquired whether that was working on his porch or sitting on it and he said "Nope. Just sitting on it. Probably have a cold beer. Yup, that sounds like a good weekend to me." I don't actually remember what we talked about in class, except for going over some loose ends before the quiz. I think I finished the quiz in about 5 minutes. I like when that happens. I remembered the formulae and could replicated the homework problems. So it was a victory. Or a wictory, depending on how you prefer to spell it.
After the quiz I came back to my apartment, woke Kimmy up, and got lunch. Then we went to tech support on campus to have them look at my computer. It was raining, so Kimmy dropped my off by the library and went to go park my car. She got some on-the-fly experience with Ball State campus. So I went in there and explained my problem. The guy did some standard initial tests and things that might fix it. While various scans ran we just talked about video games and such. We play some of the same ones, so we talked about them for a bit. Eventually he realized that he couldn't figured out what was wrong with it, so he had his supervisor come check it out. She looked around, asked some questions, then just kind of stumbled upon the issue. Somehow I'd gotten a virus (which I'd taken care of previously), but the virus had made some weird changes to the Windows Firewall that pretty much blocked all websites (where the Firewall normally just blocks the bad sites). So we got that taken care of and life was good again!
When we got back we started some wedding things. It started off with working on the guest list. I officially hate that I can't invite all of the people. It's dumb. But cuts had to be made :( Then we moved on to the registry. My brain just can't handle that much decision making. We pretty much worked on wedding stuff from about 3 until 10, with a break for dinner. My brain can't quite handle that. But we got nearly everything done!
Mom and dad arrived around 9:30. They brought Kimmy and me a wedding present from Aunt Terri! But UPS broke it while in transit, so we're going to take it back to Macy's tomorrow to get it replaced. So we talked for a bit about some wedding stuff (since that's pretty much all Kimmy and I did today), then they went to Jessie and Richards. We're going to get breakfast with them tomorrow, but I don't know what the plan is. Either way, it's time for bed. So good night!
Morning...omellette...class... you know the drill. My mornings are pretty standard. Last night my investments quiz got canceled, so I didn't have that in the morning. In between classes we went to the atrium and did some studying. We were having trouble understanding why one of the answers worked the way it did (I had a general reasoning, but no sound mathematical argument) so Jacob did a quick and dirty proof and we were all convinced.
For the beginning of life con we just talked about... something involving Markov chain theory. Huh. I remember at the beginning of class we asked Dr. Foley what he was going to be doing this weekend. He said that if the weather was nice he would be having "porch time." We inquired whether that was working on his porch or sitting on it and he said "Nope. Just sitting on it. Probably have a cold beer. Yup, that sounds like a good weekend to me." I don't actually remember what we talked about in class, except for going over some loose ends before the quiz. I think I finished the quiz in about 5 minutes. I like when that happens. I remembered the formulae and could replicated the homework problems. So it was a victory. Or a wictory, depending on how you prefer to spell it.
After the quiz I came back to my apartment, woke Kimmy up, and got lunch. Then we went to tech support on campus to have them look at my computer. It was raining, so Kimmy dropped my off by the library and went to go park my car. She got some on-the-fly experience with Ball State campus. So I went in there and explained my problem. The guy did some standard initial tests and things that might fix it. While various scans ran we just talked about video games and such. We play some of the same ones, so we talked about them for a bit. Eventually he realized that he couldn't figured out what was wrong with it, so he had his supervisor come check it out. She looked around, asked some questions, then just kind of stumbled upon the issue. Somehow I'd gotten a virus (which I'd taken care of previously), but the virus had made some weird changes to the Windows Firewall that pretty much blocked all websites (where the Firewall normally just blocks the bad sites). So we got that taken care of and life was good again!
When we got back we started some wedding things. It started off with working on the guest list. I officially hate that I can't invite all of the people. It's dumb. But cuts had to be made :( Then we moved on to the registry. My brain just can't handle that much decision making. We pretty much worked on wedding stuff from about 3 until 10, with a break for dinner. My brain can't quite handle that. But we got nearly everything done!
Mom and dad arrived around 9:30. They brought Kimmy and me a wedding present from Aunt Terri! But UPS broke it while in transit, so we're going to take it back to Macy's tomorrow to get it replaced. So we talked for a bit about some wedding stuff (since that's pretty much all Kimmy and I did today), then they went to Jessie and Richards. We're going to get breakfast with them tomorrow, but I don't know what the plan is. Either way, it's time for bed. So good night!
3.22.2012
Day 304
Hi!
So this morning was pretty normal. I woke up, got breakfast, made lunch, and went to work. When I got to the computer lab, I studied for the investments quiz tomorrow.
We had life con in the computer lab today. We learned how to solve series of differential equations in Mathematica, which we need to do for our last exam. After class I stayed in the computer lab and "worked," which means that I really just studied some more. I have an awesome job.
After class I came back to my apartment. My internet still was not working so I called my service provider and talked with him on the phone for about 30 minutes. We tried a lot of different things. Finally I booted up in "Safe Mode with Networking" and was able to connect to the internet. So he told me to run some virus scans and hope it fixed everything. It did not. I still can't connect in regular running mode. So tomorrow I have to go to the IT department at school and hopefully have them fix my computer.
For dinner I got dinner with someone who used to go to OSAS with me and goes to school here at Ball State. We're friends on Facebook and she recently sent me a message to say that we should get dinner, since we both go to school here. So we did. It was fun. We talked about school and family and dance and such. Yup!
Kimmy got back to my apartment shortly after I did. She had some car problems so she got set back a bit. But they hopefully got fixed. So when she got back we went to go get ice cream with Kathryn. It was tasty.
And now I'm going to bed. Yup. Good night!
So this morning was pretty normal. I woke up, got breakfast, made lunch, and went to work. When I got to the computer lab, I studied for the investments quiz tomorrow.
We had life con in the computer lab today. We learned how to solve series of differential equations in Mathematica, which we need to do for our last exam. After class I stayed in the computer lab and "worked," which means that I really just studied some more. I have an awesome job.
After class I came back to my apartment. My internet still was not working so I called my service provider and talked with him on the phone for about 30 minutes. We tried a lot of different things. Finally I booted up in "Safe Mode with Networking" and was able to connect to the internet. So he told me to run some virus scans and hope it fixed everything. It did not. I still can't connect in regular running mode. So tomorrow I have to go to the IT department at school and hopefully have them fix my computer.
For dinner I got dinner with someone who used to go to OSAS with me and goes to school here at Ball State. We're friends on Facebook and she recently sent me a message to say that we should get dinner, since we both go to school here. So we did. It was fun. We talked about school and family and dance and such. Yup!
Kimmy got back to my apartment shortly after I did. She had some car problems so she got set back a bit. But they hopefully got fixed. So when she got back we went to go get ice cream with Kathryn. It was tasty.
And now I'm going to bed. Yup. Good night!
3.20.2012
Day 302
Another day. So here we are.
I had oatmeal for breakfast. I decided to try it with blueberries and sugar. It was pretty decent. I might try it again tomorrow.
This morning at the computer lab I decided to sign up for a Twitter account. I've found that I have a very hard time following lots of different news sites, so this bring all the news to me. I can just decide which sites I want to follow and I'll get regular updates from them. Some of them update really really regularly, so I might un-follow them. We'll see. I also read for investments. The homework assignment is not very numerically based, so I need to actually read the chapter to understand what's happening.
During life con we continued our discussion on Markov chains. Nothing too exciting. Our last exam is going to be a take home project, which will be nice.
After class I went to the barber to get a hair cut. I like having short hair much better than having long hair. Then I went to my office and had lunch. When I'd finished eating I went back to the computer lab and read investments for a while. I also talked with David and Natalie, two other actuarial students.
When I got back to my apartment Kimmy and I got a snack. Then I did probability for a while. Kimmy took a nap. I read more investments. It was a very exciting afternoon.
We went to dinner at Jessie's. She made pizza casserole and it was really good. We talked about my internship, Richard's job interviews, Jessie's exciting times at work, and some possible work opportunities for Kimmy next year. Apparently we talk about work a lot. Anyhow, Kimmy found a psychological testing and assessment place somewhere in Muncie that she's going to look into for next year. Jessie might have a friend who works there (if it's the same place), so that would be convenient.
After dinner we came back, whereupon Kimmy and I had ice cream. Then I played TF2 with Miles. And now I'm going to bed. Good night!
I had oatmeal for breakfast. I decided to try it with blueberries and sugar. It was pretty decent. I might try it again tomorrow.
This morning at the computer lab I decided to sign up for a Twitter account. I've found that I have a very hard time following lots of different news sites, so this bring all the news to me. I can just decide which sites I want to follow and I'll get regular updates from them. Some of them update really really regularly, so I might un-follow them. We'll see. I also read for investments. The homework assignment is not very numerically based, so I need to actually read the chapter to understand what's happening.
During life con we continued our discussion on Markov chains. Nothing too exciting. Our last exam is going to be a take home project, which will be nice.
After class I went to the barber to get a hair cut. I like having short hair much better than having long hair. Then I went to my office and had lunch. When I'd finished eating I went back to the computer lab and read investments for a while. I also talked with David and Natalie, two other actuarial students.
When I got back to my apartment Kimmy and I got a snack. Then I did probability for a while. Kimmy took a nap. I read more investments. It was a very exciting afternoon.
We went to dinner at Jessie's. She made pizza casserole and it was really good. We talked about my internship, Richard's job interviews, Jessie's exciting times at work, and some possible work opportunities for Kimmy next year. Apparently we talk about work a lot. Anyhow, Kimmy found a psychological testing and assessment place somewhere in Muncie that she's going to look into for next year. Jessie might have a friend who works there (if it's the same place), so that would be convenient.
After dinner we came back, whereupon Kimmy and I had ice cream. Then I played TF2 with Miles. And now I'm going to bed. Good night!
3.19.2012
Day 301
Hi friends! Good to talk with you all again.
I had a rude awakening this morning. My alarm went off at 6. I don't know why it did that. Well actually I do. On Friday I set my alarm for 6 because I was going to get up and get stuff done. But I forgot to set it for a normal time. So I went back to sleep for a bit.
I was not happy when I did get up. I was sleepy and wanted to go back to bed. But I got up and made some eggs for breakfast. Then I went to class.
Not much to say about it. I went. I was tired. No one wanted to be there. I believe that today is the first time I've ever seen a professor wear shorts to teach. Good ol' Foley.
In between classes we went to the Atrium. We discussed the size of Muncie. I thought it was about 100,000 people. Tim thought it was closer to 40,000. According to Wikipedia, it was about 70,000. So good for us.
Then we had life con. We learned more about stuff and things. It was super interesting, clearly. Afterwards I went to the gym with Dustin. But I forgot socks. I was sad. But it's ok. When I finished working out I noticed that I had a voicemail from Central Mutual, just saying to call back. I was hoping for the best (since usually you get a rejection email, not a rejection phone call), but I didn't want to get my hopes up.
Kimmy was awake when I got back. I gave her a pretty flower that I'd found (a dandelion). Then we got lunch. I was tired after lunch, so I took a nap. For like an hour or so. I felt much better after that. Then I called Central back. And they offered me an internship! I was so full of excitement. They even agreed to work with my crazy schedule (starting in early May and finishing in late July). The drive will be rough, but it's worth it. I have employment for the summer and great experience. So I'm very excited. I need to get some more shirts and pants to wear, but I have time for that.
Then I made pizza dough and put it in the microwave to rise. And then I did more dishes. After all that I finally started some homework. Bleh. I do not like studying. Around 6ish Kathryn came over and had dinner with Kimmy and me. The pizza turned out pretty well, I thought. Except that I didn't put enough oregano and Italian seasoning in. But it was still good.
I pretty spent the rest of the evening studying. And now I'm done. Yup! So...good night!
I had a rude awakening this morning. My alarm went off at 6. I don't know why it did that. Well actually I do. On Friday I set my alarm for 6 because I was going to get up and get stuff done. But I forgot to set it for a normal time. So I went back to sleep for a bit.
I was not happy when I did get up. I was sleepy and wanted to go back to bed. But I got up and made some eggs for breakfast. Then I went to class.
Not much to say about it. I went. I was tired. No one wanted to be there. I believe that today is the first time I've ever seen a professor wear shorts to teach. Good ol' Foley.
In between classes we went to the Atrium. We discussed the size of Muncie. I thought it was about 100,000 people. Tim thought it was closer to 40,000. According to Wikipedia, it was about 70,000. So good for us.
Then we had life con. We learned more about stuff and things. It was super interesting, clearly. Afterwards I went to the gym with Dustin. But I forgot socks. I was sad. But it's ok. When I finished working out I noticed that I had a voicemail from Central Mutual, just saying to call back. I was hoping for the best (since usually you get a rejection email, not a rejection phone call), but I didn't want to get my hopes up.
Kimmy was awake when I got back. I gave her a pretty flower that I'd found (a dandelion). Then we got lunch. I was tired after lunch, so I took a nap. For like an hour or so. I felt much better after that. Then I called Central back. And they offered me an internship! I was so full of excitement. They even agreed to work with my crazy schedule (starting in early May and finishing in late July). The drive will be rough, but it's worth it. I have employment for the summer and great experience. So I'm very excited. I need to get some more shirts and pants to wear, but I have time for that.
Then I made pizza dough and put it in the microwave to rise. And then I did more dishes. After all that I finally started some homework. Bleh. I do not like studying. Around 6ish Kathryn came over and had dinner with Kimmy and me. The pizza turned out pretty well, I thought. Except that I didn't put enough oregano and Italian seasoning in. But it was still good.
I pretty spent the rest of the evening studying. And now I'm done. Yup! So...good night!
3.17.2012
Day 298
Hi everyone! I was too tired to update last night, so here is yesterday's update!
I had a lot to do yesterday morning. I was going to wake up early to get everything done, but I was just too tired. So I went back to sleep and elected to skip my 8am class. I have 0 regrets. When I did eventually get up, I showered, ate, then packed and got ready for my interview. The plan was to leave right after life contingencies for my interview.
Life con was fine. We just talked more about this new modeling that we'll be using and how to transition from the older models we've been using. Nothing too life changing.
Whenever I go on a trip I forget to bring something. I've just accepted this about myself. It doesn't matter how much preparation I put into it, I will inevitably forget to bring something. So my task is to make sure that thing is as insignificant as possible. This time it was the invitation to the wedding I'm going to today. But I was able to get the address from a friend, so no issues were had.
So my interview. First of all, the building for Central Mutual is just gorgeous. It looks like it's the mansion for a millionaire back in the 19th century. I was really surprised. Anyhow, Central recently purchased a local golf course, so we had lunch at the club house associated with it. The food was very good. I had chicken and rice with a little serving of spinach cooked in a raspberry sauce. It was amazing. Lunch was with the head of H.R and the Chief Actuary/CFO. After lunch I got tour of the facility from the Chief Actuary/CFO, then interviewed with the head of HR for about an hour. We mainly talked about my work experience and how I could see it being beneficial to the company, as well as what I wanted from an internship. Then I met with the Chief Actuary/CFO for a while. He asked me things more directly related to how I would fit in as an actuary, things like whether I work better in groups or individually, my knowledge of Excel, things like that. I explained that I'd never written a macro, but that I have some experience programming in C++ and he confirmed what I've heard before that it's a very easy transition. Now let's see how well I remember C++... Overall I thought it went well. I was told that there really wasn't a lot of competition for the position and no other potential interns, so if they decided they wanted to hire me on for the summer they could probably get the money and work for me to do. That sounded promising to me.
Then I went to Findlay. I got there just as mom and dad were starting to eat, so I joined them. I told them about the interview and all of that business. Kimmy arrived around 7:30. So we all sat around and talked for a while. At 8:30 Kimmy and I had pre-marital counseling with Dave, so we went to that. Except that he kind of forgot that we were coming, so we just caught him before he was walking out the door. But he and Tracy were able to get everything figured out. We went to the church and had our session and it was good.
After that we stopped at Max and Erma's to so hi to Becky, then went to Steak and Shake to get food. Then we came back and it was bed time!
I had a lot to do yesterday morning. I was going to wake up early to get everything done, but I was just too tired. So I went back to sleep and elected to skip my 8am class. I have 0 regrets. When I did eventually get up, I showered, ate, then packed and got ready for my interview. The plan was to leave right after life contingencies for my interview.
Life con was fine. We just talked more about this new modeling that we'll be using and how to transition from the older models we've been using. Nothing too life changing.
Whenever I go on a trip I forget to bring something. I've just accepted this about myself. It doesn't matter how much preparation I put into it, I will inevitably forget to bring something. So my task is to make sure that thing is as insignificant as possible. This time it was the invitation to the wedding I'm going to today. But I was able to get the address from a friend, so no issues were had.
So my interview. First of all, the building for Central Mutual is just gorgeous. It looks like it's the mansion for a millionaire back in the 19th century. I was really surprised. Anyhow, Central recently purchased a local golf course, so we had lunch at the club house associated with it. The food was very good. I had chicken and rice with a little serving of spinach cooked in a raspberry sauce. It was amazing. Lunch was with the head of H.R and the Chief Actuary/CFO. After lunch I got tour of the facility from the Chief Actuary/CFO, then interviewed with the head of HR for about an hour. We mainly talked about my work experience and how I could see it being beneficial to the company, as well as what I wanted from an internship. Then I met with the Chief Actuary/CFO for a while. He asked me things more directly related to how I would fit in as an actuary, things like whether I work better in groups or individually, my knowledge of Excel, things like that. I explained that I'd never written a macro, but that I have some experience programming in C++ and he confirmed what I've heard before that it's a very easy transition. Now let's see how well I remember C++... Overall I thought it went well. I was told that there really wasn't a lot of competition for the position and no other potential interns, so if they decided they wanted to hire me on for the summer they could probably get the money and work for me to do. That sounded promising to me.
Then I went to Findlay. I got there just as mom and dad were starting to eat, so I joined them. I told them about the interview and all of that business. Kimmy arrived around 7:30. So we all sat around and talked for a while. At 8:30 Kimmy and I had pre-marital counseling with Dave, so we went to that. Except that he kind of forgot that we were coming, so we just caught him before he was walking out the door. But he and Tracy were able to get everything figured out. We went to the church and had our session and it was good.
After that we stopped at Max and Erma's to so hi to Becky, then went to Steak and Shake to get food. Then we came back and it was bed time!
3.15.2012
Day 297
I'm tired and I have a long day tomorrow, so this is going to be super short.
I got up, showered, made eggs, and went to the computer lab. When I got there I did some reading for probability. Then I think I answered some emails or something. I was a bit behind on responding to some things people sent me yesterday, so I did that.
During life con we talked more about the differences between the model we just finished talking about and the one we're starting to talk about now. Mainly it's a change in notation. So that's just dandy.
After class I went back to the computer lab with Dustin and Timbo to work on an assignment. We worked on that for probably about an hour and a half or so. I had to fix some things then do the finish problem. We got that done, then I had lunch.
When I got back to my apartment I did some dishes, then thought about preparing for my lunch meeting/interview tomorrow. But then I realized that I work best when I wing it. I know basic information and if I get too many details I'll just freak out. So we'll see how this goes. I had a phone interview previously, so I don't really know what to expect tomorrow. We'll see!
I also did a little research. I've heard a lot about the iPhone's "Siri," which is just a name for their voice command system. So I was trying to compare it with Android's voice commands and see what I was missing by not having an iPhone. As it turns out... I'm not missing much. They both do the same thing and often Android is faster. The big advantage for the iPhone system is that it can translate common speech into commands, but on Android you have to use specific key words. For example. If you wanted directions to the nearest Wal-mart, on Android you would say "navigate to Wal-mart." And you have to preface your sentence with the word "navigate." On an iPhone, you could say "how do I get to Wal-mart?" or "where is the nearest Wal-mart?" or something like that. Or if you were setting an alarm. On Android you would say "set alarm for 7:45 pm." You could do this on an iPhone, but you could also do the same thing by saying "wake me up at 7:45 pm" or "remind me to call my mom at 7:45" or "play stars and stripes forever at 7:45 pm." I don't actually know if it would do that last one or not.
After that I stopped by Jessie's apartment to pick something up. Then I got some dinner with Kathryn. After dinner I was going to go play basketball with some of the other actuary students, but I didn't feel like it. I guess there was an undergrad versus grad student basketball game... but I'm really bad at basketball. So I had little motivation to go.
I didn't really do anything productive. It's been really difficult to get motivated. But hopefully it comes to me soon! OK. Time for bed. Night!
3.14.2012
Day 295
So today was pretty good, for the most part. After I woke up I went to the computer lab and graded for a while. I think I'm finally getting this grading thing down... for the most part. I'm still not really a fan of when students leave the ripped portion of their lined paper attached. And apparently none of them know what a stapler is. Kind of annoying, but I'll deal with it.
Today during life con we talked about a... new way of looking at the same concepts. It uses lots of diagrams and basically considers the probabilities of people going into different "states," such as going from being alive to dead, working to retired to dead, and so on. All of the models involves some "healthy/alive" state and a "death/failure" state. As we were discussing it, Dr. Foley mentioned that it is often the case that you can go back to a previous state, such as working, retiring, then working again. Then he pulled out a classic Dr. Foley line: "once you're dead, you stay there. Unless you're Jesus Christ, then I guess he's kind of an exception. But we're not going to worry about him at the moment." It was really funny.
After class I got went to my office and did some grading. I share an office with Saha and he, too, was grading. He was a bit frustrated though. Apparently the class for which he is grading does not have a solution manual. And he's never taken this class or learned some of the material. So he has to first learn the material, then see if he can answer the problems. Way more work than he should have to do, especially because I think it's for an actuarial class, not a stats class (his area of study). So when I was in there he had a question about life tables. I did my best to help, but the notation was quite different and some of the concepts were just not the same. Oh well.
Then I went outside to call mom and eat lunch. I told mom more about my interview on Friday and such. She told me about visiting Amber and helping out at Primrose this week. After we hung up I ate my lunch, then went back to the computer lab. I just about finished grading while I was up there.
When I came home I did some cleaning, did some dishes, and tried to look at probability. I've come to realize that at the moment, I just have no motivation to study. I could work on a project or something just fine. But doing problems and memorizing formulae? Yeah... my brain just wanted nothing to do with it. So that was fun. I did, however, learn that there is a Zombie-themed 5k run/obstacle course in various locations over the year. And as crazy fortune would have it, there is one in Indianapolis on my birthday! So...I might have to consider that.
I made meatloaf for dinner. Kathryn came over to study, which turned into finally trying out Concannon's Bakery, since it's about 5 seconds from my apartment. Oh my word... the cheesecake is fantastic. Worth every single penny. I regret nothing. Then we came back and studied some more. The quiz tomorrow is just a review of what we've done so far... hopefully I do well on it. We'll see!
Ok. Time for bed now. Night!
Today during life con we talked about a... new way of looking at the same concepts. It uses lots of diagrams and basically considers the probabilities of people going into different "states," such as going from being alive to dead, working to retired to dead, and so on. All of the models involves some "healthy/alive" state and a "death/failure" state. As we were discussing it, Dr. Foley mentioned that it is often the case that you can go back to a previous state, such as working, retiring, then working again. Then he pulled out a classic Dr. Foley line: "once you're dead, you stay there. Unless you're Jesus Christ, then I guess he's kind of an exception. But we're not going to worry about him at the moment." It was really funny.
After class I got went to my office and did some grading. I share an office with Saha and he, too, was grading. He was a bit frustrated though. Apparently the class for which he is grading does not have a solution manual. And he's never taken this class or learned some of the material. So he has to first learn the material, then see if he can answer the problems. Way more work than he should have to do, especially because I think it's for an actuarial class, not a stats class (his area of study). So when I was in there he had a question about life tables. I did my best to help, but the notation was quite different and some of the concepts were just not the same. Oh well.
Then I went outside to call mom and eat lunch. I told mom more about my interview on Friday and such. She told me about visiting Amber and helping out at Primrose this week. After we hung up I ate my lunch, then went back to the computer lab. I just about finished grading while I was up there.
When I came home I did some cleaning, did some dishes, and tried to look at probability. I've come to realize that at the moment, I just have no motivation to study. I could work on a project or something just fine. But doing problems and memorizing formulae? Yeah... my brain just wanted nothing to do with it. So that was fun. I did, however, learn that there is a Zombie-themed 5k run/obstacle course in various locations over the year. And as crazy fortune would have it, there is one in Indianapolis on my birthday! So...I might have to consider that.
I made meatloaf for dinner. Kathryn came over to study, which turned into finally trying out Concannon's Bakery, since it's about 5 seconds from my apartment. Oh my word... the cheesecake is fantastic. Worth every single penny. I regret nothing. Then we came back and studied some more. The quiz tomorrow is just a review of what we've done so far... hopefully I do well on it. We'll see!
Ok. Time for bed now. Night!
3.13.2012
Day 294
Well. Class started today. Woo hoo.
Today actually started quite unexpectedly. Around 7 I was just sitting down for breakfast when I get a text from Tim, asking if I can give him a ride to class. I figured that I could make it if I hurried. So hurry I did! Tim is oh a medication currently and he can't drive while he's on it. His wife (Erin) was going to bring him to class, but she pregnant and officially full-term. And she was quite sick this morning. So that plan didn't work out so well, but it's all ok. He got to class. Tim got his official acceptance as an intern for the Indiana Department of Insurance. They want him to start as soon as possible, so he'll be starting some work at home at the beginning of April. He's hoping that since they are giving him work that can be done away from the office that perhaps they will occasionally let him work at home once the summer starts. Currently he'll have to drive about an hour and a half each way to his internship. Miserable, but that's reality.
Anyhow. We got our tests back in investments today. I did well, so I was happy. He also assigned our take home exam, do next Monday. It looks a lot like the in-class midterm, but with a little more information. Hopefully it's not too bad.
Then we had Atrium hour. I don't remember any significant discussions... but it was a long time ago. Who knows.
Then we had life con. We talked a little bit about the project that's due tomorrow. Dr. Foley was very clear that we won't be getting the exact answers, and I kind of wondered why he kept saying that. Turned we learned why. A few of the assumptions we'd been making (which he reminded us are very reasonable assumptions) are not accurate. Actuaries make the kinds of assumptions that we made all the time because it's not worth an extra hour or so of work if the work is going to make less than a 1% difference.
After class Dustin and I went to Taco Bell for lunch, since I didn't have time to make a lunch this morning. As always it was fantastic. We had a nice nostalgic discussion of video games growing up. Even though "growing up" was at very different times (he's 7 years older than I am) we still played some of the same games. It was fun. I remained on campus because I was supposed to meet someone on campus to return a book I had borrowed from him. I did a little probability... but not as much as I should have. I talked with my friend Saha for a little bit. He's from Bangladesh and he is putting on a "Bangladesh night" with some of his other friends from there. At first we were just talking about break and I mentioned that I like to cook. So he asked if I'd ever had any Bangladesh food. I told him that I haven't, but that I used to eat a decent amount of curried food because a house mate of one of my co-workers was Indian, and I'd go over there every week or so for curry meals. So Saha invited me to this Bangladesh night, where he and some of his friends are going to cook native food (which he said is also a lot of curried food) and do some other stuff to just show us what their culture is like. I'm pretty excited. At the end of the month I'm going to an "Africa night," which is pretty much the same thing... but put on by the students from Africa. I'm pretty excited.
Anyhow. When I got back on campus... I didn't really do much. I did a little probability, but I just couldn't focus. I hate days like that.
Around 6 I went down to the FedEx office to pick up my package... since apparently the delivery guy couldn't figure out where I live. Not a huge deal. When I got back I started to make my new phone usable. At first my contacts weren't syncing... so I was getting text messages but I had no idea who they were. Well, I had a decent idea. But it was nice when my contacts actually synced to my phone like they were supposed to.
Also I learned that when you go through the set-up on the phone and it says "you're done!" you aren't really done. You still have to call Verizon.
Umm... I made my salads for the week. I'm going to try just making a big salad mixed before hand and see if that stays reasonably not-brown.
Ok. I'm tired. So I'm going to bed. Night!
Today actually started quite unexpectedly. Around 7 I was just sitting down for breakfast when I get a text from Tim, asking if I can give him a ride to class. I figured that I could make it if I hurried. So hurry I did! Tim is oh a medication currently and he can't drive while he's on it. His wife (Erin) was going to bring him to class, but she pregnant and officially full-term. And she was quite sick this morning. So that plan didn't work out so well, but it's all ok. He got to class. Tim got his official acceptance as an intern for the Indiana Department of Insurance. They want him to start as soon as possible, so he'll be starting some work at home at the beginning of April. He's hoping that since they are giving him work that can be done away from the office that perhaps they will occasionally let him work at home once the summer starts. Currently he'll have to drive about an hour and a half each way to his internship. Miserable, but that's reality.
Anyhow. We got our tests back in investments today. I did well, so I was happy. He also assigned our take home exam, do next Monday. It looks a lot like the in-class midterm, but with a little more information. Hopefully it's not too bad.
Then we had Atrium hour. I don't remember any significant discussions... but it was a long time ago. Who knows.
Then we had life con. We talked a little bit about the project that's due tomorrow. Dr. Foley was very clear that we won't be getting the exact answers, and I kind of wondered why he kept saying that. Turned we learned why. A few of the assumptions we'd been making (which he reminded us are very reasonable assumptions) are not accurate. Actuaries make the kinds of assumptions that we made all the time because it's not worth an extra hour or so of work if the work is going to make less than a 1% difference.
After class Dustin and I went to Taco Bell for lunch, since I didn't have time to make a lunch this morning. As always it was fantastic. We had a nice nostalgic discussion of video games growing up. Even though "growing up" was at very different times (he's 7 years older than I am) we still played some of the same games. It was fun. I remained on campus because I was supposed to meet someone on campus to return a book I had borrowed from him. I did a little probability... but not as much as I should have. I talked with my friend Saha for a little bit. He's from Bangladesh and he is putting on a "Bangladesh night" with some of his other friends from there. At first we were just talking about break and I mentioned that I like to cook. So he asked if I'd ever had any Bangladesh food. I told him that I haven't, but that I used to eat a decent amount of curried food because a house mate of one of my co-workers was Indian, and I'd go over there every week or so for curry meals. So Saha invited me to this Bangladesh night, where he and some of his friends are going to cook native food (which he said is also a lot of curried food) and do some other stuff to just show us what their culture is like. I'm pretty excited. At the end of the month I'm going to an "Africa night," which is pretty much the same thing... but put on by the students from Africa. I'm pretty excited.
Anyhow. When I got back on campus... I didn't really do much. I did a little probability, but I just couldn't focus. I hate days like that.
Around 6 I went down to the FedEx office to pick up my package... since apparently the delivery guy couldn't figure out where I live. Not a huge deal. When I got back I started to make my new phone usable. At first my contacts weren't syncing... so I was getting text messages but I had no idea who they were. Well, I had a decent idea. But it was nice when my contacts actually synced to my phone like they were supposed to.
Also I learned that when you go through the set-up on the phone and it says "you're done!" you aren't really done. You still have to call Verizon.
Umm... I made my salads for the week. I'm going to try just making a big salad mixed before hand and see if that stays reasonably not-brown.
Ok. I'm tired. So I'm going to bed. Night!
3.03.2012
Day 284
Good morning! I was too tired to update last night, but fear not! My post has finally arrived.
Yesterday morning I got up a little early to finish packing and study for my test. On the way to my test I realized that an equation I sort of derived on Thursday was incorrect, so I went about memorizing the proper one. As it turns out, I was so focused on getting mentally prepared for the exam that I neglected to inform Dustin that this formula was incorrect. So....yeah I felt bad.
I finished the test in about 15 minutes, which was about the time that the last person came into class. That never made sense to me, but oh well. I always try to get to tests early. But I'm not them. When I'd finished, I went to the computer lab to print off a map of my journeys today, since I never anticipate there being a consistent GPS signal. Especially in West Virginia. But apparently whenever you save a map in Google maps, it doesn't save directions? Only destinations? So that was incredibly useful. Oh well.
In between classes we went to the Atrium and discussed the problems that had been on the exam. I think I did well, but we'll see.
During life con we finished up talking about our project that's due after break. I think the current plan is to work on it next weekend, since Dustin and I will be back from out trips, and Timbo will be back from Cincinnati.
After life con I gave Kathryn a ride back to her apartment (since she watched the shuttle pull away just as we left the building), then just waited in her apartment as she and Dustin finished getting ready. We went to go pick Dustin up, then off we went! The plan was to take Kathryn to the airport, then Dustin and I would go to see Amber in West Virginia.
So we'd just left Dustin's apartment when it started to storm. Like...rain so hard that it was difficult to see. Yay. We drove through that for about 15 minutes, then it lightened up a bit. It rained moderately until we got to the outskirts of Indy. Then it cleared up for a bit. Our goal was to first get lunch at a restaurant I'd discovered called Shapiro's Deli. It had really good reviews, so we gave it a try. And it wasn't too terribly difficult to find. It was pretty intimidating when we first walked in because it wasn't at all what I was expecting. Deli's I've gone to before we just little places with a counter where you ask for a sandwich. No, this place was almost cafeteria style, but with just one serving table area. So we got trays, decided to not get dessert (which they fiendishly placed right at where the trays are), and tried to figure out what was going on. The display cases were full of desserts and salads and side dishes and behind the counter were people making sandwiches. As I'm trying to look at the menu, this guy slicing meat say "Hello young man! Would you like to try my Reuben today!?" I thought about it for a couple seconds and said that I would. I noticed a sign saying that the Reubens were $12, but I figured that was for something else. It wasn't. But oh my goodness... it was totally worth it. So completely worth it. I highly recommend it.
Anyhow, after lunch we went to go search for a coffee place, since I was getting a bit drowsy from such a big lunch. The first place we found was not longer in business. But there was another one in the near vicinity. It had a super scary bathroom though. After we had gotten our drinks and such (Dustin got cheesecake on a stick). We were just getting ready to leave when it started raining. So Dustin and I were nice and went to go get the car, since we neglected to bring an umbrella. After we picked Kathryn up it was off to the airport!
So we dropped her off, then it was off to Salem, WV! The drive was pretty boring, aside from the fact that it rained nearly the entire time. It got pretty bad at points, got better at others...and 6 hours later we were in Salem!
Just for the record (before Amber corrects anyone), they seriously live in the middle of nowhere. Their house is really nice... but it's pretty far removed from anything.
Anyhow, we found it, talked for a little bit, then went to bed! For it was a long day. The end!
Yesterday morning I got up a little early to finish packing and study for my test. On the way to my test I realized that an equation I sort of derived on Thursday was incorrect, so I went about memorizing the proper one. As it turns out, I was so focused on getting mentally prepared for the exam that I neglected to inform Dustin that this formula was incorrect. So....yeah I felt bad.
I finished the test in about 15 minutes, which was about the time that the last person came into class. That never made sense to me, but oh well. I always try to get to tests early. But I'm not them. When I'd finished, I went to the computer lab to print off a map of my journeys today, since I never anticipate there being a consistent GPS signal. Especially in West Virginia. But apparently whenever you save a map in Google maps, it doesn't save directions? Only destinations? So that was incredibly useful. Oh well.
In between classes we went to the Atrium and discussed the problems that had been on the exam. I think I did well, but we'll see.
During life con we finished up talking about our project that's due after break. I think the current plan is to work on it next weekend, since Dustin and I will be back from out trips, and Timbo will be back from Cincinnati.
After life con I gave Kathryn a ride back to her apartment (since she watched the shuttle pull away just as we left the building), then just waited in her apartment as she and Dustin finished getting ready. We went to go pick Dustin up, then off we went! The plan was to take Kathryn to the airport, then Dustin and I would go to see Amber in West Virginia.
So we'd just left Dustin's apartment when it started to storm. Like...rain so hard that it was difficult to see. Yay. We drove through that for about 15 minutes, then it lightened up a bit. It rained moderately until we got to the outskirts of Indy. Then it cleared up for a bit. Our goal was to first get lunch at a restaurant I'd discovered called Shapiro's Deli. It had really good reviews, so we gave it a try. And it wasn't too terribly difficult to find. It was pretty intimidating when we first walked in because it wasn't at all what I was expecting. Deli's I've gone to before we just little places with a counter where you ask for a sandwich. No, this place was almost cafeteria style, but with just one serving table area. So we got trays, decided to not get dessert (which they fiendishly placed right at where the trays are), and tried to figure out what was going on. The display cases were full of desserts and salads and side dishes and behind the counter were people making sandwiches. As I'm trying to look at the menu, this guy slicing meat say "Hello young man! Would you like to try my Reuben today!?" I thought about it for a couple seconds and said that I would. I noticed a sign saying that the Reubens were $12, but I figured that was for something else. It wasn't. But oh my goodness... it was totally worth it. So completely worth it. I highly recommend it.
Anyhow, after lunch we went to go search for a coffee place, since I was getting a bit drowsy from such a big lunch. The first place we found was not longer in business. But there was another one in the near vicinity. It had a super scary bathroom though. After we had gotten our drinks and such (Dustin got cheesecake on a stick). We were just getting ready to leave when it started raining. So Dustin and I were nice and went to go get the car, since we neglected to bring an umbrella. After we picked Kathryn up it was off to the airport!
So we dropped her off, then it was off to Salem, WV! The drive was pretty boring, aside from the fact that it rained nearly the entire time. It got pretty bad at points, got better at others...and 6 hours later we were in Salem!
Just for the record (before Amber corrects anyone), they seriously live in the middle of nowhere. Their house is really nice... but it's pretty far removed from anything.
Anyhow, we found it, talked for a little bit, then went to bed! For it was a long day. The end!
3.01.2012
Day 282
Early bed for me tonight. I'm pretty tired and I have a test tomorrow.
Today was an interesting day of sorts. I got up and made my lunch this morning while breakfast was cooking. I learned something important this week. After hard boiling eggs, remove the shell soon thereafter instead of waiting a few days. It is much easier to remove the shell this way without taking half the egg with it.
Anyhow, I went to the computer lab for a couple hours this morning and "worked." Today "working" was actually "studying for investments." Basically I just went through the notes, picked out important formulae, then working through the practice exam. After writing down the formulae and memorizing them, this test seems much less intimidating. So we'll see how it goes. As with life con, I just don't really know what to expect. The only problems I've really had to do are the practice exam. I'd like a little more than that... but the problems in the book aren't really same as what will be on the test. So...oh well!
During life con we talked more about our project that's due after break. It's going to be interesting, that's for sure. See, this isn't the type of project where we've learned the material previously, now we're going to apply it. We're learning a lot of this for the first time as he goes over the project. And he has class time tomorrow to finish the last..third to half of the project. This should be interesting.
After class I had lunch, then went back to the computer lab. While in there I started to fill out the paper application for Central Insurance. But apparently this was a waste because I thought that the form online was to be printed and filled out. No, it was to be filled out online, I just misunderstood the instructions. So I had to redo it when I got home. Oh well. I got all of my information down, so it didn't take as long the second time. Dustin came up to look at investments with me, but since there really wasn't much to examine he was only up there for maybe 40 minutes.
When I got home I put some dishes away, answered some emails, then just tried to do something productive. I did more investments I think. I just could not focus this afternoon or evening. Oh well.
Um, yeah, that about sums it up. Time for bed! Night!
Today was an interesting day of sorts. I got up and made my lunch this morning while breakfast was cooking. I learned something important this week. After hard boiling eggs, remove the shell soon thereafter instead of waiting a few days. It is much easier to remove the shell this way without taking half the egg with it.
Anyhow, I went to the computer lab for a couple hours this morning and "worked." Today "working" was actually "studying for investments." Basically I just went through the notes, picked out important formulae, then working through the practice exam. After writing down the formulae and memorizing them, this test seems much less intimidating. So we'll see how it goes. As with life con, I just don't really know what to expect. The only problems I've really had to do are the practice exam. I'd like a little more than that... but the problems in the book aren't really same as what will be on the test. So...oh well!
During life con we talked more about our project that's due after break. It's going to be interesting, that's for sure. See, this isn't the type of project where we've learned the material previously, now we're going to apply it. We're learning a lot of this for the first time as he goes over the project. And he has class time tomorrow to finish the last..third to half of the project. This should be interesting.
After class I had lunch, then went back to the computer lab. While in there I started to fill out the paper application for Central Insurance. But apparently this was a waste because I thought that the form online was to be printed and filled out. No, it was to be filled out online, I just misunderstood the instructions. So I had to redo it when I got home. Oh well. I got all of my information down, so it didn't take as long the second time. Dustin came up to look at investments with me, but since there really wasn't much to examine he was only up there for maybe 40 minutes.
When I got home I put some dishes away, answered some emails, then just tried to do something productive. I did more investments I think. I just could not focus this afternoon or evening. Oh well.
Um, yeah, that about sums it up. Time for bed! Night!
2.28.2012
Day 281
So this morning started a little bit earlier than most. Today was Free Pancake Day at Ihop. So Kathryn and I went to get some free pancakes before I had to work at 8. We got there around 6:45... it was early. But we also beat the crowd, so that was good. I was pretty groggy (which brings with it lack of coordination, enhanced stutters, and talkativeness) so I had some coffee to counteract it. As it turns out, this was a poor choice. About half an hour after said coffee, I was hyper as can be. I just could not sit still for anything. So work and class were a treat.
Then about half way through my work out, I started to crash. Oh joy.
After my work out, I had lunch, then went back to the computer lab to do some grading. Around 1:30 Dr. Begum came in to teach her class. So I talked with her for a little bit since I'm not in class with her anymore. I asked how her semester was going and she said it was good. Busy, but good. She's only teaching two classes, but she is supervising a few students doing research, doing her own research, and helping other faculty out with their research. But she was enjoying it.
When I got back I showered and spent the rest of the afternoon grading. Then I made dinner. After dinner I did laundry. Then... called mom and dad.
And now I'm going to go to bed soon! Night!
Then about half way through my work out, I started to crash. Oh joy.
After my work out, I had lunch, then went back to the computer lab to do some grading. Around 1:30 Dr. Begum came in to teach her class. So I talked with her for a little bit since I'm not in class with her anymore. I asked how her semester was going and she said it was good. Busy, but good. She's only teaching two classes, but she is supervising a few students doing research, doing her own research, and helping other faculty out with their research. But she was enjoying it.
When I got back I showered and spent the rest of the afternoon grading. Then I made dinner. After dinner I did laundry. Then... called mom and dad.
And now I'm going to go to bed soon! Night!
2.27.2012
Day 280
Ok, the first day of pre-spring break week is over. Just a few more days and I get a nice week of rest. And by rest I mean "studying for probability." But really it's the same thing. Ha.
Anyhow, I actually got up when I planned on getting up, got a shower, and left for class on time. It was crazy! When Dr. Foley got to class I told him that I was really close to emailing him last night to say that I wouldn't mind if he canceled class. He laughed and said "you know... I was *this* close to canceling." Oh well. After class I got my life con exam back. I did much better than I was anticipating, so I was happy.
In between classes was our standard Atrium-ing. Yup!
During life con we talked some more about pension calculations and the next part of our project. I'm never really sure when something is part of a test, a quiz, or a project. But we get assignments and I do them.
After class I went to go work out with Dustin. I still hate working out. Blech. When I got back I showered got lunch, and did some reading for investments. I put some moisturizer my rash, because maybe it would do something. It did. It stung like something fierce for about 2 minutes. But afterwards it seemed a little better. I think the pills I'm taking are working, just very slowly.
Grandpa and Pat came down to have dinner with Jessie and me. We went to Amazing Joe's. It was really good. Before Jessie got there grandpa was asking me what I'm doing in my classes, so I explained a little bit about multiple decrements theory and how it's used. Right now he's tutoring some people in math so they can get some sort of license to do something. So we expressed the woes of teaching and all that nonsense. You know, with my vast teaching experience.
After dinner I came back, talked with Clifton for a bit, then just chilled. In other news, tomorrow is free pancake day at Ihop (at participating Ihops). Just so you all know. I'm going before work, so I should go to bed and get some sleep. Good night!
Anyhow, I actually got up when I planned on getting up, got a shower, and left for class on time. It was crazy! When Dr. Foley got to class I told him that I was really close to emailing him last night to say that I wouldn't mind if he canceled class. He laughed and said "you know... I was *this* close to canceling." Oh well. After class I got my life con exam back. I did much better than I was anticipating, so I was happy.
In between classes was our standard Atrium-ing. Yup!
During life con we talked some more about pension calculations and the next part of our project. I'm never really sure when something is part of a test, a quiz, or a project. But we get assignments and I do them.
After class I went to go work out with Dustin. I still hate working out. Blech. When I got back I showered got lunch, and did some reading for investments. I put some moisturizer my rash, because maybe it would do something. It did. It stung like something fierce for about 2 minutes. But afterwards it seemed a little better. I think the pills I'm taking are working, just very slowly.
Grandpa and Pat came down to have dinner with Jessie and me. We went to Amazing Joe's. It was really good. Before Jessie got there grandpa was asking me what I'm doing in my classes, so I explained a little bit about multiple decrements theory and how it's used. Right now he's tutoring some people in math so they can get some sort of license to do something. So we expressed the woes of teaching and all that nonsense. You know, with my vast teaching experience.
After dinner I came back, talked with Clifton for a bit, then just chilled. In other news, tomorrow is free pancake day at Ihop (at participating Ihops). Just so you all know. I'm going before work, so I should go to bed and get some sleep. Good night!
2.25.2012
Day 277
I'm ready for this rash to start getting better. It's incredibly itchy and try as I might to avoid scratching it, I don't do a very good job. Yarg.
So this morning. Not so great. I was running late (I really need to stop that... it's getting old) but got to class on time. Investments was fine I guess. We talked more about the assumptions and set-up for the new model we're going to be using.
Then... life con. We had a test today. Going into it I felt very confident. Taking it I felt very confident. Then 5 minutes after I left I realized two mistakes I'd made. One of them being that I had read a questions entirely wrong and answered a question which he didn't even ask. I was beyond upset. The other question I made one little stupid mistake that I know is wrong, but it didn't occur to me at the time. Two mistakes is a big deal when there are only 6 questions. So that was really frustrating and kind of just started the day off wrong.
Things didn't get a whole lot better when I got home. At the beginning of the semester I got a double paycheck, told payroll about it, and so to accommodate for that, my next two paychecks were going to be half-checks. Well, I thought I had previously received my second half-check and I had just been doing really well with my money. That turns out not to be the case, as I saw on my paycheck today. So that's neat. Oh well. Things are just going to be a little tight for a couple weeks.
So I did some dishes, then graded homework for forever. Seriously, how does grading take so long? But it does. I got it all finished though. So yay. I just didn't have much concentration today. Blech.
I had some left over hamburger stuff for dinner. It was still good. After dinner I cleaned up, then went over to Kathryn's apartment to study for probability. My goal for today was to just read through the section, which I was able to do. It took forever, but I got it done. We also watched the first two Jurassic Park movies, as they were on TV. I think it was the first two? I really have no idea. But they were ok, I guess. I'd never seen them before.
Anyhow, I'm really tired. So I'm going to bed. Night
So this morning. Not so great. I was running late (I really need to stop that... it's getting old) but got to class on time. Investments was fine I guess. We talked more about the assumptions and set-up for the new model we're going to be using.
Then... life con. We had a test today. Going into it I felt very confident. Taking it I felt very confident. Then 5 minutes after I left I realized two mistakes I'd made. One of them being that I had read a questions entirely wrong and answered a question which he didn't even ask. I was beyond upset. The other question I made one little stupid mistake that I know is wrong, but it didn't occur to me at the time. Two mistakes is a big deal when there are only 6 questions. So that was really frustrating and kind of just started the day off wrong.
Things didn't get a whole lot better when I got home. At the beginning of the semester I got a double paycheck, told payroll about it, and so to accommodate for that, my next two paychecks were going to be half-checks. Well, I thought I had previously received my second half-check and I had just been doing really well with my money. That turns out not to be the case, as I saw on my paycheck today. So that's neat. Oh well. Things are just going to be a little tight for a couple weeks.
So I did some dishes, then graded homework for forever. Seriously, how does grading take so long? But it does. I got it all finished though. So yay. I just didn't have much concentration today. Blech.
I had some left over hamburger stuff for dinner. It was still good. After dinner I cleaned up, then went over to Kathryn's apartment to study for probability. My goal for today was to just read through the section, which I was able to do. It took forever, but I got it done. We also watched the first two Jurassic Park movies, as they were on TV. I think it was the first two? I really have no idea. But they were ok, I guess. I'd never seen them before.
Anyhow, I'm really tired. So I'm going to bed. Night
2.23.2012
Day 276
You know what I tell myself every day? "I'm going to go to bed early tonight." You know what I rarely do? Yeah, you can probably guess.
Well, I went to work this morning and did some grading. It takes so long... I got around half of it done before life con. Then during class we went over the practice exam. Most of it, anyways. I realized that a couple equations I had been using only worked under certain assumptions. So I was glad that I got that cleared up.
After class I had a quick lunch and then went up to the computer lab. I did some grading, did some studying, with David and Matt, talked with Wendy. It was a decent time.
So here's an interesting story. While I was in the computer lab I sent an email to an insurance company based in Van Wert, Ohio. I figured I'd get the same sort of canned response I'd gotten from every other place, but it was worth a shot. But that's not what happened. 20 minutes later I had a phone call from a lady asking if she could call me later that afternoon about options for the summer. So I was pretty amazed and excited by all of this.
When I got home I cleaned up a little, then tried to get ready for this sort-of interview. Or whatever it was. I pretty much treated it as a phone interview. Sheryl explained to me that they don't normally hire interns but that she would bring it up to see if it was a possibility for the summer. So she just asked me questions about my resume, my education, what I did in school, what grades I got in my classes (that was difficult to remember). She asked me about my experience in teaching and why I switched from teaching to actuarial science. I told her that there were a lot of educational politics with which I did not agree. She asked what I meant by "politics," so I explained: 'in my experiences in schools and in talking with teachers, I noticed a trend that the government was pushing for teachers to "teach to the test," instead of teaching for understanding. Not only is this more stressful for teachers, but it's hurting the educational system. I am a strong believer in teaching for understanding instead of simply to pass some tests, so I left. I didn't want to be part of something with which I did not agree.' At the end of the call she said that she was going to talk with the necessary people and call me back in a couple days. When she asked if I had any questions, I asked her if there was not an opportunity to be an intern, might there at least be the chance to shadow an actuary or something. She said that would bring that up as well. She did mention that they are looking to hire an actuary (I explained that I graduate next May) but hopefully we can talk more about everything when she calls back. She didn't make it seem like they had many people looking for work there, so maybe I'll have a chance? That would be amazing...
After that I started making dinner. I called Amber to see if she knew what "coarsely ground potatoes" were. She did not. So I decided to call someone I knew would have an answer: mama (Amber confirmed that this was a good idea). So I called her and she gave me her best guess. Then she caught me up on life over in Primrose. It seems like they are enjoying themselves, so that's good.
So I finished making dinner, which was called "hamburger stuff." Basically what I did was cut up 3 large potatoes into tiny little piece, mix that with some ground turkey, cut up onion, salt, pepper, and 2 cups of water. Then I put that in a cake pan for 45 minutes. It was actually pretty good. I didn't think that it would be, but I was pleased.
After dinner I helped Dustin with the investment assignment that's due tomorrow. Then I played some TF2 with Miles. Helped Tim out with a couple questions, played more TF2. I feel pretty confident about my test tomorrow, so I'm going to go to bed! Night!
Well, I went to work this morning and did some grading. It takes so long... I got around half of it done before life con. Then during class we went over the practice exam. Most of it, anyways. I realized that a couple equations I had been using only worked under certain assumptions. So I was glad that I got that cleared up.
After class I had a quick lunch and then went up to the computer lab. I did some grading, did some studying, with David and Matt, talked with Wendy. It was a decent time.
So here's an interesting story. While I was in the computer lab I sent an email to an insurance company based in Van Wert, Ohio. I figured I'd get the same sort of canned response I'd gotten from every other place, but it was worth a shot. But that's not what happened. 20 minutes later I had a phone call from a lady asking if she could call me later that afternoon about options for the summer. So I was pretty amazed and excited by all of this.
When I got home I cleaned up a little, then tried to get ready for this sort-of interview. Or whatever it was. I pretty much treated it as a phone interview. Sheryl explained to me that they don't normally hire interns but that she would bring it up to see if it was a possibility for the summer. So she just asked me questions about my resume, my education, what I did in school, what grades I got in my classes (that was difficult to remember). She asked me about my experience in teaching and why I switched from teaching to actuarial science. I told her that there were a lot of educational politics with which I did not agree. She asked what I meant by "politics," so I explained: 'in my experiences in schools and in talking with teachers, I noticed a trend that the government was pushing for teachers to "teach to the test," instead of teaching for understanding. Not only is this more stressful for teachers, but it's hurting the educational system. I am a strong believer in teaching for understanding instead of simply to pass some tests, so I left. I didn't want to be part of something with which I did not agree.' At the end of the call she said that she was going to talk with the necessary people and call me back in a couple days. When she asked if I had any questions, I asked her if there was not an opportunity to be an intern, might there at least be the chance to shadow an actuary or something. She said that would bring that up as well. She did mention that they are looking to hire an actuary (I explained that I graduate next May) but hopefully we can talk more about everything when she calls back. She didn't make it seem like they had many people looking for work there, so maybe I'll have a chance? That would be amazing...
After that I started making dinner. I called Amber to see if she knew what "coarsely ground potatoes" were. She did not. So I decided to call someone I knew would have an answer: mama (Amber confirmed that this was a good idea). So I called her and she gave me her best guess. Then she caught me up on life over in Primrose. It seems like they are enjoying themselves, so that's good.
So I finished making dinner, which was called "hamburger stuff." Basically what I did was cut up 3 large potatoes into tiny little piece, mix that with some ground turkey, cut up onion, salt, pepper, and 2 cups of water. Then I put that in a cake pan for 45 minutes. It was actually pretty good. I didn't think that it would be, but I was pleased.
After dinner I helped Dustin with the investment assignment that's due tomorrow. Then I played some TF2 with Miles. Helped Tim out with a couple questions, played more TF2. I feel pretty confident about my test tomorrow, so I'm going to go to bed! Night!
2.21.2012
Day 274
Good evening.
Today was pretty standard. I got up, went to work, did some studying. This morning was mainly probability. Then it was class time.
Today in life con we talked some about a project that I believe is due on Monday? But he hasn't really talked much about it. So this should be interesting. We talked about how pension actuaries do pricing and different ways that can be achieved. It can get pretty tricky.
After class I went to the computer lab to work on some stuff with Dustin and Timbo. It didn't take too long, but long enough that I couldn't fit in a work out before I had to work in the computer lab. So no workout today for me. I just did some more probability problems and such.
When I got home I cleaned up a little bit, answered some emails, did dishes, and studied for my life con test on Friday. It shouldn't be too bad, but we shall see. I'm starting to understand some of this material better, I just need to keep all of the formulae and connections straight.
Mom, Aunt Kathy, and Beth came up today for dinner. They got here around 4:30. Mom and I went to Wal-mart to pick up my prescription and some salad dressing. Let's hope this stuff works! After dinner was ready, they went over to Jessie's apartment and I waited for Kathryn, as she joined us for dinner tonight. And she got to meet some of the family.
Aunt Kathy and mom made beef stroganof for dinner. It was really good. Then we had cheesecake for dessert, which was also phenomenal. During/after dessert we got into a nice little theological discussion about making a politically correct Bible, and how some changes (like different translations) are allowed but others aren't. There was some disagreement, but I felt like it was a productive debate. Then I ended up showing more of my internet nerdom by explaining to everyone (save Beth and Aunt Kathy) what lolcats are and how there is a Bible being translated into "lolspeak." Yes, it's a real thing. Do not be alarmed if you have no idea what's going on. That means you're normal.
Anyhow, eventually mom and co. had to go home, since they had a 3 hour drive ahead of them. And now I'm home, hopefully going to bed sometime. Yup! Good night all.
Today was pretty standard. I got up, went to work, did some studying. This morning was mainly probability. Then it was class time.
Today in life con we talked some about a project that I believe is due on Monday? But he hasn't really talked much about it. So this should be interesting. We talked about how pension actuaries do pricing and different ways that can be achieved. It can get pretty tricky.
After class I went to the computer lab to work on some stuff with Dustin and Timbo. It didn't take too long, but long enough that I couldn't fit in a work out before I had to work in the computer lab. So no workout today for me. I just did some more probability problems and such.
When I got home I cleaned up a little bit, answered some emails, did dishes, and studied for my life con test on Friday. It shouldn't be too bad, but we shall see. I'm starting to understand some of this material better, I just need to keep all of the formulae and connections straight.
Mom, Aunt Kathy, and Beth came up today for dinner. They got here around 4:30. Mom and I went to Wal-mart to pick up my prescription and some salad dressing. Let's hope this stuff works! After dinner was ready, they went over to Jessie's apartment and I waited for Kathryn, as she joined us for dinner tonight. And she got to meet some of the family.
Aunt Kathy and mom made beef stroganof for dinner. It was really good. Then we had cheesecake for dessert, which was also phenomenal. During/after dessert we got into a nice little theological discussion about making a politically correct Bible, and how some changes (like different translations) are allowed but others aren't. There was some disagreement, but I felt like it was a productive debate. Then I ended up showing more of my internet nerdom by explaining to everyone (save Beth and Aunt Kathy) what lolcats are and how there is a Bible being translated into "lolspeak." Yes, it's a real thing. Do not be alarmed if you have no idea what's going on. That means you're normal.
Anyhow, eventually mom and co. had to go home, since they had a 3 hour drive ahead of them. And now I'm home, hopefully going to bed sometime. Yup! Good night all.
2.20.2012
Day 273
Well, another week!
I actually woke up with plenty of time this morning, but apparently I took too long doing...something. I don't really know what. Probably eating. Anyhow, somehow I was able to make it to the parking lot before the bus left. It only took me 8 minutes to get to campus today, not the normal 10 or 11. I won't complain though.
This morning in investments I think that for the first time, I finally understand what we've been doing for the past 2 weeks. So that's exciting.
For some reason I was exceptionally hungry after class, so I got some biscuits and gravy as a snack. They were oh-so yummy. Then we all studied for our life con quiz.
In my upcoming life con exam, there is a take-home portion that is to be done in Excel. So Dr. Foley talked more about that and I think I understand what's going on in that as well. How thrilling! Then we had our quiz, which I think I got 100% on.
After class I went to go work out for a little bit. I really wasn't down there for very long, maybe 45 minutes. I just wasn't feeling it today. Apparently this was in my favor, because about 30 minutes after getting home I saw that I had an email alerting all students of a bomb threat in the gym where I had been working out. Thankfully nothing became of that, but I'm glad I wasn't there for it.
This afternoon I worked on probability for a little bit. Then after dinner I played some Left4Dead with Jared, Adam, and Derrick. That was fun. Eventually Derrick had to leave so Miles joined us. Yup, it was fun. Then I talked with Clifton for a little bit about life and such. And now I'm tired.
So I'm going to bed. Good night!
I actually woke up with plenty of time this morning, but apparently I took too long doing...something. I don't really know what. Probably eating. Anyhow, somehow I was able to make it to the parking lot before the bus left. It only took me 8 minutes to get to campus today, not the normal 10 or 11. I won't complain though.
This morning in investments I think that for the first time, I finally understand what we've been doing for the past 2 weeks. So that's exciting.
For some reason I was exceptionally hungry after class, so I got some biscuits and gravy as a snack. They were oh-so yummy. Then we all studied for our life con quiz.
In my upcoming life con exam, there is a take-home portion that is to be done in Excel. So Dr. Foley talked more about that and I think I understand what's going on in that as well. How thrilling! Then we had our quiz, which I think I got 100% on.
After class I went to go work out for a little bit. I really wasn't down there for very long, maybe 45 minutes. I just wasn't feeling it today. Apparently this was in my favor, because about 30 minutes after getting home I saw that I had an email alerting all students of a bomb threat in the gym where I had been working out. Thankfully nothing became of that, but I'm glad I wasn't there for it.
This afternoon I worked on probability for a little bit. Then after dinner I played some Left4Dead with Jared, Adam, and Derrick. That was fun. Eventually Derrick had to leave so Miles joined us. Yup, it was fun. Then I talked with Clifton for a little bit about life and such. And now I'm tired.
So I'm going to bed. Good night!
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