Enjablog

*Phew*. So, I took the Professional Engineering exam on Friday and followed that with an evening of drunken debauchery and a weekend o’ fun.

I spent the last 4 months studying for this exam. Way more than I’ve ever studied for anything before. And I still walked in feeling completely unprepared. The exam was difficult and different from the practice problems I had been studying from, but not impossible. I definitely had some areas that I didn’t study enough or the right material… and I had trouble keeping my timing in check, running out of time in both the morning and afternoon portions. I kept spending time on problems I knew I knew how to do, but making easy mistakes in my rush and not coming up with a viable answer. At least if I do end up having to take this over again, I’ll know what to expect and be able to prepare for it. That will make a world of difference.

Saturday, I started out going out and watching Ian’s ultimate frisbee game. There were a couple little bouts of rain, but overall, the weather held out and it was a pretty nice day. There were some nice, sunny stretches as well. Family lunch was rowdy, as usual. Not much going on, but the usual crew minus Lenny this week. That was followed up with some shopping with Ian.

I looked for some new planters and bought some dirt for my plants. I had a talk with Ian’s mom though about my plan to make self-watering planters for all my plants and apparently that’s not a good idea, so I will have to rethink my plan. I still need to get new pots though. The afternoon flew by after that with some reading, wii sports, and other goofing off.

Sunday, I slept in nice and late. Dawdled over breakfast and the Sunday paper, took a nap, watched one of the Grindhouse movies with Ian, read some more and took another nap.

A pretty full weekend. Man, I was kind of apprehensive about blogging today. I know a lot has happened over the past few months, but I haven’t gotten around to blogging it. And people keep saying things and declaring them quotes of the day… which I had every intention of blogging, but I either didn’t write them down, or they’re not as funny anymore because it was so long ago. And I’m tired. And I thought I would sit down and have nothing to write about. And now I’m just saying “and” a lot and babbling. I’m tired.

I have so much free time between now and August though (when classes start up again). I have so many projects I want to get done before then. This is going to be such a fun summer! :)