It's crazy how busy I've been in school the last two weeks. And I feel like I haven't really gotten that much accomplished. I have to give my third speech tomorrow and I barely know it. I was having a really hard time deciding what my topic was going to be. It's a persuasive speech using a problem/solution style and needs to have at least three sources that are peer-reviewed journal papers. What a pain. I suppose I would be better prepared if I hadn't kept throwing out my ideas because I thought they were crap. I finally settled on home energy conservation. Kind of bland, but it's something I know about. I wanted to do something a little more controversial but couldn't decide on a topic soon enough, so I'm stuck with what I have. I recall having some of these same worries for my last speech and that turned out just fine (I got an 'A' on that one), so this one will most likely go alright too, except I will be reading off my note cards a lot and that won't help my grade. We'll see. I still hate public speaking. I'll be glad when this class is over (only about 4 weeks to go).
I took my second mid-term test in my economics class on Tuesday. I think I did a little better on this one than the first one (just missed an 'A' by a couple of points). And I already have nine of the twelve required papers done. One more a week should be easy. And the instructor seems to like me and many of my classmates think that I'm one of the smart ones in the class. I don't feel that smart. I think that I just work harder than most of them.
I haven't had time to work on any more of my essays for my scholarship class. Luckily, the writing instructor doesn't have set deadlines on them. As long as we get them all done before the end of the term we are OK. I only have two more to do and maybe some rewrites on the others. I didn't get all of the work for the other scholarship class done this week, but the one I didn't get is only worth 5 points, so that's not a big deal. I've done everything else so far and it looks like I'll get an 'A' in that class even if I don't do most of the remaining assignments (which I will do).
It would be great if I can keep my GPA up with all 'A's' this term. I lost my 4.0 last term with the 'B' in math and don't want to drop below a 3.5 or I could lose my standing in Phi Beta Kappa. Even if I got a couple of 'B's' this term I think I would be alright, but I don't want to drop any more than I am now (3.86).
It's been raining here a lot. I guess it's that time of the year. It's kind of funny how people get mad when you point that out. A lot of people here have SAD (seasonal affective disorder - winter depression/blues) because of the large number of days it can go without having sunny skies. I'm generally OK with it, but it would be nice to have more sunny days in the fall and winter. At least we don't get much snow and it rarely freezes here. I suppose you can't have it all.
I'm going to work at the Community Energy Project again on Friday. Matt (home install supervisor) is going to train me on door weatherization. I also told them that I could work more hours over the three week winter break. I only volunteer on Fridays right now. I have no idea yet when I'll be able to work next term. I won't know until I find out what classes I'm able to get into. I would like to volunteer for more hours if I can.
It's late now and my brain is feeling very tired. It's been a long week. I'll try to post again this weekend.
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