Brain dead

Even though I have finals to study for and one last English paper to write, I have too much on my mind to sit down and open my biochem book.

Sometimes, I really don’t know why I let things like this happen.

Also, I should stop being a pushover.

But at least I know I will always have my friends when I need them the most.

Time to get into beast mode and kill some finals.

Thanksgiving

A day late, but here I am getting ready to go back to school already, and I have’t even really taken the time to appreciate everything that I have.

Family:

Yes, we drive each other crazy. Yes, we yell a lot. Yes, we are all really weird. But sometimes, it all seems to click together. Even after everything, we can all sit down and have a pleasant dinner together. Ever since E. and I both went off to college, it’s been rare that all four of us are together for a long period of time. And now that he’s in law school and I’m not in the dorms anymore, neither of us go home as much as we used to.

I need to appreciate my family more. I should call home more, and not be so short tempered.

Friends:

You are always there for me. It’s nice to know that I always have people that will always listen to me complain, giggle over stupid things I do, eat with me, and whatever else we do. But most of all, you accept me for who I am.

I need to be as good of a friend to others as they are to me.

School, health, other random stuff:

I guess in general, I could be more appreciative of things in general. As much as I complain about it, I’m getting a great education. And sometimes, I really enjoy it too. For the most part, I’m pretty healthy, and I shouldn’t take that for granted. I need to not abuse my body so much. Sleep more, exercise more, and eat better.

The usual thanks I suppose. I’m pretty lucky to have the people that I do in my life.

So. Berkeley tomorrow, bright and early in the morning. Enjoy some football, maybe relax and watch some TV before hitting the books. Hard.

It’s been a relaxing two days Cupertino. See you on the other side.

Worst semester ever

Academically at least.

Apartment is great, boy is great, lab is great. For the most part haha.

But school. School is not great.

It is 4:15am and I am still not done with my paper that is due at 9am.

Andrea, where did your academic drive go?

Can’t even count how many times this semester I’ve told myself to start over and be a good student again.

Easier said than done.

Alright, gotta finish pumping out this paper and hopefully catch a few hours of sleep.

What happened?

I pride myself on being a good student. I try not to skip class, and when I do, it is only under extenuating circumstances (webcasted classes excluded). I do all my reading, take good notes, and make the best study guides ever. Seriously, just look at my Rine notes and Bio 1AL study guides from last semester! Yeah, I’m awesome.

Or so I thought.

School has been kicking my ass. Not just the same old “oh no, I might not get an A” kind of business. Ass kicking as in “I might take anatomy pass/no pass so I don’t screw up my GPA.” Yeah. That bad.

Well, at least I figured out why I haven’t been taking school seriously enough.

1. Summer kind of sucked. Taking a class, doing research, and studying for MCATs took too much out of me. I had one full day before school started to relax. Can you say burned out?
2. My classes this semester kind of suck. Not even because of the material, but because of the instructors. I don’t know. Last semester was so nice because I finally felt like I had picked the right major and enjoyed what I was learning. This semester, I am so uninspired by my classes that I would rather focus my time on being a good tutor and UGSI. No good for my grades.

I guess there’s nothing like bombing a few exams to make me realize I need to get my shit together. Big time.

School is hard

No kidding, right?

So not looking forward to next week.

Midterms suck. Also, my day of reckoning is coming. Soon my fate will be half sealed!

Yes I am being overly dramatic.

On the other hand, I love my roommates and TV premieres. Hehe.

Goodbye and hello

Sooooooo.

MCATs are over and done with! There’s not much else to say about that. I feel okay about them and I will just have to wait and see. But damn, walking out of that test center was one of the best feelings I’ve had all summer.

I realized this past week how lucky I am to have such great friends. The calls, texts, emails, facebook messages, letters- they all cheered me up so much when I was ready to just curl up into a ball and hide. It’s nice to know that my friends are on my side, so thank you for that. I really don’t know what I would have done this summer without some of you :)

I’m glad I’ve had Tuesday night and yesterday to kind of just be lazy and lounge around before getting back into school mode. I guess today was chill too besides my getting lost in Oakland on the way to the DMV ordeal. Yeah no bueno. But I did read an entire book during my wait to replace my driver’s license. Hahaha. Two-ish lazy days of summer is better than none!

Alright.

Goodbye MCATs and summer, hello Fall 2010. Please be good to me.

“I hate school!”

I said this to my parents tonight.

They laughed.

Good thing I wasn’t serious…

New semester!

Starts tomorrow.  I am currently out of things to do, mostly because I’ve been here since Thursday.  I can only clean and organize so much before it becomes useless.  So…I guess getting back into school mode will be somewhat of a good thing because I want to start using my brain again.  Nerdnerdnerd time.

Okay, I have no idea why I am writing here.  I also have a sudden urge to paint my nails black.  Maybe because the weather is so gloomy.  My mother would highly disapprove and would tell me to be more feminine.  Maybe I’ll go buy pink nail polish.  Hahaha or not.

Anyway, here’s to a successful semester!

Minor crisis

I accidentally scheduled myself to work on September 5th from 6-10pm.

Our first football game is September 5th at 7pm.

If nobody can cover for my shift I am seriously going to cry.  Like.  Literally.

AHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!

On a slightly happier note, my first day of classes went pretty well.  Not that I had much class to go to, haha.