wow

Boy, it's late.  Even for me.  And to be honest, I haven't been dicking around on the net.  Which is a positive.  Since moving back into my childhood home (yes, like everyone says...I'd never move back home, but here I am), I've been equipped with a lovely Verizon Broadband Access USB.  It's similar to a PC Card anywhere-you-go/Blackberry with internet access, without the coolness that is a Blackberry or the big ass black thing sticking out the side of your laptop.  Fortunately, it sits right behind my iMAC, safely tucked away.  And I never thought Verizon Wireless would accommodate its mac users...as if!  Back to my point.  For the first two weeks of living back at the compound, I didn't have the luxury of this wonderful device.  I was left to other modes, such as using my father's very fast PC labtop downstairs.  This of course comes with caveats.  Privacy while on facebook - doesn't exist.  Privacy while on email - doesn't exist.  Privacy will searching amazon or hanes.com - doesn't exist.  Hidden away on the second floor with no parents and Broadband = priceless.   The final caveat is that I spent quite some time distracting myself looking up news, facebook, etc, instead of working on homework.   I'm trying to train myself not to be distracted...we'll see how that works out over the next two weeks.

My cousin, Mechanical Engineering major at the local state university, has taken a lot of physics in his hey-day.  So, I brought it upon myself to ask him to "tutor" me two or so hours a week.  Today was our first "tutoring" session.  We accomplished so much on concepts and sequential steps to solve problems.  It was quite nice to have someone who was willing to sit there and help me walk through the problems.  We finished the chapter's homework and chatted for an hour or so.  Today I have worked all day on physics, and I am proud to say that I am making headway.  (Chem was all day yesterday...)  That in itself, is very nice.  I am sure in 9.5 hours when I am sitting in lecture, my headway will look like a giant roadblock.

To sum up my weekend, I've accomplished the following:

* Found a great LOCAL coffee shop which not too many people know about and their special blend drip was amazing.

* Found a great tutor, thanks Geet!

* Tackled some great physics and chemistry homework

* Haircut (if you haven't seen me in awhile....this was a good thing, even if I am growing it out...)

* Tasha finally made the right decision about the Army and Alice (my one hour of TV this weekend...)  

I've got a very busy week with four homework assignments due (two down, two IP), two quizes, three labs, and two HUGO sized exams the following week.  SO if I ain't bloggin', you know where my head will be...