What are you thinking RIGHT NOW?

[Kiana]

A downpour? In March? Ah yes, it would seem so. No class for me.

In other news, my town has completely flooded because of non-stop rain, and the fact that it's 45 F! There's also thunder, so yippie-ki-yay.

[Gemini]

One final on Friday and I am dooooooone with my bachelor's degree. Not spending another summer here, nooo way

[Azdgari]

One final on Friday and I am dooooooone with my bachelor's degree. Not spending another summer here, nooo way

Awesome! Congrats, Gem!

[Kiana]

This is the longest spring break ever, and it's only Monday

I suppose it's a bit much being dumped out of literally nowhere (nothing bad, he just didn't want a relationship with anyone anymore). Then they tell you "we shouldn't talk, so we can get over it." And you know, this dude was my best friend for months up until this, we texted every day and now we don't at all? It's hard finding stuff to do, especially when everything in you wants to stay secluded and alone (even though you've been doing it for weeks post-breakup and it's destroying you *COUGH*).

It was a bittersweet experience cleaning earlier. Finding the two roses I recieved, one from him and the other from my best friend. Both of whom no longer want to speak to me So that was also fun. (My best friend is angry with me for some poor life choices that are affecting my health, and hasn't spoken to me since she yelled at me!)

It's definitely been a journey of self-discovery these past few weeks. Mostly to realize I can't place my personal happiness on another person. Quite honestly, it's been very rough but I'm starting to finally make some progress with it. I'm also going to be getting help with my severe anxiety hopefully so yeah it's terrifying but *shrug*. If I want to ever maintain a future relationship I need to sort myself out.

[Regulus]

The best part about group work is that other people will sometimes do all the work for you.

The worst part about group work is that if they do, everything they did is wrong. Then, it's more a matter of navigating around telling them they're a dumbass.

Seriously man. You're gonna claim that you have water running over a heated plate, and the water temperature drops to -300 degrees C? Do you seriously believe this is even possible?

I wish I was making this up. I really, truly, sincerely wish I could make this stuff up.

[Panda-chan]

The best part about group work is that other people will sometimes do all the work for you.

The worst part about group work is that if they do, everything they did is wrong. Then, it's more a matter of navigating around telling them they're a dumbass.

Seriously man. You're gonna claim that you have water running over a heated plate, and the water temperature drops to -300 degrees C? Do you seriously believe this is even possible?

I wish I was making this up. I really, truly, sincerely wish I could make this stuff up.

Oh my god what lol. I don’t even think any form of matter can get that cold XD

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I can’t wait till my new laptop arrives on my birthday! I’ll finally be able to play video games from this decade

[Gemini]

The best part about group work is that other people will sometimes do all the work for you.

The worst part about group work is that if they do, everything they did is wrong. Then, it's more a matter of navigating around telling them they're a dumbass.

Seriously man. You're gonna claim that you have water running over a heated plate, and the water temperature drops to -300 degrees C? Do you seriously believe this is even possible?

I wish I was making this up. I really, truly, sincerely wish I could make this stuff up.

I am D E D

[Regulus]

The best part about group work is that other people will sometimes do all the work for you.

The worst part about group work is that if they do, everything they did is wrong. Then, it's more a matter of navigating around telling them they're a dumbass.

Seriously man. You're gonna claim that you have water running over a heated plate, and the water temperature drops to -300 degrees C? Do you seriously believe this is even possible?

I wish I was making this up. I really, truly, sincerely wish I could make this stuff up.

I am D E D

I tried to reason with the guy, but sometimes it's just impossible. He didn't think it was a mistake. He was insistent that his answers were right, and he turned in our assignment anyway.

We got our grades back today. So this is what it looks like:



Our team scored the lowest in the class. No real surprise there. At least the professor agrees it's awful and is allowing us to resubmit it.



"major errors" LOL

[Gemini]

We got our grades back today. So this is what it looks like:



Our team scored the lowest in the class. No real surprise there. At least the professor agrees it's awful and is allowing us to resubmit it.



"major errors" LOL

Oh my god, that Canvas score is killing me inside. I've definitely been there... unfortunately.

[Regulus]

Oh my god, that Canvas score is killing me inside. I've definitely been there... unfortunately.

Since the professor let us resubmit, I redid all the work in one night and turned it in. Then we ended up with the 134/150, so we got the highest grade in the class. So... all is hell that ends well, I suppose.

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This time last year, I had graduated and spent almost 6 months unemployed and looking for a job. I got very few interviews, no job offers, and was seriously starting to lose my mind from it all. I had just started running every morning to try to get in shape--I was considering joining the military so that I could have some job to support myself. I didn't really want to do it, but it seemed like the only option I had, and I was getting so sick of being turned down by every company I applied to.

One day last summer, I was going to talk to a Navy recruiter to become a nuclear propulsion officer. I went to the recruiter's office to take some kind of aptitude/knowledge/qualification test, and as a complete surprise to me, it turned out that I got the highest score the recruiter had ever seen. I think part of that was because the test asked a lot of engineering related questions, so my education and background helped. But additionally, I had put a lot of effort into my studies, and that was really the first chance I had to show it. That meant I could have chosen pretty much any job within the military, and I would have been accepted.

The result I got on that test made me think it wasn't so hopeless. In a way, it reminded me that I shouldn't sell myself short even though things hadn't been going well. Everything kind of started to change that day. I had been accepted into graduate school, so I decided I would take the risk and avoid joining the military in favor of continuing my studies. I lost out on a full time job with good benefits, but I thought it might be worth it.

Later on last summer, I got to meet my girlfriend in person for the first time. Ironically, at that same time that was happening, a professor offered me a job as a research assistant if he could secure funding for a project.

I'm halfway through my masters degree now. I started working for that professor, so my work funds my classes and living expenses. He's complimented me several times. He likes that I show up on time, I'm always interested, and I've very focused on my work (not all of this can be said about the other students he advises). I've made very good grades since starting graduate school, and this week I'm leaving for a summer internship. I almost didn't think it was possible, but yes, I finally managed to get one of those.

In addition to preparing for that, I'm also planning a third vacation with my girlfriend this summer, and also working on the paperwork to begin my thesis in the fall. Life has been busy as crap with classes and research, but a year ago, I almost couldn't have predicted things would turn out as okay as this.

Looking back now, I guess everything turned out as it should have. I just didn't know it at the time.