it all works out, eventually.

so after the shitty week i had, the past two days COMPLETELY made up for it.

my shitty week was mostly due to a few not so hot grades...which we all know is not okay by me. Dr. Lawber gave us two pop quizzes in Econ and i got a 40 on one. i freaked out on poor Dani, who said she never saw me like that before. she practically held me while i screamed her head off in the middle of Ochre Point Avenue. (i have the best Wifey EVER, thank you.) the next one was better. a 70. at least i passed. not normally a mantra that i live by, but after a 40 and knowing that your lowest grade is going to be dropped, it's livable. i currently have an 85 quiz average in Econ b/c i got a 100 on a reaction paper. still not okay, but we're heading into the third week of the semester and i have time to pull it up.

the other class that pissed me off was Earth Science. two quizzes this week that we knew about...ten questions...one chapter each. you would THINK that would mean that SMALL LITTLE DETAILS would be excluded from the quiz and BIG CONCEPTS would be what we were tested on. it wasn't even like i didn't study the details! i just didn't study them as hard as the big concepts. every educator that i've ever had has been trying to get me to understand that i should only study big ideas and not waste my time with details because i did that forever. and i always completely overstudied. now i have to remember SPECIFIC ROCK TYPES??!! from a professor who says 'basically' every third word? OY.

not to mention the emotional crisis that i had to handle that wasn't mine, not being able to find helium balloons for Dani for her 21st birthday, falling UP stairs twice in one day, not being able to find the common room remote to watch the House premiere, the swipe card reloader being out of service, and then the icing on the case, finding the family gathering pictures on Facebook. that broke me. i threatened to come home next weekend.

there WERE some good things, though. i had two GOOD quizzes, and one of them was a surprise. i met my soulmate in Nicole, who is a freshman and in campus ministry. and the House premiere...was just amazing, though i want to hunt down Wilson and kick his ass (House and Wilson NEED EACH OTHER!). i even got my laundry done.

then on Friday, after lunch with my Wifey and making campaign t-shirts with Nicole, GAURI CAME TO NEWPORT!!!! Kaoru and I picked her up and waited for the shuttle forever, and then we ate at the Red Parrot. we came back, hung out with Shane, came back to my room and gossipped about people and watched National Treasure (or as much as we could get through before we fell asleep). we had brunch with Megan and Courtney then i showed Gauri as much of Newport as i possibly could. i took her to all of my favorite stores, we went to the arcade, then sat in Starbucks (just like if we were on LI) and came back and gossipped some more :-) (about people who were NOT in earshot!) Ann and Whit took us back to Gateway for Gauri to meet her bus. and now i'm back here, eating chinese food and leftovers from last night.

and i'm SO MUCH HAPPIER!!!!