i ended up shaving my beard on Tuesday in anticipation on getting a new work badge on Thursday. apparently though, i was not going to be able to make the scheduled badge appointment, and needed to either go earlier or later. unfortunately, the people working the badges don’t take reschedules, and i am having to wait until January. i found this out on Wednesday. so basically, i shaved for nothing. however, i did enjoy being able to touch my face after almost 7 weeks.
here are some beard pictures from the final week and the morning it was gone:
now for the super exciting OMG HOW DID THAT HAPPEN news….i got B’s in both my classes! i do not have to pay back my tuition reimbursement money! my combustion professor was merciful and kind for sure. the other final i took last friday i actually did pretty well on, so i guess the studying and equation sheet paid off. after a semester full of fist pounding, cancelling vacations, not hanging out with friends, and little or no sleep more often than not….it’s over. both classes count toward my degree. i was so glad the semester was over, i hadn’t really thought how great it would be to pass both classes, but it certainly is. i wasn’t so much upset about the possibility of having to pay back the tuition money as much as all that time i had put in over the semester not counting for everything it could have. i still think i’m going to take the spring off just for a break among other things. i haven’t decided for sure yet, but it’d be nice to be able to read books that do not involve equations. i had to talk to someone yesterday about the possibility of taking a semester off, and ended up finding out not only about how to go about doing that, but also about transferring credits. i’m very glad to have all that worked out, because i’d been wondering about it for a while.
last night some friends came over and we broke out the wii and played halo on the xbox. i used to play halo with these guys a lot and we were pretty good. last night we were losing team slayer games 50-9, 50-12, and 50-14. at least those are the scores i can remember. we did win one game of team ball which is basically run around with a skull and see who can hold it the longest. the whole time we just kept going “we used to be good!” or “we suck now!” it was a lot of fun though. even the gallon daiquiri Andy brought wasn’t bad, but i still like the white russian kind better.
Andy called today to tell me he has gotten two tickets for the Saints game tomorrow! i will be able to finally attend a game this season. and it’s only the final home game and really really REALLY important, so it should be pretty awesome.
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