you don’t know from busy

You wanna know about f'in busy? I'm so busy I fell guilty taking the time to write this blog. I just finished my third week of school and things are going fairly well. I am not out of money yet and my bills are paid till the end of november. That's pretty cool, eh? I bought some new glasses and some other stuff, not too much to show for my financial aid this round but that's okay, I had alot of old debts to pay off. School isn't really that hard, just tons of work. I am still a research assistant, which currently entails finding and copying articles for my professor, and also some IT work(as usual). I also got elected secretary of the society for physics students, which is additional work. I really need to get ahead of my homework, though. Yesterday I woke up at 10 and went directly to school, then I did homework till 10:15 at night, went to bed at 10:30. I don't mind doing it because I have decided that Saturday evening I stop, no matter what, and start again Monday morning. I have to be in the lab on Saturdays this quarter so I can't go out on Fridays anymore, but that'll just save me money and liver. I still cut loose Saturday night, and one night is really all anyone needs. I will have to do some work on Sundays as I have to study for the first comprehensive exam on Nov. 30th. All graduate students at PSU have to pass with 50% one of two exams covering thermodynamics, mechanics, experimental physics, quantum mechanics and modern physics. I have until winter of 2010 to pass. It is strictly from memory, no notes or anything! I think I can do it but its gonna take some hard work. I'm currently taking 'current electricity', 'electricity and magnetism', and 'experimental physics' which is essentially a circuit building class. So after this quarter I will be the world's leading expert on electricity. Not really, but I'll know alot about it. I have three chapters to read by tomorrow night, and also some journal articles. Also, two books on crystallography that I have to fit in somewhere. I think the hardest thing is not actually doing the work, but budgeting my time. I will never again take vacations for granted. Bye.