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This Thursday, I was proctoring a pre-calculus test when our Complex Analysis professor announced that we would have a midterm in a week. Two days after my Thermodynamics midterm. Two days before my Fluid Dynamics Midterms. All within five days of my Numerical Analysis midterm. While this all seems super stressful, atleast once Fluid Dynamics is over, I can look forward to smooth sailing for a few weeks. This week, in contrast to the next few, is looking to be very peaceful as a whole. I got to play soccer with some friends this weekend. I had not played in a few months, but it was great to get back out on the field and run around a little. Even better, I finally decided on a Halloween costume as well- Russell from Up. The only hard thing has been finding badges. Finally, WE GOT A DOG. This part has been most exciting. She came by at some point this afternoon, a friend had brought her up. She basically explored the house for the first bit of the day, and now, she's getting more u...

This week, I had relatively boring classes and lectures. We did a little bit of new stuff, but overall, with no tests or major assignments, it was pretty easy for the week to pass quickly. In addition, since it is a bye week, there has not been a lot of things to happen today to entertain me either. This entire week as a whole MIGHT have been something that passed me by quickly without a second thought. That is, until my roommate suggested we get a dog. For a bit of background knowledge, we had considered getting a dog for a while before moving into a house, but we ultimately decided not to because we were not sure if we had time. But now, we have an additional roommate and we are considering it for a real possibility. I would guess that overall, it has a strong likelihood of happening. One of us would have to own the dog outright for when we inevitably move out of the house, and we would also need to figure out what to do with it during summer and winter while we are not at school. ...

This week, I had Friday off of school due to the OU-Texas weekend. I took advantage of this by working a full day at the consultancy firm that I work at part time, where I was able to crack a little further in a problem we were having with an algorithm. Once the work day was over, I got in my car and drove home. Generally, during drives, I tend to listen to podcasts as opposed to music. This is because sometimes, listening to music can be distracting and I might zone out. I always enjoy coming home, because it is a chance to eat some great tasting homemade food. This week it was cornbread and chili, a food that I do not have access to at Norman. In addition, I get to go back the my favorite restaurant of all time, Szechuans. I used to work there as a teenager, so it has always had a special spot in my heart. Coming home also means bringing home different clothes and items from Norman that I no longer have a use for, so the car is always full. I always try to get some things done wh...

This week, I was willing to bet money that I had mono. I had chills, a fever, and worst of all, I was sleeping around 12-16 hours per day, and waking up still feeling tired. The doctor at Goddard thought it was a viral infection, and I had hope. I spent my days eating chicken soup, drudging to class, and sleeping. I thought all hope was lost. I had a fluid dynamics test and a thermodynamics test that week, and I had to chug a combination of cold brew coffee and theraflu in order to remain consciousness. But then, Thursday struck. I slept for only (yes, only) nine hours and I felt great. There was color in the world. The birds sang in harmony. The squirrels pranced to and fro about their trees. Nature amalgamated into one beautiful euphonious sound of good health. Most importantly, I would be able to make Gameday (not saying I'm the lucky fan, but every game I've been to, we've won by atleast 20 points.) The day afterwards, I slept for only seven hours. I can feel my bod...

This week, I had the opportunity to continue work at my consultancy position. This position has been very interesting for me because I have had the chance to delve deep into thermodynamics and advanced linear transforms while at work. I also get to learn more about algorithm analysis and programming as we are trying to develop a new algorithm to determine thermodynamic data. In addition, the career fair for many of the engineering majors was this Thursday, and a lot of my friends are currently stressing out about internships and interviews. This is leading to a decrease in their sleep which would be contra to my opinions on a healthy sleep schedule. Overall, I hope they do well and get an internship. Me personally, I will return to ExxonMobil in Spring, Texas this summer. Looking forward, we have a lot of tests coming up this next week, and I imagine that stress will increase a lot in my friends. I am hoping to do well on the tests and continue my streak of not being disappointed b...

This week is met with many different sources of stress and many different sources of work. I started work at a new consultancy company part time, which results in less time to study, but a different challenge overall. With tests coming up, it will be interesting to see how I am able to balance different classes with needing to sleep eight hours per day, and how I can also balance that against needing to cook my own foods. There is a sense of urgency in everything I do now as I must spend more time working on classes in my free time, and I do not have the same time to simply goof around. While I still plan on slacking off to the best of my abilities, I unfortunately have to focus some efforts on classes. We have had quizzes in numerical methods, hard homeworks in thermodynamics, and difficult questions in complex analysis. This, combined with reading research papers at my job and delving out the minutiae vs. the substance is resulting in an increased difficulty in my time overall. B...

I almost always have a problem with cooking in general. The main issue is that most of the foods that I like to eat are not general things I can cook quickly (or I am just extremely lazy, likely the latter), or, I make too much of one food that I cannot eat it all before it expires. This Saturday, I noticed that five pounds of beef were in my fridge that were going to expire within a couple of days, so I decided to make five one pound burgers for me and some friends for the game. Which was okay, aside from the fact we were eating 1,000 calories for breakfast. Or another time, I decided to make 20 lbs of jambalaya because I didn't want to cook for two weeks, but at the end of the first week, I was tired of jambalaya. This generally isn't the worst of problems, because my roommate eats the jambalaya. It is also a problem because it happens somewhat irregularly, but the other consequence of this is that when I don't want to cook, I'll just eat out. This is bad for both h...