This isn't a very long post, but I was just noticing yesterday and today that the temperatures outside are getting quite nice. There has been sun, but the weather is cool and there is a cool breeze. It is no longer negative to be outside, and I rather like it now. I think I'll like the falls here quite well:)
Anyway, tonight, I'm going to go to the Dance performance, and so I might not blog until later, but everything is going well with me and I'm mostly caught up. I have to study for some exams and quizzes on Tuesday, but they should be OK:) Today should be normal, but if it isn't, I'll tell everyone about it next time I most.
Bye.
Friday, September 10, 2010
Thursday, September 9, 2010
Wednesday and Thursday
Wednesday was fairly slow, and I just read and read until my only class that day, Calculus. We were assigned lots of work in Calculus, because there is a test next tuesday. It shouldn't be that bad, because I'm finally understanding it I think. Hooray!!!
Anyway, I went to Georgetown after my Calculus class and it only took me 40 minutes to walk there. This is partly because I'm on the far side of campus from Massachusetts Ave and Ward, where my class is, is right next to it. I talked to dad for quite a bit of my walk and heard about the lawns and such. I also got a large sweat patch on my shirt where the shirt was between my arms. So anyway, I got there and we studied for a while. I ate Subway, and shared some of it with Amy. It was really cool! Here, they have footlong flatbread at subway. I was wondering if they have it in Montana too, and it was just new, or if it was specific to out here.
After that, we got a Mint Mocha from a student run and staffed coffee shop. It was really good, and they even gave me the left overs that were in the blender after they made it. It was equivalent to one of the small sizes, and that was just extra and free:)
We went to Chi Alpha at Georgetown which is similar to the one at American, but there was a more energetic pastor/leader there named Jon. He was really nice, and I felt a little more welcome at the Georgetown one. They gave away an Apple TV for the one that could guess the number of cheeseball puffs in a box shaped container. I would have only been off by 59, while the one that won it was off by over 190. The reason I didn't win it was that you had to submit your guesses at the SAC Fair. I felt bad for not stopping over there, because the number was easy to estimate since the container was squareish. There were 1241 and I guessed 1300 in my head before they read the answer. The winner guessed 1000 something.
Anyway, I helped Amy with her calculus and then walked to the Rosslyn station and read my Lab on the way. I got home kinda late, but it was OK.
This morning, I went to the lab and we used some fun sensor thing to calculate the acceleration of Gravity. It is really cool all the equipment we get to use and it just goes into the computer and then we calculate the data from there. While in the lab, I opened my email so I could email the data to myself to complete and I noticed an email from Michelle Newton-Francis and it said that my other class for the day was canceled. I read some and worked on Calculus for the rest of the day. I also had a good conversation with Amy and messed around with Audacity and made a randomish version of a Hymn.
Time for bed. Tomorrow, I'm going to a show with Amy, that her aunt Tamara is in. So I'll just do homework in between classes and save the rest for the weekend, but I've been getting ahead, so I don't think there will be too much Homework! Hooray!
Goodnight!
Anyway, I went to Georgetown after my Calculus class and it only took me 40 minutes to walk there. This is partly because I'm on the far side of campus from Massachusetts Ave and Ward, where my class is, is right next to it. I talked to dad for quite a bit of my walk and heard about the lawns and such. I also got a large sweat patch on my shirt where the shirt was between my arms. So anyway, I got there and we studied for a while. I ate Subway, and shared some of it with Amy. It was really cool! Here, they have footlong flatbread at subway. I was wondering if they have it in Montana too, and it was just new, or if it was specific to out here.
After that, we got a Mint Mocha from a student run and staffed coffee shop. It was really good, and they even gave me the left overs that were in the blender after they made it. It was equivalent to one of the small sizes, and that was just extra and free:)
We went to Chi Alpha at Georgetown which is similar to the one at American, but there was a more energetic pastor/leader there named Jon. He was really nice, and I felt a little more welcome at the Georgetown one. They gave away an Apple TV for the one that could guess the number of cheeseball puffs in a box shaped container. I would have only been off by 59, while the one that won it was off by over 190. The reason I didn't win it was that you had to submit your guesses at the SAC Fair. I felt bad for not stopping over there, because the number was easy to estimate since the container was squareish. There were 1241 and I guessed 1300 in my head before they read the answer. The winner guessed 1000 something.
Anyway, I helped Amy with her calculus and then walked to the Rosslyn station and read my Lab on the way. I got home kinda late, but it was OK.
This morning, I went to the lab and we used some fun sensor thing to calculate the acceleration of Gravity. It is really cool all the equipment we get to use and it just goes into the computer and then we calculate the data from there. While in the lab, I opened my email so I could email the data to myself to complete and I noticed an email from Michelle Newton-Francis and it said that my other class for the day was canceled. I read some and worked on Calculus for the rest of the day. I also had a good conversation with Amy and messed around with Audacity and made a randomish version of a Hymn.
Time for bed. Tomorrow, I'm going to a show with Amy, that her aunt Tamara is in. So I'll just do homework in between classes and save the rest for the weekend, but I've been getting ahead, so I don't think there will be too much Homework! Hooray!
Goodnight!
Tuesday, September 7, 2010
Overload Day # 4
So, today, I had 4 classes. Not much interesting happened in the classes, and the rest of my day was comprised of getting homework done, so I'll just share a couple of interesting events that occurred.
This morning, I had my alarm set for 7:00, because I have an 8:30 Physics class. However, I forgot to turn my phone off vibrate, so I'm sure it vibrated at 7:00, but I didn't hear it. I woke up instead at 7:45 and felt in a rush to get going. I didn't take a shower then, because I wanted to get to class a little early. I also had a missed call on my phone when I woke up and it was from some number that I didn't know from Montana. I called them back and it sounded like a young lady that hadn't really been up before my calling. It must have been a mistake.
In Physics, we were discussing Free fall and several things regarding that. For an example, that we will finish on Friday, he put a kart on a ramp and we have to figure out how long or how fast or something about it based on the angle, or maybe we'll find the angle. I don't really know, but that is beside the point. To illustrate the fact that objects drop at the same rate, he used a vacuum to suck out the air in a long glass tube. In it he had a small piece of metal and another of styrofoam. The end had a rubber stopper on it, and it was supposedly sucked up the tube every time he tried to do this before. IT worked this time though, and he showed us several times that it worked that minus air resistance, the objects dropped at the same rate. It was really cool. Then he sat the tube on the floor and several moments later, the stopper go shot up the tube and it knocked the one that was on the other end out and onto the floor.
Another interesting fact is that my Professor went to Los Alamos. It is a Huge lab and research area in New Mexico I believe. It was the place they worked on the first atomic bomb. Anyway, now it has about 11,000 researchers and engineers working there. The reason he was gone last Friday was because he went there to give a lecture. He said it involved suspending supercooled atoms above a chop using lasers. It sounded super complex, and I'm wondering why he teaches if he also does research at Los Alamos.
Next interesting anecdote occurred this evening as I was doing my homework. I logged into blackboard and for some reason everything was in some other language. I couldn't figure out how to get it back to English. I asked Amy and used her account, because she has a similar one from Georgetown and I thought I could locate the settings from there. Well, anyway, that didn't work. I then had a brilliant plan to consult some of the Asian girls from my floor. I think they are all Asian but one or two of them. Anyway, I went out to the lounge and sure enough, 2 of them were sitting there in the lounge. I slowly walked in and said, "Are either of you from a place that could read this?" I brought my laptop in there while I asked. The one that was sitting at the table read it and said, "No, I'm not Chinese." The other wasn't either. So, I was out of luck, but one offered to try to log on as herself so we could try to find the appropriate buttons to shut the Chinese off. As I logged out, I saw that it was before the Login that you change the language. I must have just bumped it at the wrong time to change it. Woops. Anyway, it was really awkward and I felt foolish. Oh well.
That is all of importance that happened today.
Goodnight!
This morning, I had my alarm set for 7:00, because I have an 8:30 Physics class. However, I forgot to turn my phone off vibrate, so I'm sure it vibrated at 7:00, but I didn't hear it. I woke up instead at 7:45 and felt in a rush to get going. I didn't take a shower then, because I wanted to get to class a little early. I also had a missed call on my phone when I woke up and it was from some number that I didn't know from Montana. I called them back and it sounded like a young lady that hadn't really been up before my calling. It must have been a mistake.
In Physics, we were discussing Free fall and several things regarding that. For an example, that we will finish on Friday, he put a kart on a ramp and we have to figure out how long or how fast or something about it based on the angle, or maybe we'll find the angle. I don't really know, but that is beside the point. To illustrate the fact that objects drop at the same rate, he used a vacuum to suck out the air in a long glass tube. In it he had a small piece of metal and another of styrofoam. The end had a rubber stopper on it, and it was supposedly sucked up the tube every time he tried to do this before. IT worked this time though, and he showed us several times that it worked that minus air resistance, the objects dropped at the same rate. It was really cool. Then he sat the tube on the floor and several moments later, the stopper go shot up the tube and it knocked the one that was on the other end out and onto the floor.
Another interesting fact is that my Professor went to Los Alamos. It is a Huge lab and research area in New Mexico I believe. It was the place they worked on the first atomic bomb. Anyway, now it has about 11,000 researchers and engineers working there. The reason he was gone last Friday was because he went there to give a lecture. He said it involved suspending supercooled atoms above a chop using lasers. It sounded super complex, and I'm wondering why he teaches if he also does research at Los Alamos.
Next interesting anecdote occurred this evening as I was doing my homework. I logged into blackboard and for some reason everything was in some other language. I couldn't figure out how to get it back to English. I asked Amy and used her account, because she has a similar one from Georgetown and I thought I could locate the settings from there. Well, anyway, that didn't work. I then had a brilliant plan to consult some of the Asian girls from my floor. I think they are all Asian but one or two of them. Anyway, I went out to the lounge and sure enough, 2 of them were sitting there in the lounge. I slowly walked in and said, "Are either of you from a place that could read this?" I brought my laptop in there while I asked. The one that was sitting at the table read it and said, "No, I'm not Chinese." The other wasn't either. So, I was out of luck, but one offered to try to log on as herself so we could try to find the appropriate buttons to shut the Chinese off. As I logged out, I saw that it was before the Login that you change the language. I must have just bumped it at the wrong time to change it. Woops. Anyway, it was really awkward and I felt foolish. Oh well.
That is all of importance that happened today.
Goodnight!
Monday, September 6, 2010
Labor Day Weekend.
So, its been a while since last I wrote. I have had a good weekend and was with Amy for nearly all of it:)
Saturday, I walked down to Georgetown in the early morning and we ate breakfast at her dining room. Her plan isn't as flexible as mine, but she has 2 buddy passes per semester, so we used one of those. They have pretty good food there as well and a whole down stairs area besides the formal looking upstairs. The upstairs one looks like it would be used for a banquet or ball or something of the sort.
After the delicious breakfast of pastries, fruit, and egg/bacon sandwiches, we went to her library to study. We read and read for about 4 or 5 hours and then went shopping. Before going shopping however, we had to get some food. We stopped at the subway in the Leavey Center and shared a delicious Chicken, Bacon, and Ranch footlong.(thanks! Grandma and Grandpa Volz, you gave Amy the Subway card) We took the Metro to the Columbia Heights area and went to the Target and Staples to get a few more supplies. I got lots of cup-O-noodles, which are pretty cheap and also some target brand easy mac. I got some pop-tarts for a breakfast additive to go with my fruit. At staples, we got some loose-leaf paper, some binders, and pushpins. I also needed some big pink erasers for all my Calculus and Physics mistakes. I also bought a battery for a watch that I found while helping Sue unpack some boxes into their new house. The watch works well:) Thank YOU!
After that, we went back to Georgetown and we hung out in her dorm a little while while eating some of the things we had purchased. It is always difficult to walk across a city with large bags of food it seems. We had to carry them the mile across the Bridge from Rosslyn to Georgetown. I went home after a while and had a little trouble, but overall, the travel went smoothly.
Sunday: I slept in, relatively late for me, until 9. My roommates are much different and sleep in until 12 easily. They also stay up much later and aren't usually even in the room by the tie I go to bed. I took a shower and got ready for church. I walked the 20 minutes down to the intersection of Massachusetts Ave, where American is located, and Wisconsin, which turns to 37th, where Georgetown is located. I met Amy there and we walked the couple of blocks to the Community of Christ church which is on Massachusetts Ave also.
The Church service was OK, and there was communion. The services are more formal and much like the services in Harbor Beach, except there are a few more people there. There were about 25 this week and there were about that many last week as well. The church is very new and doesn't feel like home at all, even though I know the songs and how the services go. I much prefer our Whitehall church, but hopefully I'll get used to the ones here. We may try out a different church sometime.
After church, we went back to Georgetown and went to the SAC fair. I think it stood for Student Activities Center, but we weren't sure about the C. They had some entertainment and also tons of booths for various clubs and organizations. There were political clubs, drama and debate clubs, sports clubs, and community service clubs. I'm sure there were many more too, but those were the major categories that I can remember. We wandered around in the heat for a while and then gave up and went into the library to study once more. We studied for probably 4 hours and then went back to Amy's dorm to get some food. There was a group called Escape in the lounge handing out Ice Cream, so we took some of that. IT was really good and they even had brownies and syrup for them.
I went home and then woke again Monday morning. This time, Amy came up to American to study. We spent the morning Studying and then ate lunch in the TDR. We studied at various locations, because the Library was closed due to labor day. We sat in the entry to the library for a while and then finally moved into the more comfortable Mary Graydon Center. After Studying until 2:30, we took the Metro to Potomac Ave. From there, we walked down to Christopher's house to drop off a Thank You and his keys.
Then, the real waking began. We walked from there, back one street to East Capital, and then all the way down East Capital to the Capital Building. It was about 3 miles walk just there, and Amy already walked the 3 miles up to American. We looked at the Library of Congress from the outside, and also several other buildings near the Capital. It was pretty hot outside and we were pretty tired by the time we got to the Smithsonian area. We stopped in the closest one, which was National Museum of American Indians. We just got a drink, went the bathroom and rested for as long as we could inside the shade and Air Conditioning! It felt soooo good, but then it closed and we were again pushed outside the area. We got on the Federal Triangle Metro Stop and then rode to Rosslyn once again. We walked back to Georgetown and then printed off a Physics Worksheet for me that was due Tuesday. The library was closed at American, so I couldn't print it there.
Anyway, to make a short story shorter, I went home, ate some food, typed a blog, finished my homework, and went to bed.
Good Night All!
I'm Glad all seems well in Montana. Everything is getting much more hopeful for me here. I Like it pretty well now, though there is never a surplus of time.
Saturday, I walked down to Georgetown in the early morning and we ate breakfast at her dining room. Her plan isn't as flexible as mine, but she has 2 buddy passes per semester, so we used one of those. They have pretty good food there as well and a whole down stairs area besides the formal looking upstairs. The upstairs one looks like it would be used for a banquet or ball or something of the sort.
After the delicious breakfast of pastries, fruit, and egg/bacon sandwiches, we went to her library to study. We read and read for about 4 or 5 hours and then went shopping. Before going shopping however, we had to get some food. We stopped at the subway in the Leavey Center and shared a delicious Chicken, Bacon, and Ranch footlong.(thanks! Grandma and Grandpa Volz, you gave Amy the Subway card) We took the Metro to the Columbia Heights area and went to the Target and Staples to get a few more supplies. I got lots of cup-O-noodles, which are pretty cheap and also some target brand easy mac. I got some pop-tarts for a breakfast additive to go with my fruit. At staples, we got some loose-leaf paper, some binders, and pushpins. I also needed some big pink erasers for all my Calculus and Physics mistakes. I also bought a battery for a watch that I found while helping Sue unpack some boxes into their new house. The watch works well:) Thank YOU!
After that, we went back to Georgetown and we hung out in her dorm a little while while eating some of the things we had purchased. It is always difficult to walk across a city with large bags of food it seems. We had to carry them the mile across the Bridge from Rosslyn to Georgetown. I went home after a while and had a little trouble, but overall, the travel went smoothly.
Sunday: I slept in, relatively late for me, until 9. My roommates are much different and sleep in until 12 easily. They also stay up much later and aren't usually even in the room by the tie I go to bed. I took a shower and got ready for church. I walked the 20 minutes down to the intersection of Massachusetts Ave, where American is located, and Wisconsin, which turns to 37th, where Georgetown is located. I met Amy there and we walked the couple of blocks to the Community of Christ church which is on Massachusetts Ave also.
The Church service was OK, and there was communion. The services are more formal and much like the services in Harbor Beach, except there are a few more people there. There were about 25 this week and there were about that many last week as well. The church is very new and doesn't feel like home at all, even though I know the songs and how the services go. I much prefer our Whitehall church, but hopefully I'll get used to the ones here. We may try out a different church sometime.
After church, we went back to Georgetown and went to the SAC fair. I think it stood for Student Activities Center, but we weren't sure about the C. They had some entertainment and also tons of booths for various clubs and organizations. There were political clubs, drama and debate clubs, sports clubs, and community service clubs. I'm sure there were many more too, but those were the major categories that I can remember. We wandered around in the heat for a while and then gave up and went into the library to study once more. We studied for probably 4 hours and then went back to Amy's dorm to get some food. There was a group called Escape in the lounge handing out Ice Cream, so we took some of that. IT was really good and they even had brownies and syrup for them.
I went home and then woke again Monday morning. This time, Amy came up to American to study. We spent the morning Studying and then ate lunch in the TDR. We studied at various locations, because the Library was closed due to labor day. We sat in the entry to the library for a while and then finally moved into the more comfortable Mary Graydon Center. After Studying until 2:30, we took the Metro to Potomac Ave. From there, we walked down to Christopher's house to drop off a Thank You and his keys.
Then, the real waking began. We walked from there, back one street to East Capital, and then all the way down East Capital to the Capital Building. It was about 3 miles walk just there, and Amy already walked the 3 miles up to American. We looked at the Library of Congress from the outside, and also several other buildings near the Capital. It was pretty hot outside and we were pretty tired by the time we got to the Smithsonian area. We stopped in the closest one, which was National Museum of American Indians. We just got a drink, went the bathroom and rested for as long as we could inside the shade and Air Conditioning! It felt soooo good, but then it closed and we were again pushed outside the area. We got on the Federal Triangle Metro Stop and then rode to Rosslyn once again. We walked back to Georgetown and then printed off a Physics Worksheet for me that was due Tuesday. The library was closed at American, so I couldn't print it there.
Anyway, to make a short story shorter, I went home, ate some food, typed a blog, finished my homework, and went to bed.
Good Night All!
I'm Glad all seems well in Montana. Everything is getting much more hopeful for me here. I Like it pretty well now, though there is never a surplus of time.
Friday, September 3, 2010
A Capella
I had a full day of Schooling today. We have a long weekend coming up, but I only have one class that is usually on Monday, so it isn't that beneficial to me. Oh well. I'm going over to Amy's college tomorrow to study, and then, later we are going to go shopping a bit.
Today, I saw some signs up for the A Capella groups here. I think I should try out for them sometime, but probably next semester, because I don't have much time now. Anyway, They were having a sample concert tonight at 9 and I went to that. It was pretty good and they have 3 different groups. I liked the all mens group the best, Imagine that... They always sound the best to me. It was in the Kay Spiritual Life center and was super crowded, and they sang quietly, but it was pretty good overall.
I have to go to bed now, because I'm getting up early to go see Amy again... Its been too long!
Goodnight all!
Today, I saw some signs up for the A Capella groups here. I think I should try out for them sometime, but probably next semester, because I don't have much time now. Anyway, They were having a sample concert tonight at 9 and I went to that. It was pretty good and they have 3 different groups. I liked the all mens group the best, Imagine that... They always sound the best to me. It was in the Kay Spiritual Life center and was super crowded, and they sang quietly, but it was pretty good overall.
I have to go to bed now, because I'm getting up early to go see Amy again... Its been too long!
Goodnight all!
Thursday, September 2, 2010
Chi Alpha
Today was a pretty ordinary day. I woke up, went and did a lab for a really long time, and then studied a bit before my next class. After those classes, I went to get some calculus help from the teacher and then tried to get some physics help from one of the teacher's aids. There were too many people in there though, so I didn't really get much help, though I did finish a couple more problems than I had done before the help session. Our homework was online and you have to input everything exactly right in order for it to work. Even all the messed up variable equations...
I ate some lunch and dinner today, and felt pretty good all day:) Hooray! I didn't cry even once. I hope it can continue like this, but I didn't really do too much homework today, so that was a little less stressful than it otherwise might have been. I worked and read until 8 and then went to this Chi Alpha service.
Its the Christian protestant group on campus. I think it was much like the Cardwell Church, because they had a praise band for a while and then a preacher, but I don't really know, because I haven't been to the Cardwell Church in quite a while. First, I was greeted and given a name tag. Then I was greeted by someone inside and given another name tag. So, if you looked at me from the right or the left you could see who I was. I met Dan, a pretty nice junior who is studying Political Science, imagine that. I also met Jonathon, who just happens to look exactly like Taylor Mason, except a lot younger. Anyway, we sang praise songs, while standing for like 30 minutes and then sat and they had someone play a video with some stuffed animals, so they could make the announcements more exciting. Then they took the offering, and the message was given. That was the first time I had seen anyone use a Bible on Ipod before. Then, everyone kinda hung out for a little bit, and they had food outside. I stood with Dan for a while and we talked a little about college and such, and then a Baptist recruiter came over to us.
That was about all to my day, except helping Amy with one of her calculus problems.
I have to go take a shower, so I can go to Physics soon.
I ate some lunch and dinner today, and felt pretty good all day:) Hooray! I didn't cry even once. I hope it can continue like this, but I didn't really do too much homework today, so that was a little less stressful than it otherwise might have been. I worked and read until 8 and then went to this Chi Alpha service.
Its the Christian protestant group on campus. I think it was much like the Cardwell Church, because they had a praise band for a while and then a preacher, but I don't really know, because I haven't been to the Cardwell Church in quite a while. First, I was greeted and given a name tag. Then I was greeted by someone inside and given another name tag. So, if you looked at me from the right or the left you could see who I was. I met Dan, a pretty nice junior who is studying Political Science, imagine that. I also met Jonathon, who just happens to look exactly like Taylor Mason, except a lot younger. Anyway, we sang praise songs, while standing for like 30 minutes and then sat and they had someone play a video with some stuffed animals, so they could make the announcements more exciting. Then they took the offering, and the message was given. That was the first time I had seen anyone use a Bible on Ipod before. Then, everyone kinda hung out for a little bit, and they had food outside. I stood with Dan for a while and we talked a little about college and such, and then a Baptist recruiter came over to us.
That was about all to my day, except helping Amy with one of her calculus problems.
I have to go take a shower, so I can go to Physics soon.
Wednesday, September 1, 2010
Amy Starts Classes
Today, I woke at 6:00, took a quick shower, and then started walking to Georgetown, because today, Amy started classes. I wanted to be there so I could hear about them and just so I could be there really, so I walked there. It took me 50 minutes to go down there.
First, she had Spanish. It was in a very large and somewhat confusing building, but the room that her class was in was very small. There were 16 desks in it, but there were only 8 students in it. Wait a minute, I can't really describe her classes very well. I'll see if she will post something about them.
Anyway, she then had Theology and I read my Physics then. We walked off campus to her next class, which happened to be Calculus. From there, I walked home once again. On the way home though, the sun had warmed the air significantly, so I sweated a lot. I called my parents and talked to them on the way home, and as my arm was creased near my elbow, allowing the phone to come to my ear, the sweat from within the fold of skin ran out and dripped off my elbow.
I then got ready and went to Calculus. I only had one class today, so I had lots of time for my other homework, which it seems never dwindles. Oh well, I think I'm getting a little more used to all this homework. I think everything will be OK.
Goodnight everyone,
Oh, and I got a very nice letter from Carol Ann today. Thank You Carol Ann if you read this blog. If not, someone else might mention it to her. Thanks!
First, she had Spanish. It was in a very large and somewhat confusing building, but the room that her class was in was very small. There were 16 desks in it, but there were only 8 students in it. Wait a minute, I can't really describe her classes very well. I'll see if she will post something about them.
Anyway, she then had Theology and I read my Physics then. We walked off campus to her next class, which happened to be Calculus. From there, I walked home once again. On the way home though, the sun had warmed the air significantly, so I sweated a lot. I called my parents and talked to them on the way home, and as my arm was creased near my elbow, allowing the phone to come to my ear, the sweat from within the fold of skin ran out and dripped off my elbow.
I then got ready and went to Calculus. I only had one class today, so I had lots of time for my other homework, which it seems never dwindles. Oh well, I think I'm getting a little more used to all this homework. I think everything will be OK.
Goodnight everyone,
Oh, and I got a very nice letter from Carol Ann today. Thank You Carol Ann if you read this blog. If not, someone else might mention it to her. Thanks!
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