Goodbye, Waterloo

I have finished my last exam at the University of Waterloo… well, on Friday. I am done completely, that is, until convocation in June. It feels kind of odd. I don’t think it will really hit me until I have to move to Chicago. On that note, I officially have a student ID number so that puts me in the system I suppose. With that, a ton of people are joining the Facebook group. Funny, it almost feels like the little group that existed earlier on before the influx is being ‘invaded’ by outsiders. The group had been pretty much the same size for awhile, but what do you expect with a class size of ~160. It’s always interesting to see new people – also ‘interesting’ to know who you’ll be spending the next 4ish years with (minus intern/externships).

So since Friday, I’ve been relaxing (too much, although that makes up for the four exams in a row) and packing. Packing is never a time of the year that makes my ‘top activities’ list. For one, I have too much friggin’ shit. Second, where the hell does it all go? This time around is different though since I’m not coming back here for school. The plan is to take a bunch with Jessica and I to Manitoba where my dad will come out and pick it up. The rest stays at Jessica’s place in Waterloo and my dad and I pick it up in August when we drive to Chicago. The real question is, will it fit? We’ll see. I’m looking forward to whittling my belongings down to a more manageable size when I head to Chicago. I really wish I could magically transport all my stuff home in an instant and just be able to pick and choose what to bring with me. Oh well.

In other news: I was hoping I’d have a little more NHL Playoff games to watch but unfortunately the Calgary Flames have been ousted from Round 1 again. I really thought they could at least make it to the second round this year. Here’s to next year… then again, with ICO’s quarter system I don’t know if I’ll be too busy to watch or not.

To those that know me, you may find this amusing. I went to the gym. Not once, but twice. Voluntarily. UW Fulltime students pay for it every term. I decide to go in my eighth and last term to get some of my money’s worth.

Well, I guess I should move/pack all the junk laying on my bed so I can sleep…

Exam Mode

I guess I’m finally in the ‘exam mode’, although probably not as much as I would have been in other terms.

I am bored out of my skull studying for these exams, much more so than ever. I don’t know if it’s because this time around I don’t feel like I am going over notes I feel like I have never seen before, or if it’s just because I’ve already been accepted to optometry school and it doesn’t matter as much anymore. Either way all I can think about is relaxing and being done exams. I find anything and everything to distract myself with – from Facebook, random Googling, Battlestar (of course :P), and even looking up things like binders. Honestly, what the hell (but they are pretty cool binders… Axcess BestBuilt or KEBAergo if you’re curious). Naturally I came across them when I was bored and randomly Googling things about Battlestar Galactica.

I have an unhealthy obsession with that show. It’s consuming me. I can’t stress it enough, but I honestly think it’s the best written show on television. A powerful show about humanity with an unfortunately geeky sounding name (but so cool once you know the show lol). I’ll have to watch my DVDs as soon as exams are over while I pack up my stuff.

Changing the subject (as I talk far too much about Battlestar Galactica)… people that drag their feet are really annoying. I just honestly don’t see why they can’t hear the annoying scraping sounds as they walk through a quiet library. The strange thing is that so many people do it. It’s like everyone has problems coordinating muscle movements. Fuck. I bring this up now just because as annoying as it is any other time of the year, during exam time it becomes so much more annoying. Here’s an extra one: People that consistently keep their cellphones on max volume in the library – even after they have rung. The real kicker is when they start yelling into their phone having a handy-dandy conversation with who-the-fuck-cares.

I figure this post should be entertaining to some. I needed something to do to relieve my exam time boredom.

Apathy

I’ve been feeling it a lot lately.

The term is winding down and all that is really left are final examinations. All I can seem to find myself doing is distracting myself. I have no drive – I have no looming doom to keep my ass in check anymore.

What frightens me is the fact that this might carry on next year or that I’ll become used to having time to slack off and not worry because, “there’s time to catch up”. This term I chose courses that aren’t necessarily easy but for sure are not the hard courses that some could be taking (mind you I got a lot of them out of the way earlier). I also have no labs to deal with. Next year, well, this Fall I will have the opposite. I will have more courses and labs all at once compared to any term of my post-secondary education.

My brain wants to relax but it’s two and a half weeks too early.