| Jan. 10th, 2007 @ 08:11 pm The New Year |
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Not sure where to begin... so I guess I'll just start with the now.
Leaning over my lappy in the basement, working on a biomedical engineering design project with a UNB professor. It's cool...but I can see that I need to start hauling ass on it if I want to have an impressive finish by April.
I've got two design projects on the go. A group one, and my independant one (the biomed one). The group one is in pretty spiffy shoes. I'm working with some really bright guys on it. I'm convinced that one of them is a diagnosed workaholic though. Poor bastard hardly sleeps :P. The projects are fun, and quite challenging. Definitely a staunch change from course work. And likely more of what I will actually be doing my career in the years to come.
I find myself sapping out a hell-of-a-lot. I also find myself desperately missing my beloved girlfriend, who is currently on the other side of the planet. Its only natural I supposed. I've found a bizarre meshing of 'nerdy' and 'sappy' with which to let my emotions shine...even if only to myself. Renee caught her plane on Dec.16,2006... I'm planning to be reunited with her approx. on 26 May 2007. Today being Jan 10 2007, that makes me approx. 16% through my period of Nay-less-ness. That actually doesn't seem too bad. That's a very decently sized portion, and in some ways, it doesn't feel like we've been apart too too long. I still miss her like hell everyday, but knowing that there is a very definitely finality to being apart from her comforts me, and knowing that those numbered days are steadily falling off the calendar, bringing me close...that's just a good feeling.
To comfort myself, I'm going to insert a photo here.
This year, I'm picked up 3 straggler courses that I had left behind at various stages of my degree. Machines, Controls, and Ethics... I feel like asking the question "which one of these is not like the other?" :P... horribly kitch...I apologize. The good thing about ethics, is that it is actually only half of a course. So, after February, I won't be attending that class anymore. No final exam for it in April as well. In fact! Machines doesn't have a final exam either! But instead it bones me with 5 midterm exams. But, I still find that a fair method of evaluation. However, that makes that I have an exam in like 2-3 weeks. Sort of shatty. All of this banter leaves me to conclude that I will have only 1 final exam in April! Sweet!!!!!
Other dates of note in the relatively near future are: April 2nd... my Iron Ring Ceremony. Ater my 6 year trek through uni, I finally get to partake in the age-old tradition of the Canadian Engineer. Also, my graduation 'Encaenia' ceremony will take place somewhere around May 16-17. That will be less than a week before I jump on a very, very long flight.
So... for the next few months I will be doing my best to put my nose to the grindstone at my studies. Busying my fretful mind, and helping to keep the pages flying off the calendar with a good pace.
Well...speaking of that project work that I was doing. I've left it behind now for a few minutes, so I'm going to get back to that. |
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