Plugging Along

It's been a pretty standard week. Nothing too exciting going on, just beginning to seriously study for my exams. Knowing there likely wouldn't be too much to say this week, I figured this would be a good time to post some pictures of the places I'm frequently at, including the physics building, the gym and a photo from my window showing the heavy fog we had yesterday. Other than that it's been a pretty regular week. I applied for a summer internship at Boeing a few days ago and have my fingers crossed that it works out. Hope everyone is enjoying themselves. 

Good Week

It's been a good week. They finally posted my finals schedule so I now know my studying priorities for each exam. Isn't a great lineup but it will do.

April 30th: Quantum Mechanics
May 1st: Dynamics & Relativity
May 9th: Thermodynamics
May 11th: Electromagnetism
May 12th: Math for Physics 4
May 19th: Scottish History since 1914

The difficulty level is likely as follows (from hardest to easiest):

Thermodynamics > Quantum Mechanics > Dynamics & Relativity > Electromagnetism > Math for Physics > Scottish History

Scottish History may not actually be the easiest but I don't really care about it as it doesn't apply to my major so I'm not going to stress on it too much. It sucks that all of my physics finals are so tightly compacted but that will help them get over faster. And now that this list has been posted and made official is making it far more real that this trip is really winding down to a close. Which is both sad and a relief. On the one hand I will miss this place and the people I have met here, but on the other hand it will be very nice to be in the same time zone as my friends and family back home.

On another note yesterday was St. Patrick's Day, and I had a lovely time. Watched the 6 Nation Rugby Finals at an Irish pub in town, sat in the sun and drank beer for a few hours (may have gotten some color too, which is odd because I'm in Scotland), and went out to another pub that night for a friends birthday celebration. All in all it was a good day, and I had a great time.

Hope you guys are enjoying yourselves.

Man of my word

And although I really don't have much to say today, I said I would make another post on Sunday, and I'll follow through. It's been another painfully short weekend, one that started too late and ended too early. I'm sure you all know the feeling. Shouldn't be a tough week this week, 2 standard weekly assignments one additional assignment, and that's it. Well that and I should continue going over my stuff from last semester in preparation of these exams, the dates of which I'm still unaware of. The rest of this semester should be about the same as this week, so essentially I'm in a nice dry trail before I enter the muddy swamp that is finals in May.

Lets hope I have the proper boots for that mess.

Busy Couple of Weeks

My apologies for not posting in a few weeks, things have been pretty busy around here. I was meaning to make a post this past weekend, but got too busy with writing a paper and preparing a presentation. But those have been handed in a presented now, so I have a little more down time. In fact today I have a little too much down time and don't really know what to do. As free time has become ever more rare in time of late, I'm struggling to remember what I do with my time when I'm not studying or doing homework. Things will start winding down now as this semester starts reaching its end. I only have standard weekly assignments left, no more big projects or papers, which is nice. I am still unaware of the specifics of my finals schedule, all I know is that all 6 of them will take place sometime in May. I won't know more until the 19th when they FINALLY post the schedule. Until then I'll just be plugging along with my work, trying to squeeze in some more adventures before I make my return Stateside. Pending my finals schedule, I plan on making some trips outside of Edinburgh, to Saltcoats or Stirling, in April. Go see some more of the countryside before I return. I can say however, that if I was coming home tomorrow, I wouldn't have many regrets about what I have done here. Although I do wish school was a little less demanding so I could go explore more. But we play with the cards we are dealt.

I'll likely be returning to my regular weekend posts as things wind down, so I'll be here again on Sunday.

TTFN, ta ta for now.

Not quite as nice of a golf tale as last time...

Well I went golfing again today, same course as last time, but struggled a little bit more this time. Probably because I haven't swung a club since September, but it wasn't terrible. Struggled a good deal off the tee but was pretty solid in the mid and short game. Made a few nice chips and a few solid putts, but just couldn't get the driver to cooperate. Things were going decently well, I was behind a foursome so I was playing 2 balls which was nice. Everything was going reasonably smoothly until the 18th. Sliced my second tee shot pretty bad, and as I realized it was heading in the direction of the "middle-aged to old" guy behind me, I yelled FOUR! Well evidently this guy was going deaf or maybe the wind carried my voice past him or something, because he freaked out. My ball landed about a yard or two away from him, and he was not happy about it. So as I approach him I can hear him cussing me out, no big deal, he's mad which was totally understandable. I apologize profusely, completely taking the blame and saying I must not have yelled loud enough in my now raspy voice. It's here I notice that he just isn't having any of it, and keeps yelling, all the while stand right over my ball. So I figured I'd fight fire with fire, and intimidate him right back. Staring him straight in the eyes, I again apologize, this time a little more angrily and aggressively, walk up to him forming tight fists with my hands, and stand in front of him until he backed away from my ball. Wherein I picked it up, went to my first balls location, and finished my round. But I was smart enough not to stick around for too long, changed my shoes and went home. So I guess it was equally as exciting as last time, but in a completely different way. And thank god my genetics made me a good size, otherwise I imagine this would have not played out so "smoothly."   

1 Month Mark

Things are going pretty well out here. And I assume I haven't been writing too much recently because nothing special is really going on. Just plugging along with classes and what not. Haven't had too much time to go out and do anything really unique. Which  is causing the days to melt together, I can't really tell how I feel out that. On the one hand the sooner I get back state side the sooner I can start making moves for graduate school or a job after college, but on the other hand I don't want this time here to go by too fast because this will likely be one of only times, if not the only time, I live outside of the United States. Which is obviously a unique experience. So here's to finding the happy medium and coming home with no regrets. I'm in the process of making a "bucket list" for my remaining time here, but it seems like things are being added much more rapidly than they are being crossed off. I do have the week off the week after next so hopefully I can get some stuff crossed off during that week.

The Scotch Hunter Abides

Hasta Luego.

Checking In

I have been a little forgetful about this blog recently and for that I apologize.
Things are going well out here. These new classes don't seem like they will be as tough as my classes last semester. Convenient since I need to review all of those classes too. In the next few days I should find out how I did on my final from December, and should also find out the exam schedule for May. So hopefully I can start planning some trips around the area, to get a better feel for the country.

I went to the Scottish National History Museum today, as it was required for my history class. I was disappointed I didn't have more time to spend there actually. It's a lovely museum, I could have easily spend half a day in there walking around. But alas I only had a short hour to see the exhibit I was told to see for my class. Perhaps this weekend I will go for a longer visit. I thought this museum was much more interesting than the museums in Paris, but that is probably because art museums are rather boring, whereas history museums have far more interesting things in them, like skeletons, and cars, and rockets and what not.

That is really all I have to say for now. I will try harder to keep you guys posted of my adventures here in the next few weeks.