Back to School: Round 2, Week 5

Now we're getting into the good stuff. And the tests just keep on coming.

I had one in Electronics yesterday, a midterm actually. (This week has a couple of those). I studied on the weekend until my brain melted. Quite literally. I had to change the toilet paper in the bathroom, and instead of putting the holder through the new toilet roll, I tried putting the now spent roll through. No wonder it didn't fit! I managed an 81% on that test. Not bad you might think, but as I told my teacher, I've never had to fight so hard for an 80.

I had to laugh at myself on Tuesday as well. My first class starts at 11. I had such a hard time getting up for it. What am I going to do when I have to be at work for 6 or 7am?

We had a midterm test in Monitoring & Communications. Another in Instrumentation and a Friday Quiz in Theory. Yay! At least my grades are still rolling in the 80's and 90's (and even a couple 100's).

I'm officially halfway through school now, 5 weeks in and 5 more to go. As much information as I've crammed into my head so far, I still have much more to go. For the most part we are just expanding on the stuff we've covered so far. We've learned some of the individual theory components, and now we are learning how to put them together, and factor in what practical applications they could be used for. More complicated stuff sure, but it's nice now to understand what the purpose behind it all is.

I got a message from work. Someone left unexpectedly, so next week I get to be on call for work. I'll be trading my car in for the work van for a week. If there are no after hours calls, I still get 4 hours just for being on call. As I'm on EI, I'll just bank them until I'm back to work and getting paid again. Not a bad deal.

At least now, I'm over the hump, and I'll be back to work before I know it.

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