Tell me more, tell me more!
Except there's not really much to tell - just trying to survive until August 12, when I'll finally get a break from this madness!
One of the courses I'm taking is in digital circuit design and the project for that course is huge - worth 35% of the final grade. Because of certain policies, the professor decided to make an early bonus deadline (worth 3%) if people could hand it in by Tuesday. Well, a challenge isn't a challenge unless there are takers - and, of course, who am I to refuse? So, my partner for the project and I decided to slog our way through at least a week of work in order to make the bonus. I say "slog" because we powered through the nights (and days) on fewer than 3 hours of sleep per 24 hours. It was brutal. And in the end, because of our lack of sleep, we failed to notice one of the key requirements in the project and couldn't make the deadline.
Since then, I've caught up on a lot of sleep and have been trying to hammer out this project for the actual deadline. Obviously, I'm procrastinating right now - but only because we're in the midst of tweaking a few things so our project will be that much better. I mean, we lost a potential 3% already, so might as well try to make that up!
After this is done, then I have a ton of fun ahead of me... in my dreams. In reality, I have four final exams which promise to zap me of the remaining strength I have left. All I can do is study and... study. Well, I could hope for a miracle - one that would result in finals being cancelled - but I doubt that'll happen.
I need a vacation!!!
Except there's not really much to tell - just trying to survive until August 12, when I'll finally get a break from this madness!
One of the courses I'm taking is in digital circuit design and the project for that course is huge - worth 35% of the final grade. Because of certain policies, the professor decided to make an early bonus deadline (worth 3%) if people could hand it in by Tuesday. Well, a challenge isn't a challenge unless there are takers - and, of course, who am I to refuse? So, my partner for the project and I decided to slog our way through at least a week of work in order to make the bonus. I say "slog" because we powered through the nights (and days) on fewer than 3 hours of sleep per 24 hours. It was brutal. And in the end, because of our lack of sleep, we failed to notice one of the key requirements in the project and couldn't make the deadline.
Since then, I've caught up on a lot of sleep and have been trying to hammer out this project for the actual deadline. Obviously, I'm procrastinating right now - but only because we're in the midst of tweaking a few things so our project will be that much better. I mean, we lost a potential 3% already, so might as well try to make that up!
After this is done, then I have a ton of fun ahead of me... in my dreams. In reality, I have four final exams which promise to zap me of the remaining strength I have left. All I can do is study and... study. Well, I could hope for a miracle - one that would result in finals being cancelled - but I doubt that'll happen.
I need a vacation!!!
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