Arrrgh! Or, Test week.

For weeks now, I’ve been scraping the bottom of the idea barrel to come up with things to write about. But all of a sudden it’s like the sky has opened and is raining inspiration on my head. It’s been a veritable downpour of events that have occurred and ideas of what to write. This is the first of many blog posts over the next couple of weeks (I hope!). Y’all will be glad to see something in this blog other than youtube videos, ne? *laughs*

The first three posts in this new series of rambling (may it be long-running) are all event-based blogs. I write them first, before the events become ancient history…like the geology field trip I haven’t written about yet. Maybe I’ll just wait until later this month and write about the physical geology trip at the same time as I do the historical one. *grimace*

Anyways. Back on topic.

I was massively busy this past weekend as I madly studied for 4 tests this week. Yes, four. They popped up out of nowhere!

To begin with, yesterday we had the first *real* map test in geography. The map of Europe…160 different places and things to memorize, and I did it in two days. *die*

It was a good thing I got it all memorized in time to take the test (instead of taking advantage of the no-points-off late regulation the teacher has). We knew we were getting one bonus point for taking this (very hard) test in class, but then the professor told us to add two bonus points to our page. Very nice. I missed a place on the first map test, so that’ll definitely help make up for that. Now I must move on to the Russia map, for next Monday. *sigh*

Today there are no tests…merely studying for upcoming tests.

Tomorrow is the first test in my baking class. I have no clue how I’ll do because I have no clue what is on the test. The teacher went through the test with us yesterday, but after three-fourths of she said we needed to know is stuff she’s never mentioned. *shrug*

Thursday has the next really worrisome test – the minerals test. In physical geology we’ve been studying minerals and the properties of minerals. Thursday we get to demonstrate what we’ve learned. *yuck*

We do get to use one resource on the test, however, so that will be a big help. Last week I’d been getting pretty good at recognizing minerals. We’ll see how I do this week with a couple days left to study.

Finally, on Friday is my last test. Before we go to Waco I need to run over to the test center at the college and take the first test of my online western civilization class. I don’t know how I’ll do…I’m terrible at remembering dates and stuff, but about half the unit focuses on cultures I’ve actually studied on my own (such as Greece), so we’ll see.

And those are this week’s tests. Next week there’s even more fun to come!

*gag*

I love to go to class and learn stuff…it’s the throwing it back up onto a test paper I don’t like.

Edit: Results!

I got a 41/40 on the map test. *yayhappydance*

I got 86 out of a possible 108 points. *silentgrimace*

I got a 82 on the baking test. I think it was the highest grade in the class, though. [Everyong else got 60s and 40s. One person got a 70.] Part of the problem was that ten of the questions were on chapter 7...when the test was chapters 1-6! Teacher says, "Well...you should've studied that, too." *snort* I'm not enjoying the lecture/test part of this class...and we don't get to do as much baking as one would think. *sigh*

Finally, I got an 82.5 out of 110 points on the Western Civ test. Not great. I'll have to make it up in the other tests and the paper.

End of results show. *grins*