Spring is Here!

Well, we are half way through the second semester of freshman and all of a sudden my semester picked up drastically. The first half (the half before spring break) I was ahead on all my work and did not stay up late to do homework. After 10pm, I was normally not doing any homework…maybe a couple days I was getting ahead or reviewing but nothing intense. The week after I got back from spring break I was up until about 2:30am studying or doing homework or something. Then that Friday, we had a physics test from 5:30pm to 7:30pm and it was also Women’s Preview Weekend. Women’s Preview Weekend is when the first year girls in Hypatia host a senior in high who has been accepted into the engineering program at Virginia Tech. This way they will be able to get a feel for the engineering program here at Virginia Tech. I did not have to pick up my girl before the test because she had a soccer game and so she did not get here until about 11:30pm.


The work load piled up. We have an inventor test and mid-term test both in engineering on Wednesday this week but they gave us more homework this week than they have all semester. We have to do two drawings in inventor, download Matlab, do a 40min tutorial in Matlab, make a flowchart in Viso and test it in Matlab to see if it works, and do an isometric drawing free hand. To me, that is a lot of work because normally it is prepare for your quiz on Wednesday, do a chapter in inventor, and read a chapter in the engineer design book. I just do not understand because we have a test this week they pile on the homework so we cannot study for it. The homework is due Monday mornings at 9:00am. My other classes have not picked up much. For extracurricular activities, there is something going on almost every weekend until summer. This weekend was Women’s Preview Weekend; coming up there is Big Event, Relay For Life, and Easter. Maybe a couple free weekends and we are out for summer in the middle of May. This semester has just flown by because this week we are already requesting classes for next year, Fall 2010.


I cannot believe that is it spring all ready. It was nice because Ritas had free Italian Ice for the first day of spring last Saturday. Shorts, t-shirts, and flip flops have been the normal dress for everyone this weekend. I hope everyone is having a great time in this nice spring weather and not having to miss out on the nice weather because of homework.