A Summer Plan

So, what to do this summer?  I found myself without a plan recently.  (BTW, I ended up getting an A in that class...although I'm not sure how...there must have been quite a curve on the final exam and/or the overall course grades.  No matter how it happened; it was a very pleasant surprise.)  Now, so far I've got the following:

Re: school:

• Study for the GREs, esp. the stinkin' math section.  Kevin found a few good workbooks for me and I do get most of the questions right, but it takes me forever to do the questions...and I can't be taking forever to answer questions.  It seems like it's been so long since I had to solve any kind of math problem, I really have to think about what to do to answer the questions in the workbooks.  Ya know, one thing I wonder about is that in my corporate life, I did very well with data manipulation and stuff like that...but I stink at regular old math.  How is that?
• Produce a draft writing sample...uh, this item sounds all too familiar.
• Do any summer reading there might be for the fall PoR seminar.

At home:

• Replace 4 basement windows...this item sounds familiar, too.  I meant to replace the 6 of them last summer, but only got 2 in and I still have to paint the trim on them.  By the time I finished getting them in - with much help from Kevin - it was too cold to be outside painting.  It was kinda fun learning how to use a miter saw, nail gun (I think that's  my favorite implement so far), sander, etc.
• Paint the living room and dining room.
• Purge the house of all the extraneous, useless, unused stuff that's accumulated and just lying around the house!
• Plant some annuals.
• Set up the guest room, which is empty of furniture and just has a pile of miscellaneous stuff in it.
• Plump up Dolly.

And I've got some ideas for having myself a good summer, personal-wise, so it won't be all work and no play.  If I've thought it once, I've thought it a thousand times: I get so much more done if I have a schedule and stick to it.  So that will be key to getting the above stuff done.

Comments

[Kristen Crepezzi]

Hey Annie.
Congrats on the A..
I'm glad to hear that your father is getting better. He sounds so fiesty.
Also, a good GRE prep is Number2.com
I used it and did quite well [better than I scored on my SATS in fact, and well enough to get into my top programs, probably not well enough to get into top philosophy programs, but you're much more smarter that me :) ] Anyway, it simulates the actual test, which as I'm sure you know is all computer based. But you need to register and it only scores you a few (maybe two or three) times in each section.. but you can practice for as long as you want.. And if you read all the instructions there are some helpful hints. The prep books never worked for me.. I'd get too distracted to find out why I made the mistakes I made and I wouldn't flip through the book. This website will tell you right as you work.
Ahh.. I talk too much..
Talk to you soon. Keep blogging.. I love yours, mine is a mess.
Kristen

[Annie]

Hi Kristen,

Feisty...I love it! That's a great euphemism.

Thanks for the number2.com tip...I'll check it out. I think part of my problem is that I want to actually learn (or relearn) the math, not just get through the test. I'm tired of being a mathematical midget.

And you don't talk too much!

Hey, where is your blog? I'm sure it's not a mess.

How was graduation? Where are you living this summer?