The New Gym Setup

Since the beginning of the second semester, the Whittemore Center gym has had a new setup, and new free weights. It still gets just as crowded as ever and it should definitely be expanded, but the new layout makes it seem just a little bit roomier and more comfortable. What basically happened is that all of the free weights and benches got moved around to create a little more space to walk around in. The free weight rack that used to be in the middle of the room got replaced by two new racks that were put on either side of the room and the benches were put in between. This allowed for there to be more space in between the benches so you can move around a little bit easier. Like I said before though it still definitely has to be expanded because when it gets busy it gets really hard to grab an open bench or an open pair of weights.

Late Nights

I have a feeling that for the rest of school I am going to have quite a few late nights filled with studying. Today I was at the library for pretty much the whole day studying for my Ecology & Values test and working on my project for MIS. In the next couple of weeks I have the MIS project due, an MIS test, the E & V test, and probably another Economics test pretty soon. Hopefully it won't become to stressful and I'll be able to manage all the work. I am planning on going home this weekend so I can get away from the weekend distractions and get some work done.

Schedules

Today I had to pick out my schedule for next semester. I had to hand it in to my peer adviser which is why I had to pick it out so early. I am taking Business Stats, Accounting, Law and Society, and Global Environmental Change next semester. It's going to be a kind of challenging semester because from what I've heard there is quite a bit of work in those classes. I made sure to look up all the professors on ratemyprofessors.com before I chose my classes though and hopefully I get the schedule I want because all the professors are supposed to be pretty good.

Lionel Messi

On Tuesday night Barcelona played Arsenal in their second leg of the quarterfinals of the UEFA Champions League. Barcelona went on to win the game 4-1 and the series 6-3. The headline of the game was not the score though, it was all about Lionel Messi. The Argentinean forward scored all four goals for Barcelona. The day after the game everyone involved in the soccer media wrote how they no longer had words to describe his play. I think it was best summed up by his national coached, Diedo Maradon who in his time was considered the best in the world. Maradona said that Messi is currently, "playing kick-about with Jesus," and I think it's true. Messi has been playing like a god and as I soccer fan I hope that he continues to play like this for a long time because it is simply amazing to watch.

80 and sunny.

Today was an absolutely gorgeous day. It made want summer to come even that much faster. I was planning on going to the library today to work on my analysis and study for an economics test but instead I decided to play some basketball and throw a football around with some of my friends. It was just too nice out to pass it up. I did end up getting to the library at around six o' clock and I have been here ever since so I was still able to get most of the work done that I wanted to. Tomorrow is supposed to be kind of crappy compared to today, which is actually kind of a good thing, because now I won't fell the need to skip the library again.

Housing

This week I have to sign up for where I want to live next year. I am trying to get a double with my friend and hopefully we will get one of the dorms that we want. It doesn't look very promising though because apparently in the dorm we want to live in next year there are only eight double rooms opening. Neither of us got very good priority numbers either so our chances of getting a hall that we want aren't very good. Hopefully everything will work out for us and we won’t get stuck somewhere that we don’t want to have to live in.

Time to Concentrate

I went home for Easter last weekend and now I'm back at school. The weekend at home was really relaxing. The weather was great so I outside most of the time, and I tried to do a little bit of homework. No there are only five weeks left of classes and it is really time to buckle down and focus on my schoolwork. I'm still not exactly where I want to be with my grades but I think I still have a pretty good chance to get them back up to where I want them to be. As long as I prioritize and make sure I spend more time in the library studying I think I should be able to get the GPA that I want.