So, up until today, this week has been pretty much a disaster. I did nothing but study the whole weekend and still felt horrible about my midterm performances. I almost missed my number theory midterm because I slept through my alarm and woke up with less than 10 minutes to get to class. It was my first time this semester that I failed to wake up--and of course it happens on midterm day--so I run to class just in time to take the test. But I wasn't quite all-together, being that I've been awake for 10 minutes, and the test ends up annihilating me. This was my second midterm of the week, the first being my algebra midterm, which I also wasn't happy about. All the midterm studying I had been doing, though, took away time for me to solve my conjecture and proof problems, so trying to fit all my C&P problems into the night before they are due, I can end up only solving 3 of 6. I was also completely lost in geometry, now that we've begun talking about projective geometry, which put me at 0 for four classes in which I know what's going on.
Today we got our algebra midterms back, and I got a 27/30! It turns out that a bunch of ridiculous claims I made on the exam which some sketchy proofs all turned out to be true, so I only got points taken off for minor things. So, this whole week I had been in a really bad mood since I don't feel like I know what's going on anymore in any of my classes, but now I got a little bit back, so my mood is better and I can go back to studying without a feeling of hopelessness constantly lingering.
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If it is any consolation, I've had a steady parade of calls and visits from folks in similar ohmygawd finals are coming and ....status. Nice work on the algebra, and don't forget to visit a professor or three. UA is actually beating Oregon at the moment. We're going to miss you next week for Thanksgiving. Are you expats getting together?
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