Survival of the smart-enough...est

Well, here I am, 5:20am on Monday morning with a test in 2.5 hours. This just seems to keep happening, eh? In any case, I'm actually ready for the test this time, so I'm not really worried about it.

If you don't know already, I'm taking 7 classes this semester in order to graduate on time. 4 of them will have final exams, 2 will have final projects, and 1 will have nothing. I am in big trouble in about all 4 of the final exam ones, but here's hoping that I don't have to come back next semester. I have created a stringent study regimen for myself that will go into effect over the next week and last throughout April. This regimen will leave me rather useless to do anything else, which is good, because I need to be studying anyway. On the plus side, in the game I've been playing lately, Horizons, I've found a bunch of German folks from Bayern who have agreed to help me learn German :). Also, if you didn't notice just now, I have fallen back into the bad habit of making keyboard smiley faces. If this is a botherance to you, then :-P.

In other news, I've found a new home! I'll be moving out of my current house somewhere between April 25th and May 3rd into a townhouse off of Exit 30 on I-285. The complex I'll be living in is called The Columns at Dunwoody. I can't wait. Tonight, a chopper was flying around outside my house, shining a searchlight all around, and cops were everywhere. Apparently some crazy man was on the loose. The townhouse is a 2-bed, 2.5 bath, with about 1373 sq ft. of space. I'm moving in there with Dan, one of my current room mates at Zatch House. Originally we were going for a 3-bed, 2-bath, and Tom was going to join us, but he copped out. I think we got the better deal. I've been living in this house for too long, and the location is no longer worth the price, so it's time to bail out. The entire top floor of my house is vacating except for Tom, who is never here anyway. The bottom floor has 3 residents, I think they're all staying, but they never really interfered with us anyway.

Dunia hasn't had much time to update her blog, but I've been talking to her most every day for about a week now. We don't talk for long because of the expense, but I feel a lot better being able to hear her voice more often than I was. It's been about 3 weeks since she left for Kenya, and I can already tell it's going to be a long 35 weeks ahead. I'm planning to get out there in mid-August for her birthday, but it's still 19 weeks away. It's rough, and I wish she were here, but, selfishness aside, I'm glad that she is out there and actually helping the people who need it the most.

I can't wait until school is over. I can't believe I'm about to be working a full-time job. I'm kinda anxious about it, it's a serious departure from the educational world I've been a part of for the last 22 years.