A few noteworthy things
1.. Anatomy and Physiology Final
I nailed a 93% on this baby. That was not expected, not in the least. I had an 80% in the class (B-), so I was counting on getting a B- or a C+ in the class. But the 93 boosted me up to a B. That was flipping sweet =)
2. Yesterday – All of it…
Part I – History of Modern Art Final
I got 3 hours of sleep Thursday night, the night before my art history final. Art history – it can’t be too hard, right? Well, contrary to popular belief, art history tests require a good bit of memorization. I didn’t care. I’m taking (or was taking) the class pass / fail, and I had 30 points of extra credit in my pocket – worth 20% of this test. I answered 77 out of 90 points on the first section, 5/44 on the second, and 10/16 on the very last part (I’m assuming on that last one – it was an essay.) I’m pretty sure I’ll get all those right, and +30 EC = 81%. And I had an A- in the class already. It was fun to take a final like that, and not have to really care.
Part II – Getting Home
Holly drove Jenn and I to the airport, we weren’t flying together, but our flight times were “supposedly” 20 minutes apart. My flight was at 11:30, hers at 11:50. She ended up taking off slightly after 12:00 – not bad. I ended up taking off at 12:10. Alaska Air has been horrible the dozen or so times I flown Seatac to Spokane and vice versa… Ugh. So, I’m exhausted (remember, 3 hours of sleep…) So I fall asleep as soon as we finally take off. 40 minutes later, a feel us descending, and am surprised to see us landing, in a FOOT OF SNOW. Holy cow! I didn’t know Seattle had this much snow! Its just like Spokane! No Josh, it is Spokane…
Apparently a baggage latch popped up during our flight – appx. 15-20 minutes into it. We were nearly ½ way to Seattle, but we couldn’t clear the mountains because we couldn’t fly over 5,000 ft with the baggage latch open. So we had to turn back. And start dumping fuel, and I guess a ton of alarms were going off in the cabin, and everyone was freaking out. But not me, I was calm and cool. And sleeping.
Other people were crying. I guess the plane kept accelerating and decelerating rapidly, and many people were calling loved ones back at home, thinking this was possibly their last chance to say goodbye. I was dreaming. When I did wake up to our landing, the girl next to me was filing her nails harder than I have ever seen anyone do it before. The way she was going at it, I thought she would rather have sandpaper on the side of a buzz saw and go about it like that.
So we sat on the plane for 30 minutes after landing, while they were fixing the problem. It was supposed to take a few minutes. (Don’t worry, I didn’t fall for any of that crap). Then we got off, and mass rushed to the Alaska Airlines desks to try and get put onto other flights. I had about 20 people in front of me. An hour and 5 minutes later, I had… 20 people in front of me. They had done nothing. Except, wait! Look behind you Josh!!! (turns head) The line behind you has now doubled in size!!! YAY Alaska! Cancel the flight after ours too! Hooray!!!
This is where God came in to rescue me. I was nearly dying – 3 hours of sleep is hardly enough to put up with this. Had it not been for my power nap on the plane, I would have been very unhappy. Anyway – there was a couple in front of me in their lower 30’s – and they were talking about getting a rental car and driving. After hearing the wife talking to another woman for a while, I made a character judgement call, and asked if they thought they might have room to take me.
30 minutes later, I was on the road from Spokane Airport to Bellevue Washington, a 4 hour and 15 minute drive with complete strangers. But they were AWESOME. They talked with me about school, about their kids and I found out something sweet. God was involved more than I had originally known. They were actually scheduled for the 12:30 flight, but went on the 11:30 one as stand-by, so they could see their kids sooner (4 years old and 18 months old). Our flight obviously didn’t go through, the 12:30 one did. And the 2:30 one was the other one that was cancelled. Thank you God.
I slept for 2 hours while they were driving, and arrived safely and happily in Bellevue, in time to hit up homecoming and sing with the Kantorei alum. That was amazing. PLUS, they didn’t want any money for gas – their company would pay for everything. And even if they hadn’t been on a business trip, I’m a college student, and I need to keep my money. Wow. Wow wow wow.
Part III – Homecoming
So I got to homecoming, filled out the little thing for winning an iPod shuffle, and went to the alumni building to get free cookies, Italian sodas, mochas, and sandwiches. Mmmmmm… then on to the inside, where I met so many old friends. It was so good to see everyone. I learned that Elie is coming to Whitworth next year (she’s only the most amazing soprano ever. I know – you’re saying “he’s just saying that, but she’s not really.” I have news for you – you disbelieving disbelievers. She is, and if you don’t believe me, come to Whitworth next year for a choir concert.) Hannah might also be coming – I think chances are pretty good. It will be fun to have more HS friends at college!
Oh yeah, and I won the iPod shuffle. SWEET. Ok, well I’m at my little bro’s soccer game now, time to cheer him to a victory =)
I nailed a 93% on this baby. That was not expected, not in the least. I had an 80% in the class (B-), so I was counting on getting a B- or a C+ in the class. But the 93 boosted me up to a B. That was flipping sweet =)
2. Yesterday – All of it…
Part I – History of Modern Art Final
I got 3 hours of sleep Thursday night, the night before my art history final. Art history – it can’t be too hard, right? Well, contrary to popular belief, art history tests require a good bit of memorization. I didn’t care. I’m taking (or was taking) the class pass / fail, and I had 30 points of extra credit in my pocket – worth 20% of this test. I answered 77 out of 90 points on the first section, 5/44 on the second, and 10/16 on the very last part (I’m assuming on that last one – it was an essay.) I’m pretty sure I’ll get all those right, and +30 EC = 81%. And I had an A- in the class already. It was fun to take a final like that, and not have to really care.
Part II – Getting Home
Holly drove Jenn and I to the airport, we weren’t flying together, but our flight times were “supposedly” 20 minutes apart. My flight was at 11:30, hers at 11:50. She ended up taking off slightly after 12:00 – not bad. I ended up taking off at 12:10. Alaska Air has been horrible the dozen or so times I flown Seatac to Spokane and vice versa… Ugh. So, I’m exhausted (remember, 3 hours of sleep…) So I fall asleep as soon as we finally take off. 40 minutes later, a feel us descending, and am surprised to see us landing, in a FOOT OF SNOW. Holy cow! I didn’t know Seattle had this much snow! Its just like Spokane! No Josh, it is Spokane…
Apparently a baggage latch popped up during our flight – appx. 15-20 minutes into it. We were nearly ½ way to Seattle, but we couldn’t clear the mountains because we couldn’t fly over 5,000 ft with the baggage latch open. So we had to turn back. And start dumping fuel, and I guess a ton of alarms were going off in the cabin, and everyone was freaking out. But not me, I was calm and cool. And sleeping.
Other people were crying. I guess the plane kept accelerating and decelerating rapidly, and many people were calling loved ones back at home, thinking this was possibly their last chance to say goodbye. I was dreaming. When I did wake up to our landing, the girl next to me was filing her nails harder than I have ever seen anyone do it before. The way she was going at it, I thought she would rather have sandpaper on the side of a buzz saw and go about it like that.
So we sat on the plane for 30 minutes after landing, while they were fixing the problem. It was supposed to take a few minutes. (Don’t worry, I didn’t fall for any of that crap). Then we got off, and mass rushed to the Alaska Airlines desks to try and get put onto other flights. I had about 20 people in front of me. An hour and 5 minutes later, I had… 20 people in front of me. They had done nothing. Except, wait! Look behind you Josh!!! (turns head) The line behind you has now doubled in size!!! YAY Alaska! Cancel the flight after ours too! Hooray!!!
This is where God came in to rescue me. I was nearly dying – 3 hours of sleep is hardly enough to put up with this. Had it not been for my power nap on the plane, I would have been very unhappy. Anyway – there was a couple in front of me in their lower 30’s – and they were talking about getting a rental car and driving. After hearing the wife talking to another woman for a while, I made a character judgement call, and asked if they thought they might have room to take me.
30 minutes later, I was on the road from Spokane Airport to Bellevue Washington, a 4 hour and 15 minute drive with complete strangers. But they were AWESOME. They talked with me about school, about their kids and I found out something sweet. God was involved more than I had originally known. They were actually scheduled for the 12:30 flight, but went on the 11:30 one as stand-by, so they could see their kids sooner (4 years old and 18 months old). Our flight obviously didn’t go through, the 12:30 one did. And the 2:30 one was the other one that was cancelled. Thank you God.
I slept for 2 hours while they were driving, and arrived safely and happily in Bellevue, in time to hit up homecoming and sing with the Kantorei alum. That was amazing. PLUS, they didn’t want any money for gas – their company would pay for everything. And even if they hadn’t been on a business trip, I’m a college student, and I need to keep my money. Wow. Wow wow wow.
Part III – Homecoming
So I got to homecoming, filled out the little thing for winning an iPod shuffle, and went to the alumni building to get free cookies, Italian sodas, mochas, and sandwiches. Mmmmmm… then on to the inside, where I met so many old friends. It was so good to see everyone. I learned that Elie is coming to Whitworth next year (she’s only the most amazing soprano ever. I know – you’re saying “he’s just saying that, but she’s not really.” I have news for you – you disbelieving disbelievers. She is, and if you don’t believe me, come to Whitworth next year for a choir concert.) Hannah might also be coming – I think chances are pretty good. It will be fun to have more HS friends at college!
Oh yeah, and I won the iPod shuffle. SWEET. Ok, well I’m at my little bro’s soccer game now, time to cheer him to a victory =)
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