Bless His Heart

My first final is in the books. It was Vector Calculus, and it was much easier than I was expecting it to be. The midterm was 7 problems in 75 minutes. The final was 6 questions in 120 minutes. They were all from what I'll call the "easier" set of homework problems - none of the involved, winding, trig identity problems or proofs that we were all fearing. The last question could not be completed in the manor required. He said it could, but both Amy, the math major, and I disagree with him on that. Heather and Lee also agree with us, but I talked to Amy about it first.

Lee and I went to UTSI well before the final was to start in order to do some final review, away from television and computers. I don't usually like to go over material right before a test, but I stopped early enough that I could get into my test-taking frame of mind. Lee's flavored Tums were popular in the test room, and he joked about them making Amy pass out (in order to improve the curve, since she's the math major). I was going to make a reference to Scrubs where the a couple that Jordan and Perry are out with put ruffies in their drinks, but I wasn't sure anyone would get the reference, and then it's just creepy.

It looks like I'll be driving back to Memphis Tuesday afternoon, almost definitely now. My exam ends, officially, at 12:15, and I plan to be ready to go soon after. I'll probably have everything packed, but still at the apartment, load everything, and leave as quickly as practical. It'll be nice to be home and relax, but I'm also leaving this apartment for almost a month. I don't foresee any problems. It's been the coldest nights in a row that I can remember, and nothing has frozen. I don't like that the mail is going to build up, but I guess the real estate guy can handle that . . . ? I need to get that handled.

In the time before the exam, Amy, Lee, and I were studying, and Amy said that when she moved to Tennessee, she noticed that people would say awful things about people, but everything was excused with a "bless his heart." "That Timmy is a lying cheater, bless his heart." "Amy is as dumb as a post, bless her heart." (Not you, Amy, the other Amy.) It's like Lee's favorite insult introduction, "With all due respect." "With all due respect, you are a moron."

Now, I need to prepare for my Heat Transfer final (it's not exactly studying, but I can't do nothing, either), and study a little for Inviscid. Inviscid is just to make sure I go back and read all the things he said to and I skipped during the semester. My hardest final is over, though. More tomorrow.