First semester is done!

Well, since my last post I've had an exciting few weeks. Last week was my final exam week, which was basically spent studying into the wee hours of the night for 3 days in a row. Despite all the long nights and grumbling, I ended up with a 3.90 GPA for the quarter, so I guess I can't complain too much. I'm glad to get my Physics of Solids class behind me though. Let's just say it was the hardest final exam I've had... ever.

This week is my unofficial baking week. On Monday, I went to the Shull group Christmas dinner from 6:30-11:30. It was filled with a lot of good food, company, and conversation, and I rather enjoyed myself. I brought Death by Chocolate, but half of it still remains in my refrigerator despite my attempts to pawn it off on my friends. Last night, Nikhil and Andres came over and we made sugar cookies, poppyseed bread and metal muffins. Somehow my timing got all screwed up in the midst of everything and I was up til 3 am waiting for the metal muffins to stop rising so I could put them out in pans. I've decided I need more airbake sheets because the dark ones I have cook the bottoms of the dough too much and I don't like it. Anyway, since I put them out so late I had to wait until noon to bake them, so I came back to the apartment during lunch and baked them all. I still have issues with my oven. I think it's never at the right temperature, so I tried turning up the heat, but then the metal muffins were done in like 6 minutes, so who knows.

I've been trying to get some work done in lab this week. I've got a Materials Science Student Association dinner to go to tonight (hence the metal muffins), and tomorrow my group is in charge of coffee hour (hince the poppyseed bread and cookies). I've got some chemicals I need to order, but I'm planning on mooching off some other groups until I get them in. Naman, Matt, Joel, and Emily Cupito are coming this weekend to visit me, so I'll probably take next week off as I'm planning to leave for Champaign on Wednesday anyway.

Anyway, I've got to head back to the apartment so I'll have to write more later. I hope all is well.