Well, I got my grades today. I got an A in the CSC class, but I wasn't able to squeeze the B required from the GEO course. 4 plus 2.5 plus 3.25 (my GPA last sem.) plus 1.75 (GPA the semester before) plus 0 plus 0 plus 1 (two failed semesters at SCSU and my GPA for ECSU) is basically a 1.8, .2 shy of the 2.0 I need to get in. They calculate my GPA that way. I feel so shitty.
I started this before I left tonight. We went and played D&D and I got back at like 12 and now I'm feeling shitty again. It pisses me off that I can't do as well as I would like. And it's not that I'm not putting the effort in... well, it was before, but now I'm definitely trying hard. With the GEO course, I just was overconfident. I kept thinking I had studied enough and then I just blanked when it came time for the map tests. I don't know if that was just because I was nervous (I hadn't had a lecture class before that one) or because I truly hadn't studied enough. Then the final exam had a surprise essay as 30% of the grade on a topic I didn't study enough and probably didn't write enough for. My loan is enough money for this next semester so I guess I'll just take the classes I have and do whatever.
I say this because moving might be a nice idea. The west coast is nice, though I've never been to Cali. I would definitely move out there with Pappy, though. Maybe try to get a job in that tech sector since I already know a decent amount of stuff and I have no trouble learning more. It'd be cool to drive out there while moving, too. I'd have to pay my Discover bill down below 400, though. Interest on the bill after 400 is nuts, so I'd have to wait until the summer, but it would definitely be awesome. I'd just hate to go out there and end up doing another crappy, minimum wage job. Yeah, I get more than what the U.S. calls "minimum wage," but it's still NOT enough for me. I hate to brag, but I'm a much better worker than 90% of people out there. I always have, and will continue to, put in more than enough effort at my jobs. Right now I get 7.55 an hour. I'm getting a dollar raise to 8.55 in February. But with the amount of work that I do, and the level of commitment with which I perform it, I should get a little less than a manager's pay. It's one thing to simply go to work and do your job. I do my job, and a whole lot more.
In any event, it sucks that Dave Thomas died. I wonder what's going to happen to the money those charities he supported used to get?