I love you all. I've missed you all. I plan to spend the week after Christmas revamping the face of my blog a bit thanks to the input of my peers and professor to make it more appealing and easier to access/read. I've been rather distracted lately. I was vomiting (and other unappealing things) all night on Friday, continuing into Saturday, and unfortunately putting my fun weekend plans to rest. However now I think I have more or less recovered and I am finishing up Christmas shopping and getting excited about spending the weekend with lots of family.

I am thrown at the moment, though. I checked my grades for the semester last night. I had my first "B" in almost 4 years. I know, not an international crisis-type situation, but a let down for myself. I had a lot of personal struggles throughout the semester and I was disappointed that I lost my solid academic performance. Also, the professor for this particular course shifted the grading scale from the normal 90-100 is an "A", 80-89 is a "B", etc. to his own standard of 93-100 is an "A", and so on. But even though I was disappointed in myself, I wanted to know how I had done on the final because I really studied my rear off for that exam. I emailed him to inquire.

He just emailed me back and said that I made a 96+ on the final exam (shocking for me, but I was very pleased) and that my semester average was
a
92.17
.

Are you kidding me??? I missed an "A" by 0.83 points?!?! On a grading scale that he decided (not one that is the university standard)?? You can imagine my frustration at the moment. I emailed him back begging for extra work, to recalculate my grades, etc. I am not expecting a change. However, it is good to know that I did earn an "A" (by university standards, even if not by his). I'll just have to work harder next time.

Hope you are all having a fantastic pre-Christmas week, and I will be in touch again soon. Hopefully with better news and less frustration. Cheers!

C