Recouping Sunday

That's my name for today. Sorting out, tidying up, recharging my batteries, and clearing the decks.

I had a grand weekend at Fall In. I saw more than a dozen friends, from old pals to nodding acquaintances and newly made chums. I played 11 games of DBA (three doubles games partnered with my buddy Frank and using our new South Asian armies; three games using my newly painted--the night before--Chichimec army; and five matches in the vastly entertaining Two Davids' Gallic Wars Campaign, in which for the first time I ended the series independent, with vassals of my own, and solidly in the middle of the pack--in a tie for fifth place in a field of 20). I bought a pile of books (naturally), some terrain, and only a few minis. I did some Xmas shopping for friends. I had a hotel room for last night as a well as Friday, but I decided that since most of my friends were headed home or off to bed rather than make a late night of it that I'd just drive home and sleep in my own bed. And I'm glad I did--waking up in a sunny room surrounded by cuddly cats was excellent!

Today I need to give my sis a call to wish her happy birthday. I need to write my final exam for my master's program. I'm going to take some time to walk or bike outside. I'll put away my new toys. :-) And I'll try to make arrangements to catch up with some of my friends I haven't seen for too long. I did laundry before I left, so I need to fold that and put it away, but I already have clean clothes for the coming week, and I got gas on the way home, so I have a full tank. I'm feeling fairly caught up, for once.

It looks like a beautiful day; I need to go open some windows--time for fresh, sharp autumnal air! Hopefully next weekend will be like this too and I can spend a lot of time outside to make up for spending most of this one inside. But I've had a really nice weekend so far.

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OK, well, my exam is done. For once, I have to say, I am not comfortable with or confident in my chances.

There are four questions, and you have to get a pass in three of them to pass the exam. If you pass all four and get a pass with distinction in three of them, you graduate "with distinction".

My problem was that I did not manage my time at all well. In fact, I lost track of time while working on the first question (after reading all four) and spent about half the exam time on that one! I think I will certainly pass that one, perhaps with distinction. I'm fairly confident with my answer on the second question; I should pass that, too, I think. At that point, though, I had only about an hour to do the last two questions (out of an original six for all four), so I cribbed together a response to one from some similar exam questions I had had earlier in a previous course, massaging them a bit to fit together. If I'm lucky I may pass that one--not sure.

Then it came down to the last question and about 20 minutes. Without going into what it was (I think that's probably a no-no for an open post), it wasn't my best subject (one reason I'd left it for last--I didn't want to get all wrapped up around it and burn up time--instead I did that on a topic I could handle! arrgghh!) So I wrote up a very short, very vague reply. I doubt I will pass on that answer, especially as it's the examiner's pet topic (I should have known it would be on there and swotted up!)

So, I'm guessing that makes 2-3 passes overall. Fingers crossed! We are supposed to have exam result back within a week. If I don't pass at least three questions, I can re-sit the exam once (only), but I would be very disappointed with myself.

Well, nothing I can do about it tonight. Now for some dinner...