3 exams in 3 days

ok, so talk about information overload. this was a full week.

yuck.

monday - in toronto for a subway lesson. but wouldn't you know it, flurries for the morning commute. i had my weekend gear with me and i had to get on the bus in the morning rush. people looked at me with murder in their eyes as were packed tight in the bus heading for the subway. the subway train was no fun either. i played some cell phone tag with christal. i text messaged her to tell her was i late. i was really sore and overheated having had all my winter gear on and then riding on a heated bus with everybody else's body heat. i had a massive headache.
karen the instructor was late. but we ended up being the only group that made it there in the morning. we ended early. it was a good lesson after all that drama.

tuesday: spl. student plan lesson on the bus in brantford. my lesson went well. i was partnered with thomas. my not so favourite partner. he drives. he had no idea about how the bus system worked in brantford. so for his lesson, he rushed me and panicked. imagine this. i'm blindfolded. i'm in an unfamiliar environment. i have to go catch a bus that's returning to the terminal. but get this, thomas doesn't even know where the bus stop is. so we walk sighted guide for 5 blocks in the pouring rain! no big deal because i'm being guided but because it was an unexpected walk, the time it took meant the buses were fast approaching. the bus stop thomas finally found was kitty corner to the one that i was standing on. we had to make 2 street crossings and apparently the bus was there already. he managed to wave it down so it was waiting for me. he didn't line me up with the door and the sound clue that i would have used (the door opening) was unavailable to me. i was panicked. i didn't have my pass ready. arg. he told me that my bus had arrived so i thought it was my good ol' kneeling bus with one step up. turned out it wasn't. the bus had 3 steps. it was old school. i cleared the first step with my cane and went to take the next step forward not up and i wiped out. i banged my knee hard on the step. my cane went flying. i was hurt and embarrassed. thomas didn't check to make sure i was ok. neither did my instructor. i found the seat closest to the driver. the driver was good to me. he was humerous. he said that it had been years since a woman had fallen for him. hahaha. i kept it together until i got back to the terminal. i started to cry afterwards. i had murder in my eyes. i hated the entire experience. thomas wasn't sensitive at all. so i'm sore and i get sorer. i take an advil or 3 and take a nap. i feel way better.

then it's the start of exams. wednesday, thursday and friday. line 'em up and shoot us. it was brutal. i studied for the first 2 but this last one i just didn't bother. the first 2 were harder exams because the pass for those exams are 70%. this last one only needed a 60% for a pass. there was one question i was stumped on but instead of sitting there and thinking about it i just handed the exam in. i didn't care.

i'm frustrated because i've been told that i have to attend a growth and development class in january. i've taken this course already. i'm rolling my eyes and i'm resenting it so much! the thing that i HATE about this program is that they don't honour prior learning. i've done this course at the masters level. hello. college, university. which wins out? duh. this stinks and i'm not happy at all about this. i'm thinking about just taking the exam and getting it over with. i don't want to do it.

grrrr.

anywho, all my bags are packed and i'm leaving on a jet plane on sunday night. vancity here i come. i'm soooo super excited. i can't tell you. i've been dreaming about home these passed couple of nights. i can't wait.

tomorrow is ed's party. whee. should be fun. it's going to be relaxing. hehehehe. ok i'm out. i have stuff to do. no not really. just sleep.