It often seems like crappy things happen in my life but that they’re soon balanced out with very good things; the past couple of days are an example. Day before yesterday, the guy who was interested in buying the ferret emailed to say he’d changed his mind and didn’t want Frank. Yesterday, Todd and I took Frank to the Humane Society along with his litter, bedding, and leftover food. When we got back, I had a new email from another person asking if I still had the ferret for sale. All I could think of was, “it figures.” I surprisingly wasn’t that upset about it; I was just so happy to have the little terror gone. It still sucks, though, because I could’ve gotten some money back for him.

Now for the good part that balances out the bad: I had a discrete math test this morning. If you’re around me long enough, you’ll learn that I hate this class. I study, I read the examples in the book, I’ve yet to miss a lecture or recitation. Nevertheless, half of this stuff isn’t clear to me, and the other half that usually shows up on the tests consists of topics I’ve never encountered before, in either homework or lecture. The class just seems unfair, especially since the professor has admitted to us that he 1) hasn’t worked with the subject since the 70′s, 2) was grabbed at the last minute because the university couldn’t find another teacher for it, and 3) that the required math base for some of our topics is at least through Calculus IV, when they teach differential equations, and not Calculus I, which is the only math prerequisite for taking the course.

Despite all this, the aforementioned test I had this morning went great. It was by far the easiest and shortest test he’s given us so far. There were only 5 problems, some of which were multi-part but it was still fewer than the 9 he gave us last time. He also gave an extra credit problem, something which he hasn’t done before. I was through with the test in about an hour and five minutes, and that was after going over my answers again. I usually have to rush to get finished in the allotted hour and fifteen minutes, so I was tickled this one was so short. Of the five problems, only one of them dealt with a subject I hadn’t done in homework before, and even it had been covered in lecture, so it was fine. I’m so glad the test’s over, for one thing, but I’m also tickled to death that I feel I’ll get an A on it.

Jessica and I are hitting up a few stores tomorrow to get everyday summer-y dresses, rain boots (a.k.a. galoshes–what a fun word), and curtains for my apartment. Yesterday in my free time, I was excited about no longer having a ferret to mess up my apartment, so I ran around cleaning and dusting. The curtains are going to further help brighten this place up. Like a lot of other studio apartments, I imagine, mine is like a tiny dungeon. I need to invest in at least one more lamp for the back corner of the main room because it’s so dark.