And We're Done

Well this was a long week.  Even though the exams were only 2 hours each, it felt like much longer.  The first exam, metallic structures was awful.  Two of the 4 questions were on material that was very very briefly covered in class.  And nothing about titanium, or high strength heat treated steels, which was discussed a lot during the lectures.  I think I did alright from talking with most of the others, I think I had the right idea on the unexpected questions.

The composites exam was great, we had been told what to expect, and that's what we got.  I am interested to see how strictly the exams are graded, as passing is only 50%.  The aerodynamics exam today was somewhere between the other two difficulty wise.  Aero is not my best subject, but I had studied a bunch and knew what to do with most of the questions.  A couple I was lost on but hopefully used enough keywords to get some points on them ;)

The bus again failed to show up after the exam so I wound up having to split another freaking taxi back to Milton Keynes.  I don't understand what the problem with having buses show up when scheduled is.  Very frustrating.  I don't even want to think about how many hours I've wasted already waiting for buses that were late or never showed up.

My care package from Jess did show up yesterday.  Cookies, some spices, waterproofing spray for my jacket and some other things that I'd been waiting for.  Unfortunately I can't get the usb video capture device to work so that I can play some PS3 this weekend.  I was really looking forward to that, but the drivers will not install correctly and Windows will not recognize the device when I plug it in.  I don't get it!

Tomorrow I am venturing into the North side of London.  There is a new craft beer bar that opened last Friday, and it just happens to be outside Euston station, which I think is the first stop on the way into London from here.  I'm hoping to find some more adventurous brews from around the UK.  There seems to be a lot of beer culture up north, towards Manchester and Leeds.

Not quite sure yet where else I will venture out to while I'm in town.  The tube does run to a couple of convenient places from Euston, so I will strategize tonight.

I am looking forward to a relaxing weekend, I'd like to go for a nice run or two, get in some workouts, and I should probably clean up a bit around my room.