INcompetence...

I told you last week that I bombed my math competency exam for school, and that begging the lady to take it aain paid off? Well it payed off in the way that she let me take the test again, BUT...

I took exactly the same test... and somehow I managed to do WORSE than I did the first time! Ouch.

Here's the real kicker.... So I asked what my options were, and she said I should take a placement test to see which math class or classes I will have to take in order to fulfill the prerequisite for Pharmaceutical Mathmatics, the class I will need for my degree. Because I was so upset, she told me I should come back and take it another day, but unfortunately that wasn't going to be possible, with working the rest of the week and then I'll be in Arizona till the day I'm supposed to register for classes.

So I took the placement test. Basically, I was given as much time as I needed, which I think is the only way I actually managed to figure out what I was doing. I had time to re-invent math in my head and this is what happened.

I finished the test, which according to the booklet was supposed to be a timed 30 minute test. (I won't tell you how long it took me, but lets just say it was WELL over 3o minutes.) I brought the test out to the lady, and she scored it. She handed it back to me and said, "Congratulations." I managed to place into a class of HIGHER math than the competency exam I was trying so hard to pass!? WTF?!

So this summer, I'll be taking a math class in addition to the other classes I was told to take.

When I finished, I met up with Geoff at Mcmenamins for lunch. He decided that I must have a Ruby Shake, and promptly ordered one. He then asked what kind of non-alcoholic beer they served, to which the waiter responded, "Um, we don't have any." It was only 1pm, but he shrugged it off and gave the alcoholic's justification for drinking during the day, "It's 5 o'clock somewhere."

He regailed the events of his weekend, and assured me that he was not ditching me as a result of my temporary insanity the last week.

After that, I drove back home and took Wes to the dog park. We had yet another battle of wills regarding who actually owns the tennis balls. I won.

Then I went back down to Beaverton and had pizza at Eldon's. He was especially irritated that the Papa John's people gave him extra RANCH instead of Garlic Sauce for the breadsticks, but we somehow managed to survive!

We then went to see RV. It was a silly slapstick comedy, but it was still fun. I don't think it was worth paying movie theatre prices for, but it was good company, so it was worth it.

When we got back to his place after the movie, Ildiko and Warren were hanging out. We all had some fun torturing Sebastian with a lazer pionter. He's an old cat, and as such he doesn't excersize himself as much as he used to, so he's putting on a little chub. The lazer pointer gives us hours of amusement and gives him the excersize he needs.

By the end of the night I was so exhausted! I went home and passed out.