Yesterday I

6:30 AM – 7:45 AM

Woke up for last minute cramming for the last exam of my engineering degree.

9:30 AM – 1:00 PM

Killer Flood Management exam. People stumbled out of that exam, stunned. I managed but only because I figured out a deluge (haha) of questions in the last fifteen minutes.

That was my LAST EXAM!

2:00 – 3:30 PM

Taught a “studious, perfectionistic and incredibly nerdy medical student with two left feet” how to social dance so that tonight she can take the “final chance to risk [her] pride and take a chance with a guy that [she has] covertly liked for ages and is the reason [she] get up in the morning.”

I got an email from this girl last week, begging for my help. I had never met her, didn’t know anyone else who knew her. Somehow, she had found my email address. She was in a desperate situation and I was moved enough to not charge her my usual $50 per hour for private dance lessons.

What a story! Good luck to her, although one dance lesson does not a dancer make. People, don’t be afraid of social dancing. If you laugh while you’re bopping, you’ll do great! *thumbs up*

4:00 PM

I applied to graduate! I paid AU$104 for the privilege, too.

4:45 to 7:45 PM

Made most of my $104 sunk costs with marginal benefits realised through 2.5 hours of tutoring three different people.

8:30 to 10:00 PM

Hip hop lesson! We have a new routine. We’re dancing a song from 1992. It’s old skool! Hard, which makes it fun.

11:00 to 12:00 PM

TV! Stargate SG1. They’ve swapped Jonas for Daniel again. The storyline flowed well but we have to suspect that the writers are doing a dodgy and rearranging the Stargate universe to suit actor preferences.

12:00 to 2:00 AM

OMG, I read a novel. In bed. It was such a luxury! It was A Hat Full of Sky, one of the Discworld novels by Terry Pratchett.

So as you can see, an action packed day that involved my last exam. I can’t say EVER because I want to continue doing Chinese next year. I’m sure I’ll be back to do post-grad eventually. (And I’ve still got an essay to hand in before April next year!) But it is the End of an Era.

…so I’m going bowling today.