The last 7 days

The last seven class days are here. What's due:

• 20 page paper on my artificial neural network project, which hasn't quite been started (I have the data, though).
• 25-40 page report in my program and project management class on renovating community kitchens (this one is well on it's way to being complete).
• Final project in database. This is about 15-20 pages, and almost completely finished (We're putting final touches on Monday night and turning it in). I'm very comfortable with this one
• Final project in compilers, where we take an abstract syntax tree in the COOL language and convert it to an annotated abstract syntax tree. Evidentally, the solution is going to be at least 1300 lines of code. Not started.
• 2 oral progress reports on my AI Project.
• (Optional) Homework in algorithms
• 2 homeworks in compilers (past due)
• A test in compilers

So it should be a fun seven class days (9 real days). After that comes exams, of course, which won't be any easier. I feel like I'm going to do either really poorly or pretty much okay this semester... I have no idea how I'm doing in 2 of 5 classes. The other ones I know I've got an A, and A, and a B. So AABCC would drop my GPA but not dramatically. It would hurt my major GPA pretty good (ABCC, on a 3.64).

But, enough about school. The apartment is coming along nicely. We have stuff in the kitchen, a couch, a chair, two end tables, a coffee table, a tv stand, and a TV in there now, along with a couple of lamps. Brian and I christened the apartment on Friday evening by making spaghetti, drinking, and watching West Wing. I think next year is going to be a good year.

A friend has suggested I do Google's Summer of Code. It certainly would be interesting. It pays $4500 ($500 goes to your sponsor), and it would teach me a lot about programming and get my name on a real project. However, I'm not even sure programming is what I want to DO when I leave here, so I don't know whether I'll do it or not. It would be an enormous time commitment. I don't want to have an 80 hour work week again, which I have a feeling is what this would entail. Not to mention I'm not even sure at all I would be a contender for a spot. But all that aside, I'm considering it.

Have a better week then me!