The Final Push

Bad knitter.
Bad.
I haven' t posted lately. At all. But there is a good reason for that.
I recently lost a good friend of mine, and I've been pretty shaken.
We were pretty good friends when we were little, and I regret that we did not talk more after he moved away.
Miss you forever Brendan. <3
In addition, semester is almost over, and I've got diplomas to study for.
See, there's this silly thing about the way Alberta sets up its exams that I don't agree with.
You work all semester in class, for a mark that is worth only half of your final grade.
The other half? It comes from one test. Each test has a written and a multiple choice component. This semester, I've got English Honours, Social Honours, and advanced math. English involves writing two essays, one of four pages, one of eight, in three hours, plus an hour and a half of reading comprehension at a later date. Social involves one essay in two hours, and seventy multiple choice questions. Math is written response and multiple guess.
Needless to say, I'm totally stressing about this. I wrote one diploma last year, as I took senior biology in my junior year. And I will admit - it wasn't as big and ugly as everyone made it out to be. I did quite well actually, 93 on the multiple, 100 on the essay, 94 in the course. But it's my nature to freak out a bit.
On the knitting front, I've been steadily progressing on the Arc en Ciel tank. I've finished the back, and am about half done the front. After that, I just have to seam it, and pick up stitches for the armholes and collar. I've completely abandoned the socks for both my father and my sister. Her feet grew, and I've got to rip the first one back to make it longer. Dad's socks are absolutely massive, and miles of stockinettte really bore me after a while.
I'm almost done another Blanket for Canada. In fact, a co-worker of mine took some, and managed to produce three! That brings our total count up to five and three quarters. I've definitely got to look into donating them fairly soon here.
Last, I have my New Year's resolutions. First, I resolve to read at least fifty books this year. Second, I resolve to get myself back up to a healthy weight. Third, I will make all of my squares into Blankets for Canada, and fourth, I will destash.
The boyfriend has been bugging me about how my stash has grown, and how it's beginning to take over my room. I will admit, I have enough in there for at least two sweaters, three pairs of socks, as well numerous scarves and other accessories. And I have this weakness for it. So, I've joined Knit from your Stash 2007. However, I plan to tweak just one rule. Rather than going until September, I'm going until June 29, 2007, my graduation date.
Mostly because after that, I'm off to Toronto for university. And I cannot resist those yarn shops.

So, you probably won't hear from me until sometime after the 22, which is when I write my last exam. Looking forward to next term - Calculus, Physics and Chem! My kind of subjects!
<3 Vik