I’m DONE!!! Waaaaaahoooo! My Actuarial Science prof (whose exam I finished today) told me that I should “declare victory and have a beer.” So, I shall indeed declare victory right now, and will follow suit with a beer later on tonight.

Unfortunately, I don’t expect that I got 100% on this last exam. Which is a crying shame, since I studied all of 3 hours for it. Oh, how the reality of decreasing motivation over time stings.

But, I’m at a point where I couldn’t care less. In fact, the only thing that I care about right at this moment is bringing my stomach to satiation; I haven’t eaten since this morning, but I will be at the Mongolian Grill at 6pm. There shall be a great victory there, too!

For now, I’m just killing time. I finished at 3pm, but I didn’t think that it was worthwhile to go home and come back again. So I’ve tied up some loose ends on campus, said some byes, and read. I now find myself sitting in a computer lab emailing like a fiend and catching up on some business that I’ve left until now.

Update: I just got an email from DE Shaw, an investment firm in New York. Apparently they want my resume. Victory again! Not that I mind (I mean, I’d be an idiot to be annoyed with having a lot of job prospects for September), but I can’t help but wonder how people keep finding me…

In 12 hours, I will be sitting down for my last exam of the term. The completion of that exam will mark the end of Fall 2005, and the end of twelve consecutive months of school. More importantly, however, it is the beginning of my wonderful Christmas break, which will be spent doing amazing stuff with friends (Snowboarding in BC, Messiah, New Year’s) and eating delicious meals (roasts, lambs, and so much more)!

As is the case with the end of any term, there are those that won’t be around for a long time. This will be especially true come April, when most of the non-Coop students in my year graduate. But for now, two prominent names are sticking out in my mind: Laura and Ashley. My good sister (sorta) is heading to Bolivia to volunteer and A+ is taking a term up at Lakehead. I fear that this is a start to a very unfortunate trend of goodbyes…

Such is reality, though; all good things must come to an end, and being around such wonderful people is no different. I really hope that I’ll be able to keep in touch with all of those who will be leaving Waterloo in the near future.. I’ve been a little bad with those thave have already left, so I hope that turns around, too. Sigh.

Today, before I came back to Waterloo, I went to the Royal Ontario Museum. It had been a really long time since I’ve been there, and I figured that now was a good of a time as any. That’s right… the day before an exam was a good time to go. Clearly, I have my head on straight.

The thing about the ROM was that it was undergoing a lot of construction; they are redoing the external look of it so that it is much more abstract and distinct. But much of the construction was happening inside, too. The entire first floor was not open to the public, and much of the other floors had exhibits missing and sections closed off, too. So, all in all, it was not a very complete experience.

That said, I should go back next term when all of the construction is done, when I don’t have exams, and when they have lots of new, exciting exhibits! Good thing that it was only $6.00

Anyhow, I have a Stats exam to handle, so I better be off to do that now. I had meant to get to it before, but then I decided at the very last minute to go to the Embassy instead. Oi.