Alvin

It's 26 degrees this morning--cold again. But, I'd rather have freezing and clear than just cold and damp. Yesterday I walked to class in the rain and when I got there my blue jeans were wet from just above the knees down to my shoes and they were wet too. I was cold and damp for about 2 hours before they dried out. My backpack and everything in it escaped the rain thanks to my raingear. I may go to Kinnucan's to look for a rain suit or rain pants or something as an upgrade. I doubt this will be the last rainy morning of my adventure.

Dr. Smith returned our graded homework yesterday and I got 95/100. Hurray! All of the hard work really does pay off and I am learning. Mardi Gras day I have both economics and adaptive optimizations homework due and then Thursday of the same week I have a linear programming quiz and a presentation to make in adaptive optimization. That is a lot to do, but I've kept up with all of the reading and I've already completed the economics homework--I just need to write it up formally on the computer.

I'm watching the cutest chipmunk on my bird feeder. His little cheeks are filled with seeds and he keeps shoveling them in anyway! Is that cute, or what?