One to go

We saw the house on Friday and we LOVE it. It has so much living space and a front and back porch and back yard. It's pretty much everything we could want except that we can't sign the lease yet. We expressed our interest to the owner (maybe a little too strongly) and he said he'd be in touch with us if he finds a tenant for the second semester, which would be fantastic. As you can see I've given up trying not to get my hopes up - I really want this house.

Non house-related business is my last final tomorrow. Yuck. I studied a little yesterday but I really need to crack down today. It's still possible though unlikely for me to get an A- in Database Systems. I need a 92% on the final which is 11 points higher than I've scored on any test. If I score closer to my average, it will be a B+ which is acceptable I guess. The one this I really hate about my major is my performance on tests because it's not at all indicative of my understanding. I ace all the homework assignments that involve programming, I just don't do as well when it comes to expressing myself on paper. When I write something incorrectly, 9 times out of 10 I can fix my problem after trying it and seeing my error. I can't really suggest a better method of testing than what's in place, but it really does suck.