thank you, astronomy 101

& thank you too to rachel roth for inspiring me to post my own pictures of "jupiter & venus dancing" in the sky.  i took two photos from my balcony.  there's an even better view from the living room, but there're screens & child-safety bars on the window that just won't budge.  any old ways, here they are w/ a cropped shot of the first one in between.  (not-too-shabby of a sight on a wednesday night in forest hills.):

now this... this is really a beautiful thing.

pretty frickin' cool

ascan avenue & queens boulevard, forest hills, NY, 3/14/2012

college, done.

this photo was taken before i left for my astronomy final this morning at 7:40am. i'm still in shock that i'm done w/ school. i feel like i should be registering for fall classes, not going to commencement (on thursday, june 2nd).

it's really happening

just got back from my last astronomy class. this friday's my final. gonna pick-up my cap n' gown after that. commencement's on thursday, june 2nd. then i'm done.

btw, did i mention that i totally rocked the test i was sure i failed... 81. not too shabby. (thank you again, bell curve.)

thank you, bell curve

got an 86 on my astronomy midterm. (phew.)

two months and change till graduation... i hope

took my astronomy midterm today. wowzer, those 60 multiple choice questions were rough on me. luckily, my professor is grading on a bell curve and i didn't see anyone walk out of the lecture hall feeling confident that they passed. see, this is definitely not one of those "kitti-is-going-to-kvetch-about-a-test-and-still-get-an-A" moments (which i admit, has been 99.8% of the time) -- i've flunked all but one pop quiz and i scored in the 30's on the online practice exams.

we'll find out the damage on friday when the tests are returned.

till then... pray for mojo.

fan-frickin'-tastic news

just heard back from the advisement office of queens college who contacted the registrar's office and got confirmation from them that i can graduate this semester.

phew.

so glad i followed-up on this and didn't give up. not that i don't enjoy being a college student at 40+ years old, but i'm ready to move on.