Now I understand what it means to go to school at Stanford.
March 12th, 2007 at 2:27 am ()
(Emilyn and me studying statistics til 3 in the morning)
It means work. For some reason, I thought that the hardest part of college was going to be getting in. I’m pretty sure some people told me that too. First quarter I only took 13 units so that I could adjust to being at school, and it wasn’t too bad…so I thought that maybe they were right. But this quarter I am taking 18 units so that I can keep up an average of 15 units per quarter, and I realized that Stanford is not easy. I am getting B’s on stuff for the first time in my life. And I even (gasp, gasp, hyperventilate a little) got a C- on a math quiz. As finals approach in the week after next, (where did the quarter go, didn’t it seem like I just finished first quarter?) its getting even worse. No-one is sleeping. I am in a sleep and dreams class taught by Doctor Demente, the leading sleep scientist in the world (and the guy who discovered REM sleep and much much more) and he just keeps telling us how important sleep is. Three weeks ago we had our midterm, and as I stayed up til the wee hours of the morning reading my sleep and dreams book, I could not help but begin to laugh with sleep deprivation about the fact that I was staying awake to memorize a book that was continuously telling me that I need to go to sleep. Thankfully, Doctor Demente is awesome and gives you bonus points for the class if you fall asleep in lecture. Well, back to work now, and man I have never looked forward to spring break this much before.
-Amy
Christopher said,
March 12, 2007 at 5:06 am
Just dropped in after of course eating some of your products and browsing the site.
Good luck in Stats, I hated that in school. Keep up the hard work!
pinky said,
March 16, 2007 at 1:02 pm
amy i have admired your family for such a very long time! congrats on getting into stanford. i just thot that i would finally post something to you. you’re an amazing girl, amy. pls. tell your mother i said that and how much your family business means to us.
lynda balzan said,
March 16, 2007 at 3:04 pm
Sounds a little different than life at Laguna!!!!! I love to hear that you are fnally challenged!!!! I know you will come out on top……..as long as you don’t give up sleepiing!!!!!!!!!!!!!
byproxy said,
March 17, 2007 at 8:35 pm
Emilyn and me. Sorry, but it is a post about Stanford.
Zack said,
March 20, 2007 at 12:18 am
Hey Amy!
Long time no see! I was eating some of your family’s pizza the other day and afterwards was looking at the business website and realized I hadn’t seen or talked to you forever so thought I would say hi. I knew you were going to SA last I heard but now I se on here that you are attending Stanford which is great – although remembering how hard you always worked in school that doesn’t surprise me at all.
Seems like so long ago that I was driving your ferrari around Petaluma! I know you are staying really busy with everything but drop me an e-mail sometime….I’d love to hear how everything else has been! Take care and hopefully I’ll hear from you soon.
- Zack (Mr. Dee)
hoopfrk@hotmail.com
Davide said,
March 20, 2007 at 10:38 am
Hi Amy, I look at your website and it’s really wonderfull. I think I’m going to use your wallpapers for the notices I give to my kids at scout.
Sorry for my English ’cause I’m Italian and I spoke it only few times on holidays and at work. I appreciate the products of your family (their philosophy and style) and I noticed there are a lot of Italian good names.
Keep up in your studies, you’re great. I took my degree at University two years ago and now I work in technology transfer in a scientific park. In the meantime I keep up my passion… writing!!! And I created a website “Parlami di Te” where anyone can download for free my novels and stories. If you know some Italian people and can turn to them my link. Thanks!!!
Best wishes
davide
Beth Durham said,
March 20, 2007 at 3:39 pm
I just want to say I’m really jealous of your sleep class. I would love to take that class, especially with that professor. That sound like incredibly interesting subject matter! Sleeping and dreaming have always fascinated me, as I am a fan of psychology, too. Have you found a favorite book on the subject?
Have a great spring break,
Beth
Beth Durham said,
March 20, 2007 at 4:43 pm
Click for the full-size.
I wanted to color it.. but photoshop is the only art-stuff I have anymore. =( Oh well! Happy spring!
Jean said,
May 8, 2007 at 1:13 am
Just surfing by. Nice Journal and I will go see An Inconvenient Truth. Have been wanting to see it anyway. Thanks.
Good Luck with school.