Cal2 tried valiantly to destroy me. A few times, I thought it had won. When I stood up to turn in my final that thought vanished. The countless hours of studying seem to have paid off. Obviously, I won’t know for sure until grades post but I feel good about it anyway.

Physics and I will do battle again tomorrow morning. Hopefully, my final in that course goes the same way my Cal2 final went. I do not need to do nearly as well on it as I needed to do in Cal2, but I plan on doing just as well.

A few hours after my final is finished I’ll be boarding a flight to Boston. I trimmed my beard a little to avoid the cavity search likely to result from my being a) brown, b) having a beard, and c) having traveled to the Middle East in the last 5 years. I will probably still be pulled aside for a more thorough searching. I intend to dress accordingly.