There are a few recurring events in my life right now that I think make this blog's title apt. Here they are, I wish I could actually draw them as a cartoon (Austin?):
1) I go to school every morning and see the exact same people. We do the exact same things every day: start homework, continue working on homework, turn in homework--wishing it were complete. All of the homework assignments are the same, they start like this:
- Calculate the Gibbs Free Energy of a system free electrons in a conductor assuming that they can thought of like a monatomic ideal gas. Use Eqs 4.21 and 4.23.
- Rutherford Scattering:Calculate the following quantities in the case of a classical approximation to quantum Rutherford scattering of an electron off of another point charge of charge+q. A)The function that connects the impact parameter b and theta the deflection angle. B)Find D(theta). C)Find sigma the scattering cross section for this problem. Prove that the cross section is infinite.
- Calculate the distance between the Earth and Jupiter assuming the Earth is an oblate spheroid and that a bottle cap falling off of a ten story building is deflected from a straight drop according to the function: d=mj+x* t*(k*sigma*phi*pi*psi*theta*tau*gamma)*ellipticK(sin(A)*ln(23+8tan(xi))). Please simplify this using trigonometric identities and the identity that z^2=x^2+y^2. Extra Credit: Simplify this equation and use the entire Greek alphabet.
- Calculate the entropy S of you Grandmother assuming that she has mild osteoporosis and is made up of roughly 73% water. Use the Sacur-Tetrode equation for ideal gases and equations 1.2, 1.3, 1.6, 2.3, 4.5, 6.78, 7.9, 8.90, A.10, B.23. In addition, calculate the most probable macrostate for the molecules in her nose.
2) I wake up every morning to these touching words from my loving wife: "Get out of the bed, you're making it uncomfortable!" If I hesitate or resist I get: "GET OUT!! I feel sick and I just want to sleep." I proceed to get up and do anything I can to help Kristine feel better as I frantically read my scriptures, eat, shower, shave, get dressed, switch laundry, do the dishes(unloading and loading plus hand washing), make my lunch, finish one or two of the above problems, take a quiz, say a quick prayer and go off to school. My head is already spinning as I leave. When I get to school, I try to do homework anyway. It goes as outlined above. Kristine seems to call at the times that I really need a break from homework. The conversations often go like this:
"K: I feel sick 'love,' what should I eat?
Me: I don't know maybe try salad?
K: GROSS! Don't talk about it please.
ME: Sorry, Everything else going ok?
K: Yeah I guess, did you call so and so?
ME: No, I haven't called yet, sorry.
K: Are you going to call!?
ME: Yes, I'll call right now.
K: GAhhhhhhhh! You're being such a butt today.
ME: Ok I love you I'll call right now I'm sorry.
K: Don't say sorry, I hate your whiny voice, you're just annoying me today. I think your on one...
This, and the never-ending stream of assignments remind me why I feel like I'm living in a cartoon.
Thinking of the future only makes me wish I was a cartoon character and I could take an anvil to the brain and get back up afterward. I know this is temporary and that I am definitely getting the better end of the deal. I am very grateful that Kristine takes all the frustrations of pregnancy and lives life like normal. I hope that for both of our sakes this period of sickness ends in her second trimester. If not, we'll live and I'm sure it'll all be worth it.
On that note, here is one of my favorite childhood cartoons. Enjoy!
(P.S. If you don't watch all of it, watch the last minute and a half, I thought it was pretty hilarious.)
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4 comments:
It's a hard life, isn't it? Let's trade places for a week and then we'll compare notes.
A few things you forgot to mention:
The "Get out of bed!" is typically an immediate response to my wake up call. Yes, that would be your alarm that goes off every morning blaring "Beverly Hills" at 6 am, when you know you don't have any intention of getting up until 6:45. I think the only person that wakes to your alarm is me, which totally ticks me off.
The phone calls. While I don't deny the things I've said, I will say they were taken out of context. When I say you're being a butt, I'm just stating a fact. Don't get me started on the whiny, nasal tone. Whenever that comes out I just want to shoot myself.
In your defense, your wife is pregnant and super crankypants. I'm sure it feels like you can't do anything right, because really, right now you can't (according to my wacked out hormones). Somewhere in the depths of my brain, I get that you're trying, but it still pushes my buttons just the same. Actually, button.. I'm pretty sure I have one hugemongous button that's impossible to avoid. More like a land mine ...
Anyway, we'll just keep hoping for better days. In the meantime maybe we'll both learn to tolerate things a little better... until the baby comes and we start back at square one. Oh life, isn't it fun?
Pregnancy is miserable and contributes to many relationship ills... but it's not a total excuse for bad behavior either... so you do what you can, then duck and cover. ;-)
This too shall pass... and you'll someday have "funny" stories to tell to your hard earned children. (But, it WILL be worth it.)
I'll go see which cartoon now... I love these old things. :-)
I love you guys, I CAN'T wait to see you.
I'm going to a dance tonight...
call me later!
Love Maren :)
Alex, I love when you write on the blog--it's always fun to hear the other perspective of things. :)
Reading this sounds a lot like Niklas and my relationship at times, but I admit not quite to that degree. :P He always feels like he can't do anything right either, and that's my fault for not being more encourgaging during the times he IS doing something "right." (Maybe we should just say something that pleases me?)
Tolerance is a super hard test--and I think I'm failing constantly. I did hear this talk one time from a gal who spoke at BYU (can't remember her name---our mom really likes her) years ago, and she said that above all else, it is important to be KIND to your spouse, no matter what the circumstance. It goes for both parties at all times, and I'm still struggling with this when I get irritated for one reason or another. But I agree with the advice. It makes all the difference.
Anyway, you both hang in there and I hope you're also hanging in there with school! I wish we were almost done like you guys. Keep up the posting, and take care. I really am so glad that I get to have you as a brother-in-law. :)
Love you both!
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