coffee cups into theorems

the last two days have been pretty busy:

went for a “run” on wednesday morning because i miss feeling strong and physically fit, and while i know it’ll probably take me a lot longer to get there than before and that i’ll probably always end up crashing for some time here and there, i can at least try to get back to some of the things i love

had a couple of appointments pretty much right after

held my first recitation section EVER. i was just proctoring an exam that’s required for all students enrolled in calculus classes at my university, and man is three exams back to back weirdly exhausting. next week i actually do stuff.

auditioned for some a cappella groups! here’s 2 hoping i made callbacks

today i had two classes: complex analysis and functional analysis

ended up attending the unofficial pizza seminar

got a chance to talk to the professor i’d like as my advisor and he’s down to collaborate with an old friend of mine from my analysis on fractals project!

currently about to audition for some of the official rutgers choral groups, haven’t 100% decided on whether or not i’m joining but i’ll see if i get into the a cappella groups first

It’s been an intense few days. I had two qualifying exams this week, on on Tuesday and one today. I’m sorry I haven’t been updating much - I’ve mostly been trying to study or stressing about studying. Anyway:

you all probably know I completely bombed algebra on Tuesday

like, straight up bombed it

I answered 1/4 questions fully and wrote whatever unsuccessful bullshit I’d tried for the others

it’s okay though because I am Not an algebraist (despite my url) and I still have another shot at passing it

today’s was SO much better than Tuesday’s, though

real analysis/topology is my shit and I love it and will almost definitely end up doing something related to it

anyway I’m pretty sure I passed because I answered all the questions I had to and I feel good about my answers

so yeah at least I passed one of my exams lol

anyway it’s all good now and I have the long weekend to clean up my house and prepare for my classes/TA job

tfw quals get you down and you don’t feel like your brain knows how to math anymore, so you take a break by working on an overdue bday gift for a friend. i am definitely not looking forward to taking the algebra one in three days.

for tomorrow:

start working on algebra cheat sheet

do a timed practice qual for algebra if possible

go outside for god’s sake

i’m serious please go outside

u need to get out of ur apartment at least once each day

get some groceries

Less than a week until my algebra quals, yikes. Anyway:

mostly did work and stayed in bed over the weekend

had car trouble on monday, but one of my friends helped me out and drove me to physical therapy after I dropped my car off at the dealership

I slept in a lot on tuesday, but have continued working on qual problems

idk what to do I just keep working on old qual problems

I should figure out a better study method

I should actually make a cheat sheet for each exam and use that for timed practice tests

and then by the time the actual exams happen, I’ll know the material really well

this is now just me rambling while using bullets

This has been a bit of a rough week. I’ve been having trouble with sleep and my S/O is working super intensely on a paper so we’ve both been frazzled. At least I’ve been feeling better about some of the qual problems.

Anyway, things I need to do:

Create a cheat sheet for algebra and real analysis

Do some timed practice quals with cheat sheet and make note of what I had to look up

Do some timed practice quals without a cheat sheet

Figure out ODS stuff and extra time for my quals