HAPPY HALLOW(FE)N - Chocolate, Exams, and Death

-Phew-

Last Saturday was the dreaded Fundamentals of Engineering examination, and am I ever so glad to be done with it.  For those of you unfamiliar with the exam, it's a bit like the GRE, but for engineers, and slightly less useful (for me at least).  Well, what I mean to say is, it is aimed at those who would go into design and consulting.  Resultantly, it's more useful for Civil Engineers and the like, whereas I have some doubts I'll be signing off on any reactor schematics.  Regardless, I wanted to keep my options open.

In practice, though, my actual enthusiasm can be illustrated thusly:

Click for bigger piktar!

(You can all banish me from the Internet for using a dastardly meme, now.)

But, it was sort of made up for by the fact that my boyfriend is secretly God's gift to womankind:

Flowers, pepperoni bread, and Godiva.  All a girl could ever want <3

And of course, the fact that it was Halloween weekend certainly helped take my mind off my UTTER FAILURE. Blech.  Well, I'll get my results back in about two months.  Keeping my fingers crossed that I won't have to retake it.

And since this is sort of crafty-related, I present to you this year's costume:
 

A little slapdash, but a girl does what she can on a budget.  I have a tendency to pick characters that no body knows.  So, for those of you who are unaware, I direct you to the appropriate Wikipedia page.  My little homage to Neil Gaiman.

Anyway, it is officially November, so you know that that means!!!

Seriously, seriously questioning my decision to enter, but I think it'll be fun.  My best friend from grade school, GK, and I have already planned some rant sessions.  I've had a novel brewing in the back of my head for eons, too, luckily, so it's just a matter of fleshing it out.

Word count: 0
Words to go:  50,000

Wish me luck!

Until the next.