So, I failed OS. I'm on AcPro, so I can't do completely horrible next semester. Shouldn't be a problem, though. OS with Choi should be easier than with C-K, and my other classes shouldn't be too hard.

I need to figure something out about Comp. Admin., though. OS is a prereq., so it dropped from my schedule when I failed. Maybe I can talk the teacher into letting me take it anyway--I did well on the programming assignments, have Solaris user experience, Linux administration experience, and am re-taking OS concurrently--but I don't know her, so who knows. If not, I will have to find some other class(es) to take instead.

I'm definitely here for five years. I haven't been taking enough credits/semester to do four years--at least without killing myself after one 18+ credit semester--so that's that. I might make it six years and go for a second degree while I'm here...

Anyone in Ann Arbor want to hang out sometime?

So, I picked up the car today. Yeah. $442.15 for a tow to the shop, and a new fuel pump. I heard the fuel pump running when I was attempting to diagnose the problem in the parking lot Saturday morning, so I determined that the fuel pump was indeed working, and since there was spark on all four cylinders, it was likely a clog or a leak in the fuel system. Since I could smell NO gas, even with the spark plugs removed, I determined that it was not a leak, but rather a clog, and, since my mother said she has no idea if the fuel filter has been replaced, ever, (100,000+ miles), determined that it was most likely the fuel filter.

The shop said "fuel pump". I figured, "Well, I guess it is possible for a fuel pump to make a noise and still not work. After all, maybe the motor driving it is turning, but is no longer attached to anything, and these guys are supposed to know more about cars than a Computer Science major..." and accepted their diagnosis. I asked them to replace the filter, too, as the one in there, even if it is not the current problem, could become a problem in the near future.

They told me, "we do not have one in stock for your [Mother's] car, and our supplier is backordered indefinitely".

"Okay, fine. I'll just pick the car up tomorrow, my mom can deal with the fuel filter when she gets the car back to Ann Arbor."

Well, tomorrow is today. I ride my bike back from campus at 11, walk across the bridge to Hancock, pay for the repairs (with my Mother's credit card, luckily), and drive it back to the house. Works like a champ. I drive it to my class at noon, and back to the house without a hitch. Two and one-half hours later, ten minutes before my OS exam, I go out to the car, put the key in the ignition, and...

...you guessed it. Nothing. Engine turns over, but doesn't catch. Exactly the same as Friday night. Shit. I hop on my bike, and make record time back to campus, arrive at my OS exam panting, call the repair place to tell them the repair didn't hold, and to expect a call when I get back from class to have the car towed back to the shop. After the exam*, I hopped on my bike, and rode back to the house. Of course, halfway back, it started raining cats and dogs. I arrived at the house sopping wet, called for a tow truck, and here I am, still waiting... still waiting...

*The exam didn't go too well. I understood most of the stuff, but I think I made a stupid mistake on the second-from-the-last problem, that will probably get me docked a huge number of points, and I was not able to finish the last problem.

Operating Systems exam in 32 minutes...

I feel strangely confident about it, which scares me, since this is supposed to be the hardest class I have taken so far. I can't help but think that I am missing something, since it seems like I have understood everything we have done in the class.