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I finished "Lord Hornblower" last night. I thought it was going to take a lot for me to finish reading it, but it was the same deal with every other Hornblower book I have read: I plan to take my time reading it, but once I start, I am incredibly hooked and cannot wait to find out what happens next.

( Cut for Lord Hornblower spoilers and excessive Bush fangirling )

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My summer class is starting next week, so yesterday I tried to pick up my book while I was at the Winter Haven PCC. Unfortunately, the person in charge of that wasn't in so this morning I went ahead and got it at the Lakeland PCC. In some ways I guess that was better because it gave me a chance to look around the campus (Lakeland is where I will be taking the class; Winter Haven is just where I volunteer). Getting the book was kind of a pain; when I went to register they said all I would need would be my schedule, but when I went to the bookstore they said I needed a voucher as well. I had to go back to registration and see and adviser, but she was really nice about it which partially makes up for the fact that, heeey, why didn't you just give me the voucher last time? Oh well. At least I saved holy heeby jeebies one hundred and three dollars on my book (!!!). It's brand new, too; I figured they gave dual enrollment students used books, but I guess not. This is kind of frustrating because I have to turn it back in at the end of term and if there is anything wrong with it it will be completely my fault. Usually I am careful with books, but now I will have to be extra careful.

Lately I have been kind of nervous about taking Calculus, just because I've gone so long without any maths whatsoever and this is also an accelerated class. However, I started flipping through the book when I got home and I think I feel slightly better about it. For starters, the introductory quote is "Football is like calculus. Someone has to show you how to do it, but once you've got er' figgered, why, she's easy." I won't even comment on the fact that it should be "'er" and not "er'". Also, the first chapter explains that "the ordered pair (2,5) is not the same as the ordered pair (5,2)." Thank God for review chapters. However, there are only seven chapters and it is a six week course, so it's likely that the instructor will skim or even skip the first chapter. *clings to super duper easy review chapter* Don't go! I need you to stay around and make me feel smart!