Physics

**Written: Monday, November 26^th

Lobstering started today. The waters were now a mass of color. There were now boats, and people hard at work preparing for the upcoming season. The community came alive.

There's an excitement and delight in the air today which was not there last. It's one of those things that you don't know is missing until it hits you in the face.

Water, and seagulls, and faces. That's where I am.

Let's see, what else is happening?

Well, I'm almost completely caught up on school work. Just two more assignments to hand in. It's safe to say I've been on homework overload. Oh, and midterms have just passed. I was surprised by this; at my old school, the only exams we had were at the end of each semester, but here it's mid semester and end. Glad however, that at the end of my panic attack, I ended up with an 88% average. ♥ Physics since then, has been—as physics does—rapidly dropping. Honestly ladies, gentlemen, and Plague Rats, I wish I had not taken this course. 'Ignorance is Bliss' as they say. And now, ever since learning physics and forces and whatnot, I think about them at the most inconvenient times. Like, here I am going across the ferry...hmm, I wonder what minimum force would have to be applied to move the ferry across the water taking into consideration that it's moving against the current at a constant speed, making acceleration equal zero, and if Newton's laws are correct—and who am I to argue with a guy who had such fancy-looking hair—then F=ma and wait..that wouldn't be right. Acceleration is zero! Ah 'F' is net force. Okay, time to mentally draw a Free Body Diagram...



Most Simplistic and Awesome Free Body Diagram Ever.

Ahh, I see now. F=ma isn't even the right formula. Silly Isaac. It's actually that the minimum force needed to push the ferry against the current would have to be just a bit stronger than the force pushing in the opposite direction. But do we not need to be given the force of the current in order to solve this?...

 

This is usually where I come to realize I don't even have the mass of the ferry itself, so I give up on all things physics and look out at the pretty water. :3

School's been good. It starts around 9 am. Compared to my last school, I get to sleep in an extra hour and a half. My courses are all out of whack I guess because compared to where I used to live, the course requirements for graduation are severely different.

And now, this being 2 months into the semester, I have A LOT of catching up to do.

Thank God for Spare♥.

 

My family is adjusting well enough here. Parents are making great friends and seem to be enjoying themselves. My sister moved in with us, no comment there. ;p

And my pup of course is loving finding new places to lounge. She's found her favorite spot already, and during the day, the sun hits it perfectly.

 

This is one of those small towns you see on television where everyone knows everyone and word travels at lightning speed. I swear, these people knew we were moving in before we did. And everyone here seems to be related.

When we went to the school to make proper accommodations for my classes, the office secretary lead us to the guidance counsellor to settle my courses. As she walked out, he sighed and admitted she was his mother-in-law. Not only that, but that my Physics teacher is his wife.

This should be fun.