The Dreaded Derivative

Today was the beginning of what is probably going to be the end of the long stretch of TWO whole days where I completely understood what my Calculus professor was actually talking about. We have started the lecture on derivatives. Now, I've been in the school business for a long time now, and though I know absolutely nothing about Calculus (except for what limits are apparently), I have heard of derivatives before, and it just sounds terrifying to me. Hopefully I'm wrong and this won't be too bad, but I'm kind of scared. Even typing the word derivative has caused my blood pressure to rise. I suppose it can't be too horrendous, but we shall see. I have another quiz tomorrow (which will make #3 for the week just in Calculus), and then my first test on Monday. I'll have probably study my butt off this weekend to prepare, but I'm hoping for the best, the quizzes we've had haven't been anything too difficult. 

Besides class, I actually went for a nice ride on the bike path today. I apparently forgot that it rained recently, because there were patches on the path that we covered with branches (and unfortunately trash) from when the water was higher, but I was able to walk around it and continue on my way. The geese weren't too bad either, though I'm pretty sure they weren't happy to see me around. I think they believe they own the bike path, and I'm intruding on their space. Oh well, I don't think the goslings will be around for a while, so they shouldn't be too terrible to deal with for a while longer, though when the babies come, they definitely get angry and make it well known. If the weather is nice tomorrow, I might try to go for a very short ride tomorrow... or possibly even do a nice night ride since it's been forever since I've gotten to do that. I think my lights still work, so it should be good. I'm excited the weather is getting warmer though, because I was really missing my bike.