"It is not the ctitic who counts: not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles or where the doer of deeds could have done better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly, who errs and comes up short again and again, because there is no effort without error or shortcoming, but who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions, who spends himself for a worthy cause; who, at best, knows, in the end, the triumph of high achievement, and who, at the worst, if he fails, at least he fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who knew neither victory nor defeat."

~Theodore Roosevelt

Wednesday, April 20, 2011

7:00 AM Finals

~The average, healthy, well-adjusted adult gets up at seven-thirty in the morning feeling just plain terrible.
~Jean Kerr

I am not a morning person. I'm gonna say that's why I was singing and dancing to myself this morning...

7:00 am finals should be banned. I rolled out of bed, put on some levis, put my hair in a pony tale, and headed to campus. I didn't even care that I didn't have makeup on :) Just over an hour for my essay test. I feel like I did alright-besides forgetting one of the author's names. Oh, so, we have stadium seating in that class. 55 students. I normally get to sit without anyone on either side of me. Which can suck when you have to discuss something with a partner, but is nice when you need to focus.

So this guy walks in fifteen minutes late. And of all the seats he decides to take it's right next to me. Ugh. It's because of people like him that I don't study in the library anymore. The constant fidgeting, almost dropping his papers every five minutes. I swear in the more than 45 minutes he sat by me he wrote one paragraph. I'm not judging. I can b.s.-thank goodness. But I just stress about someone sitting next to me and looking around or not working. Like they are paying attention to what I'm doing.

And then, the whole stadium seating thing is great and all except when you finish your test before the people on the outsides of your row and you're sitting right in the middle. I had to climb over people to get out. But then, it wasn't as bad as I expected.

So now I have one more final. And I cannot focus one bit. I just want to get it over with. It really will be a miracle if I pass. Just finished mapping out the seven tenses in French. Ugh. Too many conjugations. That's what gets me. And honestly, this test is going to be a lot of guessing. But that's how they all are. And somehow I managed to pass the last two semesters...

I've cleaned the fridge and scrubbed my room. I'm basically packed. I just need to vacuum, wipe down the kitchen table and chairs, take stuff out to my car, and fill out the paper for cleaning checks. And then I'm home-free for six days!
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  1. ShalynnApril 20, 2011 at 7:33 PM

    I totally agree with you! 7:00 AM anything should be banned. What a horrible time of day! I hope your last final goes/went well(not sure when it is). I hope your week off is amazing! :)

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