First of all, I have to mention that FINALS ARE OVER!
Man, this semester was nuts. I always knew that grad school would be hard, but this took stress/hard work to a new level. It makes my undergrad stress levels look like a joke. I may have finished my first semester of grad school, but I definitely sacrificed my sanity to get through it. I had SO MUCH anxiety for my biochem exam this week. There was so much information and I was studying so hard, that I completely lost my mind! I honestly thought this final would destroy me. I would take 3 hour intervals of sleep throughout nights, work in the lab full time, and this continued on for a while. The exam was 14 pages long and totally fried my brain, but I MADE IT! I really feel like I accomplished something by getting through these last few months, and I am so happy to finally be able to relax for a bit and welcome the holiday season and Christmas break!
...but you would think after such a hard week that I would just relax and sleep, right? Ok, well I had a total OCD moment. As soon as I got home from my last final, I thought to myself, "WOW, now I have all of this time to get things done!" And I'm not kidding when I say I went crazy and got a ton of things done that I hadn't been able to do the last few weeks. Sleep deprived and with a brain turned to mush, I did the following in the same day I finished my last final:
-Did the laundry
-Cleaned the house (huge job. I destroyed the house during finals week. Brain=mess, so house=mess).
-Went grocery shopping
-Went Christmas shopping
-Wrapped presents
-Finished lab presentation
-Exercised
Um, crazy enough?
Ok, it's allll out of my system now. hahahaha! Now I have a new list of what I want to do for the next week:
-Read the last book of the Hunger Games. Oh man, I've been dying to read this!
-Watch Tron on the biggest IMAX screen in NYC
-Retail therapy at Anthropologie
-Watch the Real Housewives of Beverly Hills/Atlanta 'till my brain turns to mush
-Eat a billion cannolis
-Disneyland with the hubs
-Yoga yoga yoga!
Oh and of course this is all dependent upon whether I'm awake or not because I'm going to get some serious SLEEEEEP!
Now I'm heading to California for Christmas and will be back in NYC just in time for New Years. Yay!
Oh and today was a great day as well, because Seth and I had the BEST homemade apple cider ever. There were even little apple chunks in it. It warmed my body in this freezing weather, as well as my soul. Seriously.
G'night!
