It's midterms week here at Catholic. You would think after four years and seven semesters we would be used to this. Like every other year, though, the panic has set in. And the snowpocalypse didn't help things. The assignments that would have been spreed over last week, this and next week have been jammed into the next two. That means this week I have three papers due (Mon, Tues and Thurs) and next week I've got three midterms (Mon, Tues and Thurs) and a take home being handed out on Wednesday thats due the week we get back. Really, who assigns work to be due when we get back from spring break?!?! Add the stress of the Praxis coming up in three weeks, and I'm sitting at my desk, silently freaking out.
Let's not forget the outside factors that we're all freaking out about. Graduation. The fast approaching end to college. As ready as I am for it to be over, I've become closer with some friends this past year and I wish we had another year to all be together. Never mind that my mom called me the other day to tell me she's booked my graduation party for Saturday of Memorial Day. She thought I'd want to know so I can invite my friends. Wait, let them get out their planners THREE MONTHS EARLY!
Everything's going to be fine though. I've got my John Mayer collection on repeat, I've got a soda and very little need for sleep. Besides... two weeks from now I'll be in New Orleans, sitting at Pat O'briens on Bourbon Street, sipping a hurricane. That's what I have to keep reminding myself.
Next year I'm going to remember this when I'm teaching. I'll make sure to try and find out what my student's schedules are like when assigning projects. And no homework over vacation, either. For them, or me.
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