I've been extremely stressed out lately with school. I am caught in the mix between the "I'm accepted into A&M, I can settle for B's and be okay" type of thinking and the "I hate B's. I can make an A if I really try and don't give up these last few weeks" kind of thinking. Senioritis is DEFINITELY kicking in!!
So for anatomy we were given this assignment to build a life-size skeleton. Yes, we tried to create a dwarf-size skeleton and classify it as life-size (because it really is) but that didn't fly. So after 9 hours over 3 days, going through a container of cookies, a bag of chips, and a box of Cheeze-It's, our skeleton was 5'6". Created out of pipe-cleaners, cotton balls, newspaper, masking tape, fishing bobbers, paper plates, cardboard (made out of a Cheeze-It box), and tissue paper, FINALLY it was done. All I had left to do when my group left was look up and label some regions for bonus, and attach the head to a hanger so that the skeleton could hang.
Well, once my group left I ate a quick dinner than headed off to work. Work wasn't too shabby, actually semi-enjoyable (with the added bonus of an early Christmas present from one of my swimmers). When I got home I took a hot shower, made some more dinner, and then went up to begin the hours of homework. Hours. Well, I got all of the skeleton bonus parts added when my phone rang. LINDSEY! My co from camp. I forgot she had texted me asking if we could talk tonight. So, we talked for about 20 minutes which was very enjoyable, and later proved to be the motivation I needed to get through the night that was waiting for me. When I got off the phone to go help Kole, I realized that I had not unplugged the hot glue gun, and it had dripped out onto a piece of plastic tape so now our office smelled like burning plastic. YUCK. Spent an hour helping Kole with his math homework that he had all weekend to do... At 10:00 we finally finish that. I was falling asleep trying to help him (partly b/c I was frustrated that he had the assignment for 4 days and was just now asking me to help him with it when I had my own stuff to be doing). I went and got some gatorade (that's my equivalent to coffee when lemonade isn't around) in an attempt to wake up a little bit.
Task 1: Attach the skeleton to a clothes hanger to allow it to be hung up. Hot glue and tissue paper don't mix. Skeleton head that we spent 45 minutes on? Yeah... ruined. Must redo the back quarter to make it look reasonable. Takes forever. Give up on the hook and decide that it will just have to be held.
Task 2: Upload a video, a document, and a picture to this Glogster thing. (Such a dumb program. NEVER use it if given the option. I'd choose Wiki over Glogster. And I detest wiki's!). Well... the video we have to upload was recorded during a class discussion and was uploaded via the Technology Dept in Quicktime format. Well... Glogster doesn't accept Quicktime, and there is no way to resave the video in another format. Forget the video. E-mail my teacher asking for guidance (realizing she has never used glogster before... sure she will be a lot of help), and get the other info uploaded. Video.. not uploaded.
Task 3: Calculus. It's 11:00 by the time I get to start calculus. I've been up since 4:50 AM and I'm exhausted. I've been going non-stop 18 hours, and felt like I already did an hour's worth of math for Kole. I figure out a couple things, realize I can't figure out the rest, have no desire to learn the rest, and even with a 0 on the test, I will still have a B for semester. With a 100 on the test... I'll still have a B for semester. WHY AM I STRESSING? Figure out enough to survive the Multiple Choice Test, then think I'm done for the night.
Task 4: Take the skeleton down stairs so that it will not be forgotten at home tomorrow so that we can *hopefully* get bonus points for turning it in early. End up tripping over one of the skeleton's phalanges (toes). UGH!
Task 5: Re-Hot Glue the Toe on. Re take it downstairs. CAREFULLY! The tears start coming. I'm past the point of exhaustion, and nothing I do is going to be productive anymore.
It's 11:40 by this point. I go to check my phone to find 2 text messages, both from camp people. One was an encouragement Bible Verse, John 14:1, from Lindsey (who I had talked to earlier) and provided the sigh of relief that I needed.
Task 6: Clean up office a little bit and make sure I have everything ready for school tomorrow.
Task 7: Relax and take a breather for a few minutes before turning off the lights for a nice, peaceful, dream-filled 5 hours of sleep!
Thank goodness tomorrow is Wednesday!!
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