Ordinary Birthday

Five final exams completed, and only one to go. I'm almost there!

So for the record, yesterday was by birthday, though it just felt like any other day because I spent the greater  part of my time studying for finals. However, I must admit that getting As on the two finals I had on my birthday was quite the present! Maybe if today was my birthday, I would have done just as good on the exam I just took...

This got me to wondering, did it feel like any other day because I was furiously shoving my nose into my textbooks, or because it's true what they say about birthdays becoming less and less important the older you get? I mean, I know people don't like getting old, so they ignore their birthdays most of the time, but that's when they're, like, 40! I mean, I still have some milestone birthdays ahead of me. 21, when I can drink (which does not mean I will. I much prefer chocolate milk). 35, when I can run for president (though I'm not one for politics). And 40, when I begin counting backwards for every birthday after that (when I get to 20 again, do I start counting back up?).

No, I have concluded that, were it not for finals week, yesterday would have been a wonderfully special day.  And with Christmas and New Years fast approaching, I am extremely excited to soon be test free and surrounded by old friends and family.

By the way, I have added a new item in the "Recipe" page. It is the comfort food that has most assuredly gotten me through this week: Snickerdoodles.

It's a Monday

Sike, it's not Monday, but what the heck is happening! Finals week has already swooped down and is ready to grab me and eat me for dinner! That is a wonderful illustration of how awesome (not) my week is going to be! AND I just realized that I have two essays due Monday, which is now technically tomorrow seeing as it's 2 in the morning. Great.

So, you may or may not have read my previous post about putting off stressing about finals until the week before. Well I seem to have put it off a little longer... until the day before to be exact.

BAHHHHH!!!!!

Ok, done freaking out. Now normally, when a test is coming up and the professor is like, "You have from today to next Thursday to take this exam," I am ALWAYS that person who is in the testing center next Thursday  two hours before the place closes, taking my exam. You gotta fit as much study time in beforehand, am I right? So, if I were to continue with this, I would be taking all of my exams this Friday.

Well, I have changed my mindset. First exam = Psychological Science. When am I taking it? Monday! And I am going to rock it! Do you know why? Because of the video I have included in this post. So watch it.

Man, i'm in a crazy mood. That's what too many Jenna Marbles videos does to you!

Sleepless in Seattle

So, after finding out that I likely didn't have a ride back home for winter break, I have finally purchased my plane ticket to Seattle! And for a pretty good price, I must say. I cannot even put into words how excited I am to go home! All I need to do is survive the next few weeks, but on the bright side, I get to take a break in the middle of finals week to celebrate my birthday!

Now, to be honest, I am a little freaked out to fly home. I have been on a plane twice in my life, both before I was the age of 3, and I have not stepped foot in an airport since then. No, i'm not scared that the plane is going to crash or something like that, i'm actually excited for the flying part. It's everything that comes before and after the flying - the bag check, security, stuff like that. It just seems so frantic and stressful! It will definitely be a new experience.

It's crazy that I've only been away from home for almost three and a half months - it feels like it's been a year! Maybe I'm just weird, but I keep picturing what it looks like to drive along all the familiar streets back home. That's one of the first things I want to do when I get there - just drive around for hours. Well, maybe not that long...

I'm so ready to be sleepless in Seattle!