End Of the Semester Slump

Now that we're halfway through the first week back from Thanksgiving break, the end-of-the-semester-slump is finally starting to set in. There's only two weeks of classes and one week of finals standing in the way now. And it's killing me. I have an oral quiz tomorrow, a paper due Monday, an exam next Friday, three papers and a take-home exam due the following Monday (December 14th), and a French final that same day.

All I want to do is sleep; I wish my papers would write themselves; my brain is already starting to move into winter break-mode. All motivation is gone, attempting work is hopeless. I'm in the same situation as I was a year ago: I'm so close to the end that I just want it to be over with, without actually doing any of the work.

But as I think about it, I'm miles away from where I was a year ago. First off, I'm happy; this semester has been great to me. I get along with my roommates, I've gotten a lot accomplished, I'm taking classes I like, I finally love it here. I wish I still had my blog that I started a year ago just so I could read it and compare the posts from that to the posts from this. I know there used to be a lot of complaining, a lot woe-is-me, a lot of hatred for my roommate and for Penn State in general. But all that's changed. And to think I almost transferred....

None of that matters now though. I don't have anything to complain about now accept for the amount of stuff I have to do. It also doesn't help that I have a dress rehearsal Sunday/a band concert Monday and that I'm seeing Dane Cook Friday night in Hershey with my roommates. Yeah, it's cool you can be jealous, it's fine. So pretty much I don't want to do anything because I'm so excited about that. But once it's over, I'm going to spend all day Saturday in the library writing papers and studying for exams. That'll be a blast.....

I can't believe how fast this semester has flown. It seems like I was just moving in a few weeks ago, but it's already months. So much has happened this semester, I can't even begin to talk about it all right now. I just need to get focused; two weeks (well, one and a half now) and a final and then I have three weeks off with no homework. I can't wait. The only thing I'm not looking forward to is getting my wisdom teeth out after Christmas... shoot me now please.