"Dead Week"

Another thing I don't usually do is post twice in the same day, but I don't really think I can count the previous post as a real post.

Dead week is one of those things that I never ran into while in undergrad. When I was at Luther, the only prep time we had for finals was a "reading day." During that day, we were supposed to dedicate all of our time to studying. The apparent idea behind dead week is the same. You're supposed to be preparing yourself for the onslaught that is known as finals week. There aren't supposed to be any tests, homework, papers due, etc. Yeah. Something like that.

I, myself, have two finals this week, one by choice, and the other is the lab portion of my microbiology course. The choice one is Case Study. I could either take the final Thursday or next week during its regularly scheduled time. I am pretty sure I'm going to choose Thursday. Why? Simply because I don't want to have to worry about studying for it next week when all of Satan's demons are allowed to roam the halls of the vet med building at Iowa State, chanting in students' ears, "AHAHAHAHA, there's NO WAY you're going to remember all the stuff you're going to be tested over!"

To that I retort, "BS." With one less final to worry about next week, and a final each day Monday through Thursday, I AM going to remember all the stuff I have to, by gum. I'll get it done. Life will go on as it always has. AFTER my tests are all done, that is. Hopefully the world won't have moved TOO far in the meantime. But I'll catch up. I just bought some new running shoes, after all.