Just can't.

[Michele 1]

I have my final final tomorrow (thanks, Jaytee!), and I've been studying for it since last week. I'm about dead. If I don't know it now, it's just not going to get learned. I just can't study anymore. I'm done. My brain is throwing back the little factoids I put in it. It's, like, brain vomit. It won't stay in.

I am sitting here, discussing "lub-dub", axons, tubercles, and cochleas with my cats. I'm insane (and yes, I voted in that poll...). I am about ready to explode. Even when I lay down to sleep, stuff runs through my head. "Ah, man...what the heck are the hormones that the adenohypophysis puts out again?" or "talus-navicular-calcaneous-cunieforms." "Meissner is top, pacinian is bottom."

It's too much. I can't take it any more. And about 20 minutes ago, it stopped making any sense (like it made much sense to start with. Sigh.)

So please wish me luck tomorrow morning - I need an A to get an A in the class, and it's a rough, rough final. 200 points, and I need just about all of them. And I can't think straight right now...



Ciels-
Michele

~Do Angels keep the dreams we seek
While our hearts lie bleeding?~

[Gawain 0]

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Just can't

*sigh* Oh my, how they forget...

There is no spoon.

Now, "Just do it!"

So I try and I scream and I beg and I sigh
Just to prove I'm alive, and it's alright
'Cause tonight there's a way I'll make light of my treacherous life
Make light!

[airtwardo 7]

R O C K O N !

You'll do great, ya got all of US in yer corner!

~ If you choke a Smurf, what color does it turn? ~

[Gawain 0]

Oh yeah, and when you're done acing it, you should start a new thread titled: "Just did."

So I try and I scream and I beg and I sigh
Just to prove I'm alive, and it's alright
'Cause tonight there's a way I'll make light of my treacherous life
Make light!

[Icon134 0]

good luck michele

Livin' on the Edge... sleeping with my rigger's wife...

[JENNR8R 0]

I just can't study anymore. I'm done. My brain is throwing back the little factoids I put in it. It's, like, brain vomit. It won't stay in.

[willard 0]

Good luck! You'll do fine.

[Dougiefresh 0]

"Cochleas With My Cats" would be a great band name.

Human beings, who are almost unique in having the ability to learn from the experience of others, are also remarkable for their apparent disinclination to do so. --Douglas Adams

[kbordson 8]

You'll do GREAT. Remember confidence is important. Don't second guess your answers. You know the stuff. Even with all that sick stuff you had to put up with.. and pneumonia.... You are so much stonger than all of that!!!

[Michele 1]

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You'll do GREAT. Remember confidence is important. Don't second guess your answers. You know the stuff. Even with all that sick stuff you had to put up with.. and pneumonia.... You are so much stonger than all of that!!!

I just feel like crying, you know? Just feeling overwhelmed and exhausted.

I will do my best - and hope that it's good enough. "There is NO SPOON!" has not been forgotten - what the heck do you think got me back to school in the first place? LOL.

I'm just stressed and frazzled right about now...I need a good night's sleep, a dreamless, sound sleep - and then go into the test and do the job I know I can do on it. And Karen, you're right - no second guessing.

At least we don't have to write a 5 page illustrated essay for the final...those killed me. Would take more than a hour to do. At least I don't have to do that. Just 10 mini essays...with illustrations.

I think I'll go eat chocolate, grab a kitty, and crawl into bed. maybe I'll get to sleep before 1, seeing as I have to get up at 4:30. Test is at 9:15...

Thanks for the encouragement, you all. I will live through it. Just how well I'll do is left to be seen.

Ciels-
Michele

~Do Angels keep the dreams we seek
While our hearts lie bleeding?~

[LisaH 0]

Good luck Michele! You'll do it

Be yourself!
MooOOooOoo

[kbordson 8]

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I need a good night's sleep, a dreamless, sound sleep - and then go into the test and do the job I know I can do on it.

So... go to your bed. soft music. maybe some candles or aromatherapy. Breathe in.... relax.

LET IT ALL GO.

Breathe in .... relax....

Sleep.

Tomorrow will be fine.

[Keith 0]

Do what I do when I'm stressed about a final. Down a beer just before class. It'll relax you just enough to let what you've learned flow from your impacted brain down through your cute little fingers to the page in front of you. Trust me - works like a charm

Keith

Don't Fuck with me Keith - J. Mandeville

[Cudlo 0]

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Do what I do when I'm stressed about a final. Down a beer just before class. It'll relax you just enough to let what you've learned flow from your impacted brain down through your cute little fingers to the page in front of you. Trust me - works like a charm

hrm... had you had a beer before studying? We tend to perform better on tests when we are in the mental state we were in while studying.

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[mnealtx 0]

You can do it.... just relax and let it flow. You KNOW the material...

Good luck!!

Mike
I love you, Shannon and Jim.
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[mnealtx 0]

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Do what I do when I'm stressed about a final. Down a beer just before class. It'll relax you just enough to let what you've learned flow from your impacted brain down through your cute little fingers to the page in front of you. Trust me - works like a charm

Holy shit... look what the cats drug in..... how've ya been?

Mike
I love you, Shannon and Jim.
POPS 9708 , SCR 14706

[dropdeded 0]

Good luck Michele, your going to do just fine, you worked so hard, how can you do otherwise.

dropdeded

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The Dude Abides.
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[swedishcelt 0]

I hear you lady, last night was pretty rough for me too. A lot of us need a break right about now. I get a break from work at least after Friday though.

Now if the shitstorm of evil God is raining down on me lately would just stop for 24 hours or say... forever... I would be just fine.
I just keep repeating... I am in control of my destiny and future... my fate is in my hands...


Good luck Michele. I just have one more project to hand in myself.

[jimmytavino 16]

"Oh yes you Can"

it will be like a 4 way sequential

you've done the dirt dive.
shortly you'll "gear up" and climb to altitude.
Breathe easy......go to the door...
Relax....... and START...

If you get through it once, well done.

get through it twice, that's a sure and solid B

get through it 3 X !!!
Bravo.... baby... That's an A !!

Best part.. You are your own teammates and when it comes to dedication, willingness to work and study hard..... No team is better.
Now get your glueteus maximus going!!
trust in your cerebrum and cerebellum,
let your metacarpals transfer the knowledge to the page,
put your occular abilities to work to proofread and double check,,,
then stroll out of the test room on your metatarsals... and treat your alimentary canal to a light lunch,
cup 'o joe, or even an ice cream cone, in celebration....hahahaha You will have earned it...
(written like a true 10th grade Biology Class survivor...)
hahahaha.. be positive...be confident...you can do it.
jmy

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[Unstable 9]

We are all rooting for ya Michele!! Good luck on your finals and let us know as soon as you get out how they went.
It's interesting how you can get your brain and your body to work long after you decide that you can't go on anymore. Maybe it won't be apparent right now, but let us know how you feel after the fact.

=========Shaun ==========

[Michele 1]

You guys are great - even Keith with his beer. LOL! Thanks for the cheerleading, and Jaytee, your post was so cute. Thanks - I needed a grin first thing this morning. Dunno if I can get through it three times (although that's my preference and my routine) as it's time limited, but I'll do my best: 10 illustrated short essays and 100 multiple choice in 2 hours...I can get most of the illustrations done and done well in under 5 minutes, but some take a bit longer...and that leaves an hour for 100 multiple choice...so the time pressure is going to be tight.

I'll let you all know how I do; I dunno if I'll be right, although I haven't yet been wrong. If I can get an A in this class, that will mean straight A's for 16 units first time back at school in 20+ years. Pretty big deal to me, you know?

I've got my bookbag packed, and I'm outta here at 6:30. Review before class in the courtyard at 8 am, and then...in to the exam at 9:15. Funny - yesterday, I got about half dozen calls from classmates asking me for clarification on a topic. All the stuff they asked me I knew...and upon consideration, that does give me encouragement.

Thanks again, all...I do very much appreciate it.

Ciels-
Michele

~Do Angels keep the dreams we seek
While our hearts lie bleeding?~

[SkydiveStMarys 0]

Michele I have faith in you when at this time your faith seems to be waivering. You'll be fine and let us know how it went, K?

Bobbi

A miracle is not defined by an event. A miracle is defined by gratitude.

[kbordson 8]

5:50 am your time....

Getting ready to leave. Just relax. You know the stuff. You'll do GREAT. CONFIDENCE.

Don't cram too hard now. Have a good breakfast (but not too many carbs) and don't drink too much caffeine.... relax.....

Let us know how it felt when you finish!

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[Michele 1]

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Don't cram too hard now

I'm not. Just refreshing some of the diagrams...I still get the Haversian stuff backwards, and the rete testes are giving me fits...but hey, maybe they won't be on the exam. A girl can hope...

I was going to get my Starbucks treat - as I generally do before an exam - and have a protein bar...so that should do it for me. In about 1/2 an hour, I'll fill the tank, and hop over the hill into West Los Angeles...and plow my way through a grueling exam.

I will let you know how I feel it went, I promise.

And I'll be honest...I am really looking forward to this semester being over. Chemistry will start soon (1/3), but until then, I can just relax. And that will be delightful.

Thanks.

Ciels-
Michele

~Do Angels keep the dreams we seek
While our hearts lie bleeding?~

[mnealtx 0]

M -

You *CAN* do this, darlin... just relax and let it flow through. Don't get locked down on any single question, just flow through to the next one and come back to it later.

G'luck!!

Mike
I love you, Shannon and Jim.
POPS 9708 , SCR 14706