Exam week is on. Feeling the full effects of it also except this time, I’m just ready to get the **** out of here. Being here is wonderful if I know I don’t HAVE to leave in 3 days, and I know I have fun things planned. Currently, no such luck. Studying is the worst it has ever been because I’m stressing about my flights/baggage. I have to tell my friends bye, get my luggage, go through customs where they hopefully don’t take time to search all my luggage, and get across the JFK airport within 1.5 hours while checking my bags again and such. This sounds like it’s not that big a deal, until you figure in that JFK is ginormous, I’m not familiar with it since I’ve only been there once, and I will be carrying extremely heavy bags. Not cool. And unfortunately, I have to go through customs and then back through a domestic flight security check. JFK is grande so lines are longer everywhere. One comfort is my flight to Charlotte is kinda at night (9 something), so the airport might not be as busy, that’s still relatively early though. I’m also concerned about my luggage being over weight and the fact that I may or may not be bring back 4 bottles over the limit of the law of wine and olive oil. May or may not….Stinking customs. But basically the root of this anxiety is because I have so many mixed emotions going in every direction due to leaving.
So back to exams, I have one exam each day. Italian oral was today, nutrition Thursday, and Italian written on Friday. I knew after today’s oral I would feel a weight off my shoulders because the speaking is the worst for me. I was right. I beasted it. By “beasted” I mean I’ve learned this semester to manipulate my natural sweetness and perkiness to get my way. It’s not manipulation, it’s using what God gave me….we’ll see how far that gets me in life. Hehe But, in the exam, we had to have a conversation for 10 minutes with two professors who aren’t our normal professors. So basically, I’ve never talked to them before. They’re strangers. But I was super nice and energetic which is what I used to cover up my horrible language skills. Seriously, I can say stuff and have come a long way with the language, but I’m probably the worst speaker in my class of 8 students. I’m not exaggerating. I don’t know what is going on most of the time. The written is pretty much fine, but I’m a visual learner so hearing something and having to respond without seeing the words it is hard for me.
As with every other semester, I will be cramming for each exam which makes my brain completely fried for about a week after. It’s the norm. I will be cramming for nutrition the rest of today and wake up early to study more and take the exam tomorrow morning.We'll see if I can sleep. I usually take benadryl during exam week at home because when I have time to sleep, too much stress so molto difficult.
I was super lucky to have only three exams (basically two grades though), and only one exam a day. I’m glad I took a studio class because we finished up last Tuesday and haven’t had class. Studying is really hard though. My concentration is completely shot. I can maybe get in 15 minutes of attention every 30-45 minutes. I am so ready to be out of here.
Another good thing about exams being this week is I get lunch dates with friends. My schedule has focused around classes back to back in the middle of the day, everyday so I never have time for lunch dates with people. Put alas, I have one today! Yay!
I also just discovered how to get internet in my house. Bad idea during exam week. Seriously, when I found out I was so surprised and annoyed because all I did was put in a USB and it started working and hasn’t stopped. Unfortunately, I’ve gotten use to not watching shows and not having internet except at school so having it now is like giving a kid candy for the first time. I’m hooked. Good way to procrastinate though. I already had papers and presentations finished so didn’t need it for research purposes. Oh well. A little added bonus for these next couple days.
I told myself I was going to go on a gelato binge but I have yet to eat one since I promised myself that. Maybe today will be the start. Non lo so.
I have been quizzing my roommate on her art history notes. She needs to be able to tell the date, artist, current location and other various amounts of info by looking at a picture of it. They are all within Italy and many within Florence. It's weird to be able to see a picture of something Brunelleschi or Donatello did and know I actually have seen it, know exactly where it is, and have studied it in my Medici patronage class (if a Medici commissioned it). I know so much more about art history. I can't say I am particularly interested in it, but I have been living in the city that helped create some of the best and well known artists in the world. It's crazy.
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