The storm before the calm (I hope)
By Kate Levinson
Community Health Education/Health Journalism
I feel like I spent most of this week (stressing out about) preparing for my first epi exam, (stressing while) taking it and (stressing even more) thinking about how I did--and trying not to get to the point of breathing into a paper bag.
Well, the hyperventilation is over: 98%! Aaaand now I feel like a total idiot for being so spastic about it. But you know the feeling of taking the first test in a hard class when you don't know how the professor grades. So yes, it was dumb in retrospect, but it all turned out OK.
Between periods of freaking out, I managed to cram about a month's worth of stuff into the week. On top of everything else going on, I'm taking a one-credit class last Saturday and this Saturday (8:30am-4pm -- woo!), and I've had an out-of-town friend staying with me for a few days--a friend who recently got engaged and is in the midst of wedding planning, so I managed to put off a LOT of homework helping her flag the pages of bridal magazines and going dress shopping.
I'm also trying to arrange a personal training internship at a holistic training studio and went in for an "interview," went to the SPH Mentor Program kick-off this morning and am trying to motivate myself to write (um, start) a paper that's due tomorrow morning.
I will be so happy on Sunday at noon when I'm still asleep.

