It is 8:24 p.m. kids and I just dozed off mid-sentence while attempting to read for my short story class. Beings I have forgotten how to completely relax and not have an agenda, when the noise of my TV startled me awake, I hopped up to grab my laptop and begin writing to you to keep me awake! My early evening exhaustion has a very logical explanation. You see, I am currently operating off of approximately 3.5 hours of sleep. I for some reason thought it would be wise to save studying for both a microbiology exam and a short story test all for last night. Granted, I did work at the pharmacy all weekend and Monday night as well, but still, one would think I would have had sense enough to sneak in a bit of studying in the meantime as something of a "mind prep." BUT, such was not the case and true studying didn't commence until about 4:12 p.m. last night. Granted, that studying was broken up by an hour of tutoring, a couple of phone calls, a supper break, an 8:00 snack break, and an hour and a half long power outage. That last one could use a bit of an explanation...
At 9:00 last night, I was in the music hall with three other choir kids preparing to practice our music for Vespers. Right before beginning, the lights flicked off, returned for a brief instant, and then flashed off for good. This sudden darkness was met by a five second delay when none of the four of us moved or said anything. That was enough time to send our blood into a frenzy. Someone let out a blood-curdling scream, and the rest of us joined and sprinted out of the hall in a clump. Of all places to be during a power outage, the Music Hall is waaaay up there on my list of "OH GOSH, I WOULDN'T WANT TO BE CAUGHT DEAD IN THERE." Who wants to be caught in the pitch dark in a place that is presumably haunted, with multiple legitimate stories to lay credit to the claim? Anywho, for the next hour and a half, we wandered through the halls of Whitby and Bede, all the kids trying to scare each other, so that there was periodic screaming and the darkness was broken by flashlights and emergency exit lights. It was creepy but also incredibly exciting! :P But...also very detrimental to my studying focus. :P When the lights finally returned at 10:30, I sat down in an exhausted and stressed and frantic state where I remained until about 2:30 a.m. studying. Having not covered a couple of chapters in microbiology, I set my alarm for 6:02 a.m. to get up and complete the last of my studies. What a painful challenge trying to stay awake and focus! The extra effort paid off though as I left both exams with a "that wasn't too bad" mindset.
Tests down, I am now impatiently awaiting the upcoming three day weekend. WOOHOO for Columbus day! As of right now I am planning on heading home Saturday morning and staying for the long weekend curled on the corner of my couch with no obligations or places to be. I might even spend an entire afternoon doing homework. Time will tell. :) For now though I must sign off. I'm heading down to the Music Hall once again to try this whole singing practice thing again. If the lights falter, I'll just take it as a sign that the ghosts in the room are offended by my singing....
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