Another finals week is here, much to my chagrin and delight. Finals week (which is actually a bit of a misnomer, considering finals week lasts two weeks here) comes with its own difficulties and frustrations, not to mention exceptionally long periods of time where I do nothing but sit and read or write. It also comes, however, with a number of creature comforts that, I have to admit, I enjoy immensely. For one thing, showers are entirely optional. No one coming up to the school at all hours to study is perfectly coiffed, so I need not be. It is entirely likely that the only person I will see is the one dude shamelessly sleeping on the couch in the student lounge, mouth wide open and first year casebooks strewn wildly around him.
Secondly, sweatpants are pretty much mandatory. As are sweatshirts and fuzzy socks. During spring finals, I study outside, scantily clad, in the hopes of tempting an early tan to develop on my West Virginia winter skin. During the winter, however, I huddle up on my couch with hot chocolate and furry fleece blankets, watching the snow outside my window. Even though I feel some impending doom over my upcoming final, mostly I feel a sense of well-being that only snow and holidays can provide. This is my favorite way to enjoy snow. When it is outside and I am not. I also recently put my electric blanket on my bed, which makes me look forward to the time I spend in it much, much more than at any other time during the year.
Third, I have a fair bit of time where I am procrastinating to do a number of things, including (1) online shopping, (2) facebook stalking, and (3) movie watching. It's funny how, when I own a movie, I don't care to watch it but, when it comes on TV, I pretty much want to stop the world to watch it. Also, I recently got HBO, which has changed my TV viewing experience forever. The one thing I would change is to add a few commercials, though. Less than a regular network, like TBS, which has a commercial every five seconds. But still, enough that I can take time to go pee every so often (because I drink so much Coke Zero that I always have to pee). I also enjoy Harry Potter on ABC family because it includes scenes that are not in my DVD...and I have to know everything that has ever happened to Harry.
I also very much enjoy the triumphant feeling that I get when I walk out of a final (and out of a class) forever. Nothing else really compares. So, even though I have to take a lot of exams, and some of them are very, very, depressingly long, I still have a number of pursuits that take up my time and make me quite happy.
Today, I took my final for business organizations, a four credit hour class that has tested the limit of my abilities. Having never before taken a business-related class, and with no knowledge of corporations or securities or insider trading, it was almost entirely new information. Still, I feel like I have very successfully made it through the class and am anticipating (at least) a B. I think I deserve that, and I'm reasonably sure that I did well enough on my exam to secure at least that. It's funny how much the rest of the semester doesn't matter at all, and your final grade really depends on how you do in five short hours and ten essay questions. Still, I am up to the challenge, I think. And at least, if I have to face it, I can wear the comfiest clothes I own. Bring it on, Family Law. Bring it on.
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