Finals Week

Monday

What's the best way to start finals week? Oh I know, let's have people give a presentation at 7 in the morning. Not just any presentation, a timed and memorized schpeel with 3 other people. Not fun at all. It went well, I averaged 47/50 on it. After that, me and a bunch of kids from the class and the teacher all went to the cannon center for breakfast. Bet you can't guess which one he is. 

I was going to go take my Book of Mormon test later that afternoon, but after I saw 300+ people I line I decided to go study more. I ended up studying for like 8 hours, just writing down my notes. Writing seems to be better than typing but now my hand hurts. Because it's finals week, fhe was not happening. It was a really long day. Oh and I'm getting sick. Here is what campus looks like at 6:30 in the morning. 

Tuesday

Turns out I had to go to work. I was told that I was going to work an easy day of kettle corn and it turned out to be a massive order of caramel popcorn that takes way longer. So I got off work two and half hours later than I had planned. I was also planning on meeting my family at temple square that night and surprising them. It was great so I had to run and get cash to ride the bus, ran to the bus, but the bus driver said he was going to be late for the train and I should just sit down now. So free bus ride. He drove like crazy to catch the bus. Ran a few stops signs and a red light, it was great. The train was just about to pull away when we pulled in and all the attendants were getting on and I ran and got on the train seriously seconds before it was goin to leave. Talk about perfect timing. I also heard this quote in my Book of Mormon class that said "great faith and anxiety often leads to revelation". I had many fervent prayers as I ran to the stations and be on time to surprise my family. After the train ride, I got off the train at the north temple station. Dad's office building was just a few blocks away and my mom texted me that they were outside his building with minutes to spare. I ran full speed from the station to dad's office and made it just in time. I saw the kids in the van as I was rounding the corner to his office and ducked behind a sign, pulled my hood up, and snuck around like a ninja to catch dad as he was leaving. Absolutely perfect timing. Then we all met with Papa Ray and Russell at the food court in City Creek. After that we went and enjoyed the lights at temple square. 

My family dropped me off with Gam and I spent the night at her house. It was excellent for my mental health. I got to be in a place where I know people love me. I know my roommates love me, but it's different when it's people that love you unconditionally. I was able to do a little studying for my geology test and just be in a calm and peaceful environment. It was wonderful. Plus I got to surprise my family and I think they were pretty happy about it. 

Wednesday

Today was scheduled to be my craziest day. I had my geology final scheduled at 11 in the afternoon, I was planning on taking my Book of Mormon final, and had to turn in a massive paper (with a bunch of alterations from my original) for anthropology by 5. Gam was incredibly nice and drove me back to school this morning. I had the perfect amount of time to go over my geology notes again before I had to take the test. I was right on time for my test and I think it went okay. Science just isn't my thing. It's interesting but it's just not my thing. Half of the test questions were about paleontology and grasses. I at least knew the answer to a few of them of, was pretty sure about most of it, but was totally lost on a few. I made all the revisions necessary to my paper and we'll see how it goes. The TA that grades my papers does not like my writing style and said the way I formatted my paper was too complex for the rubric and couldn't have been graded accurately. I still don't understand what she means by that but whatever. It's all turned in so I'm done. After I turned it in I wen to the Wilk to take my Book of Mormon test. On Monday there was a massive line but I was able to walk right in and take it. I studied for a long time on Monday and was feeling good about the test. It took me less than 20 minutes and I was feeling really good about it. I studied and prayed for help a lot and it paid off. I got an 88%. On the midterm, the class average was in the low 70's so this was pretty good. There are still a few things to be graded, but my grades really aren't that bad. If I figured it out right, I should get solid B's. Not bad for a first semester at a tough school. After my tests I went to see if it was possible to rent Guardians of the Galaxy from the tech store. It was indeed available so I picked that up, then I called my best friend Kaitlyn and we went to grab a pizza to enjoy with the movie. It was great. Later this evening I had to go visiting teaching to a few girls on my floor. It was a long day. I didn't fully realize how stressed I was until I finished my work. Only have history left and that's not until Friday afternoon. 

Rest of the week

For Thursday I don't really have anything planned. I have my cleaning check but not until like 9 that night. I'll study for my history test, but all I've got going on. I'm really getting sick so I'll probably just take it easy. 

For those of you who check my blog but have not had the chance to experience finals week, let me show you a few pictures to help you understand the stress and frustration that accompany finals week and the ending of a semester.

 

The lovely miss Jennifer Lawrence gets it.

 You think this is a joke? It isn't...

It isn't quite this bad, but not easy. 

Yes. 

Full 40 minutes. Sounds about right. 

Elsa knows what's up

All professors be like... 

Yeah so that's finals week. I'll come home Friday afternoon when I finish my history final. So excited to be done. Christmas break is going to be the best two weeks ever.