The Final Stretch

I title this blog post The Final Stretch for two reasons.  The first and best is in reference to that final stretch you do before you get out of bed in the morning.  Is that not the best?  Once that final stretch and loud yawn are given you're forced to get out of bed.  The second reason I title this The Final Stretch is because I have reached that dreaded point in the semester.  The Final Stretch.  It always happens to me right after Fall Break.  When the semester began I actually did my assigned reading and sat through every class.  Now I am more likely to work on a way to get out of going to class than simply just going.  In fact, today I went to school and parked my car, got all of my belongings situated in my backpack and popped open my umbrella.  I was ready to walk to class during the first storm of the year.  I hopped out the driver's door and didn't even make it around the front of my car and to the passenger's side before I turned around.  I didn't want to go to school, and I sure didn't want to walk through the snow.  I got back in my car, called my mom, and drove 30 minutes to meet her for lunch at a greasy Mexican restaurant.  It was such a good day!  Once this weather hits is about when the final stretch kicks in.  I feel just the right amount of behind in some of my classes to be a normal student, just getting by by the skin of my teeth.  It's just these last few weeks that doing so becomes very difficult.  I can always get a good grade out of class if I just go. Assignments are done on time and in class work is completed.  Outside studying?  Woof.  Such a hassle, not happening.  I would like to think that before finals week I would dedicate a few nights a week to the library, but I'm not guaranteeing it.  Assignments?  Those will be done during the lectures.  I mean I have a plan, it just needs to end.  TWO MORE SEMESTERS, but then I'm graduated.  And what do you do for fun once you're graduated?  Oh stress.


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