Though I feel it would make more sense to go back and do over the past month in order... Eh, I'll never catch up. Time flies (and we can't, ohoho).
Waking up at 7 today wasn't early enough to thoroughly fortify my mind with chemistry, and by the time Kat came around 8, I was dripping wet (from showering, not nerves or anticipation =P) and blasting Anamanaguchi while I studied substituted cyclohexanes and strange chair conformations.
It really didn't hit me how important the test was going to be (or how "difficult") it was going to be until I realized that it was a test in that 50 minute period on four chapters. I freaked out thinking about having to draw isomers and conformations. But, I did try to get more sleep last night, did stretches in the morning so that I wouldn't be sleepy, and ate enough of a breakfast so that I would not have to worry about hunger. Though drinking a lot of the lemonade that Claire had made and left in the fridge was not such a good idea... hehe.
I spaced out a lot during Hawaiian Studies (it's DIFFICULT to stay attentive in a cold classroom with the lights lowered), and forced myself to walk super fast to chemistry after class finished. There was no seating chart, contrary to what had been expected, and with the instructions "alternating seats," I ended up in back near the top, which wasn't that bad. Though I couldn't see the periodic tables... thank goodness for Honors Chem/AP Chemistry and the memorization of the first 20 elements, hehe. (:
I attempted to employ good test taking strategies (do all the easy problems first, don't let yourself get stuck on a problem for too long), but still had close to no time to check my work afterward. By then my head was swimming. Only one thing baffled me out of my mind (part of naming functional groups D:!), which was good. Though, I now doubt my answer for a part of another problem, and know that I forgot to add one word to another. It's going to kill me if those little mistakes cost me a good grade.
On a brighter note, they had chicken quesadillas at lunch! I also ate pineapple, for the first time since I started dorming, and avoided apple juice. I have bought and drank wayyyyy too many bottles of apple juice in the past week.
This one I bought last Friday expires on February 14th! I laughed so much at how battered it had become because of all the times I dropped it. I accidentally dropped my phone along with it, and though they dropped from the same height, my phone sustained much less damage. I love you phone. Over four years of devoted endurance! Who needs a touch screen or a full keyboard?! I don't, ahahaha.Also, there was mail in my mailbox when I got back on Sunday! It's pretty fun to open that lock and then tip-toe to see if there's anything inside... I'll open the letter tomorrow.
I have put the exam out of mind and shall now proceed to worry about tomorrow's lab. Labs (the actual experimentation portion) have been so much more difficult... and time consuming! Cool, but difficult.
Pre-lab question time! A call from Katherine has filled me with smiles.
-sings Airbrushed-
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