I am a cramming machine!!!

HAHA

So, this weekend I spent the exact same way I spent last weekend. I was in the science building cramming for the GRE's. Now the funny thing is, I had an exam this morning, and I couldn't decide how to use my time the best. I decided to go to school anyways and do some GRE stuff and then work on Cell Bio (which was what I had my exam for) in the evening. Now, those of you that know me know that I like to have sufficient time to study for my exams. I like to spend a week or so making cue cards and writing out definitions etc. so that I can make the information stick in my head. This is after I have read the textbook and been to lecture and it's usually enough to pull out a decent grade. But last night (in the 25th hour of GRE cramming for this weekend) I decided I needed food at about 8pm. That's when I packed up and walked home. On my way I remembered that I have an exam tomorrow...crap.

Cell Bio is a special case. I cracked the spine of the textbook and took the plastic off of it about a week ago. This is NOT good. But, it's been getting the crap end of the deal since I feel I have better things to be doing. So this morning I woke up, learned about 12 words that all mean "timid" on my walk to school. Had my TA meeting, and got another book for GRE studying (book #4, yikes!) and got a coffee (gas in the tank).

I went to my exam, and I think I was still asleep. Anyways I wrote it and forgot about it within the same 5 minutes. I got another coffee and went about my day. Well here is where the story gets good...

I went to my tutorial for cell bio this afternoon, and we went over the answers to the exam. Haha...I got one question wrong. One Question! that's 98% on an exam that I didn't study for. And what did I do...I beat myself up for about 10 minutes before realising how silly I was being. I don't deserve that 98%...but it was a stupid mistake. I said that DNA had a 6-carbon sugar. Duh! Like I haven't known the structure of DNA my whole life...anyways

So, tongiht I will tackle my new HUGE book for the GRE. I figure I'll try and make molehills out of mountins. But man am I tired.

PS. Great news! I'm finished exams on December 10th this year! 10th...I can't even beleive it. Some change from the 22nd (when I finished last year, at 9:00pm no less...) I'm pretty excited about it. Another 6 weeks and I'll be sipping hot chocolate and listening to chestnuts roasting by an open fire. Life is good.