Groans and raised hands.
Prof: "That's normal - AND IT WON'T GET ANY BETTER!"
25 more days of feeling like I"m drowning. How encouraging. :)
HOWEVER! We graded our first quiz in class and when several students freaked out that they had missed a key piece of instruction regarding one section, the prof graciously allowed a modification - AND THAT WAS THE VERY SECTION I HAD FROZEN ON. With that modification, I came out far better than I deserved: 90 out of 93! There is a God in heaven...
It has given me a mental boost I needed. And staying up so late the night before to prepare for yesterday's lesson also helped tremendously: I could follow the lecture with far fewer frown lines!
After class it was back to the library, camping out in this fabulous room on the top floor that has very high ceilings with a huge wire dove hanging down, windows on three sides, a white board (did you know you can use a marker on windows and ti wipes off??). We pace, we write, we recite together, we lay out all the vocabulary cards, organizing in groups for retention, test each other, etc. My study buddy passed her test and is starting to have hope that she will make it through. Love encouraging her and making her laugh (ameritas = day: it's a ameri-cle we have a new day to study Greek!). We studied from 1 to 5:15 yesterday and it was good for both of us.
I didn't get to the quiz until 9 PM last night and it, too, took me way too long. Oddly, there was no temptation to peek this time. Did I conquer that demon?? Who are we kidding?
Got to bed early last night: 11:15 PM. If you know me at all, that is a joke!! I am a morning person, up at 5:30 AM and down by 10 PM. Once again I couldn't sleep, but this time I got up to take a sleep aid. And here's a sweet thing: woke up at 5:25 AM, just when the automatic coffee maker kicked in, and didn't miss any of my quiet time. Just might be a little gift from the One who wants me to keep my time with him during this ordeal, I mean privilege.
Yesterday, with so little sleep I came well prepared to class: No Doz and Tylenol. :) But I didn't use either. Feeling better as I head off for Day 4, with my nose still just above water - as normal...
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