Finally, finally, finally the semester is winding down.
Is it just me or has this semester seemed twice as long as first semester?  More specifically I am pretty certain the second half of this semester has been twice as long as first semester all on its own!  I know that’s just thanks to the fact that we had one or fewer exams per week for the first half and then suddenly after mid-semester break every class is like OH CRAP WE GOTTA FIT ALL THIS STUFF IN BEFORE FINALS!
Which brings me to today - I just finished with an immunology exam which means that I am done with 4/5 exams that were crammed in over a three week period. Â Four exams and two weeks down just leaving my next Anatomy midterm (which I was super worried about and then I magically by the grace of God got an A on the previous one) which is next Friday. Â Its been like... literally a month since I have had the please to experience the feeling of MORE than 4 whole days between exams so having a whole week to devote to studying for this one has left me feeling like a) I am doing NOTHING but cleaning my house and playing with my dog tonight and b) my body NEEDS to be submerged in a pool or ocean this weekend or I will FREAK out.
It is kind of true what “they” say about second semester.  It is a killer.  It is and has run me ragged.  But lucky for me I am somehow quite good at and enjoy the subjects at least.  So far I have gotten much better grades this semester than I did last semester but the SCHEDULE.  Our classes run 8 am - 3, 4, or 5 pm nearly every day.  Then the TA sessions that follow most days and several hours of TA sessions on weekends just leave you feeling like there ARE NO BREAKS.  Well because there aren’t.  But now that I am done today’s exam there is just ONE MORE ANATOMY EXAM... which coincidentally means that there are only two more anatomy labs for the semester (which has been my LEAST favorite part of vet school so far) and then basically two whole weeks of NOTHING but prepping myself for finals, going to class like a normal, sane human being, my elective animal production class final exam (which I literally only need to get a 50% on to complete the class AND its all info I’ve learned before...), and then bing, bang, boom four finals in four days and its all suddenly over for three weeks until next semester begins!
The BEST part is that just when we are getting into finals week - right when that first final is over and I’m feeling so burnt out and so tired and so lacking motivation to study for the remaining three - my FAMILY will be arriving that evening!  I know it seems like it would be a distraction but honestly, after having two weeks with NOTHING to do but go to class and prep for finals I HARDLY studied for finals during finals week and if anything I feel like having them here will give me the much needed boost to actually focus because I won’t be feeling like “just get through this so you can go home” because home will already be here!
