the beginning of the end

I officially have only one day left of classes - that being Wednesday. After that, it's all *eek* exams. My first exam starts next Tuesday, and my last one ends on April 20th - so a 10 day stretch.

The thought about being done the semester is a good thing...until you remember you have an exam to accompany that semester you just completed. Sometimes I fear that I haven't started studying soon enough, or took the time throughout the semester to understand the material, but none of that can change when I write my exam! Hopefully for next time (ie: the summer semester), I'll learn how to better prepare myself.

There you have it, my friends. It's the beginning of the end...and I cannot wait!

getting through a long week

What a crazy week it's been. So crazy, that I had to break away from blogging, just so I could put my focus where it really belonged...aka: school.

I don't know what it is about approaching the end of the semester that makes prof's want to pile everything on you then, but they do it! I swear that in the 12 weeks this semester goes for, this week was the toughest/hardest/longest!

I had two midterms, one assignment, a chem lab report to hand in (which let me tell ya, was not the piece of cake I was imagining it being) and online weekly chem question I had to complete. After my midterm on Wednesday, I knew I should come home and study for my midterm on Thursday, but I'm pretty sure my brain resembled something closely related to mush! I decided to take the night off, just enjoy it, then woke up early and got on the study train again! I think that's a pretty good turnaround, considering the workload...and the intense heat that Ontario's getting right now!

Even with the heat, this intense week has made me want to go into hibernation. I'm ready to take a looong  winter's nap...aka: sleep in tomorrow haha.

I hope it's all downhill from here, and I can back to blogging about stuff that doesn't interest anyone anyways!

I'll end on that note. Plus share a super cute picture that makes me smile every time I see it...especially since this is how I feel after getting done 2 midterms, a chem report, chem questions and an assignment!

Happy Friday!

reflections from a week off

I must admit that, although I didn't go anywhere for my week off school (aka: reading week), I still thoroughly enjoyed it. I had vowed to work out everyday, and pretty much do nothing (in terms of things that required brain power). I totally held up with the latter, and surprisingly the former!

I managed to work out nine days in a row!! Before I go into details, I just want to let you know that I did not overdue it each day - I took the hard days with the easy ones.

This was a good chance to get caught up on some much needed butt-kicking and running. I love to run, but between winter (ie. dreadmill and avoiding it) and school, I haven't paid much attention to it. I knew I needed that to change soon, and when better than a week off school?!

I ended up running 15 miles total last week, but they were all torturous runs. I have this cold that began the week before my week off and it just won't go away. Worse than a cold is a lingering cold. If someone would like to come take it off my hands, I wouldn't mind. Needless to say, I was having a hard time doing 9 minute-miles, and when I tried to break the 8 marker, I had an internal battle with myself thinking it was dying!

Other than working out, I did a little reading (not!) and cooking good foods. I'm pretty much the most boring person ever...good thing I realized this halfway through the post.

Had we ventured to Florida like the original plan in my head entailed, then I would have had more exciting news, like running the Disney Princess Half Marathon 2 days ago and getting so tanned that I wouldn't need to cake-on the blush/bronzer everyday! But husbands have to work...

Now that my reflecting period is over, it's time to get back to stats assignments and squeezing in workouts when you can!

This is the workout I have planned for myself in a few hours...onset of crying may begin...NOW (mainly because I have more than 1/2 of this stats assignment to still finish)

QUESTION: Given a week off, what would you do? Please say you're more interesting than me!