GOOD GRIEF THE STRESS IS GETTING TO ME!
i hate that phrase...not "good grief" (i love THAT phrase), but "the stress is getting to me". it has always sounded like a cop out phrase for people who want to act bitchy just because they feel that their being busy entitles them to be bitchy. not that i'm planning on being bitchy, not at all. i plan on being conspicuously absent from everything because i'm holing myself up to study for finals.
AUGH! FINALS!
yup, that's what's stressing me...nothing unique, i know. nor do i make any claim that i'm any more stressed than any other finals-taker. all i'm saying is this: i'm more stressed than usual at this time of year, to the point that i feel it in my body.
ja, i can actually feel the tension in my body. not just my muscles either. my throat is tighter. my insides feel tight. i'm getting indigestion all the time. and whereas i used to get some twitchiness in my legs at night, it had always previously been limited to my lower legs - it is now almost a full body experience!
so anyway...i'm going to get back to studying.
anyone have any bright ideas on how to relax?
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PS -- (because i can't in good conscience leave all y'all with all that bad energy) - My professor and a fellow student raved about me yesterday
that's right! my classmate commented on how i was sure to receive an A in the class because i have the answers to everything, even the questions that no one else has a clue on. Then the professor chimed in that I've been so valuable to the class, and that I've more than once illuminated on things about which even she was mistaken. Of course, I took the opportunity to note that this professor has never given me an A, so we'll see what happens 
i hate that phrase...not "good grief" (i love THAT phrase), but "the stress is getting to me". it has always sounded like a cop out phrase for people who want to act bitchy just because they feel that their being busy entitles them to be bitchy. not that i'm planning on being bitchy, not at all. i plan on being conspicuously absent from everything because i'm holing myself up to study for finals.
AUGH! FINALS!
yup, that's what's stressing me...nothing unique, i know. nor do i make any claim that i'm any more stressed than any other finals-taker. all i'm saying is this: i'm more stressed than usual at this time of year, to the point that i feel it in my body.
ja, i can actually feel the tension in my body. not just my muscles either. my throat is tighter. my insides feel tight. i'm getting indigestion all the time. and whereas i used to get some twitchiness in my legs at night, it had always previously been limited to my lower legs - it is now almost a full body experience!
so anyway...i'm going to get back to studying.
anyone have any bright ideas on how to relax?
***
PS -- (because i can't in good conscience leave all y'all with all that bad energy) - My professor and a fellow student raved about me yesterday
that's right! my classmate commented on how i was sure to receive an A in the class because i have the answers to everything, even the questions that no one else has a clue on. Then the professor chimed in that I've been so valuable to the class, and that I've more than once illuminated on things about which even she was mistaken. Of course, I took the opportunity to note that this professor has never given me an A, so we'll see what happens