I feel like this might be a close repeat of earlier feelings s/p grad school with board exam which happened just under three years ago. Alas, once again I sit with feel propped up, ice cream in my belly, and a smile on my face knowing I will not be taking a huge exam ever again! Yes, that statement came back to bite me in the butt once...may it not happen again.
We all have our coping strategies don't we? Some eat when stressed, others when sad, and then there are those who go shopping, running, driving, or go crazy in some other way. I, well, I tend to snap when stressed, don't eat a ton, but don't eat healthy either. I would love to run it out, but if my knee hurts then the weights are a good option to sweat it out. And what if it's rainy outside, well any distraction will do, but no way I want to verbally process that, no way...way too much work. Then, once stress has passed, the day is done, the test is turned in, the submit button hit...then, I reward myself with a bowl of ice cream, a glass of wine, a fast food meal, a nice dinner out, a visit with a friend, a text, a call. Yes, I'd love to chat now. Now you are safe for at least a few weeks as I walk around in stress free bliss. Intern lecture/lab tomorrow, no problem. Resident mentoring switching up tomorrow as well, we got this. Want me to pick up some other erroneous responsibility, sure thing. I took a 7 hour allotted time test in 5 hours. God helped me through it, for sure, and it will be an act of God if I pass, yes, but we still done!
So here I sit, or outside in the hammock, or on the couch with Grey's Anatomy, or on a bike cause it's sunny and nice...and I'm looking forward to the rest of my week :)
Until next time
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