As the last class week is finally arriving, we start to try to become ready for the storm that is finals week. As much as we try to prepare ourselves for this truly horrible time in our lives, somehow things always seem worse then we ever expected them to be. The only thing that is getting us through those all-nighters and late-night cram sessions is knowing that we will soon be in the comfort of our own home, roasting marshmallows and decorating the Christmas tree.
If you are anything like me, you live for a Shonda Rhimes marathon on ABC, which is why "Grey's Anatomy" is the perfect substitute to describe the torture of finals week:
Your confidence gets you through the first reading day
Five finals in three days? Pshhh...thats easy, I can definitely do that! Who needs friends or food anyways?
By the second day you have lost all faith
The first day of studying has officially kicked your a**, and you start to lose faith in your ability to even pass college.
And you officially feel like you have no clue what you are doing
You start to wonder what your life has come to, what even is studying, and how did I pass high school?
The "did we even learn this" moment
You look over your notes and through the textbook until you officially decide that this material was never taught in class.
You start to think of alternate life paths—who needs a college degree anyways?
You start to doubt yourself and your ability to do well.
You officially lose your sh*t, which usually looks like this...
or this
or even this
Desperation comes in many different emotions.
Trying to pull yourself together before your first final:
Trying to prepare yourself for the mental and emotional torture you are about to face and trying to convince yourself that you are OK.
and by your second...
You've only finished two out of five finals, but you already feel the weight of the world coming down on you. Is it too late to quit?
You've lost the ability to do any other task or feel any other emotion beside study
Studying has officially drained everything out of you that even laughing requires too much energy.
and finally finishing all of your finals and going home!
Finally, you finish all of your finals and are ready to reunite with your family for the holiday season. *Cues dNotance party*!
