Hurricane Irma hit Florida State University in what would have been our second week of school, continuing the apparent tradition for a week of 'hurrication' at the start of every schoolyear (remember Hurricane Hermine last year? RIP). Thankfully, Tallahassee did not sustain as much power damages as last year so everything returned back to normal the week after. But the after-effects of missing a whole week of school is probably hitting most students right now in the middle of the semester. Midterms are happening left and right, but I could have sworn Syllabus week just happened! Irma sure has impacted my semester more than I expected, but how did we get here?

1. It happened on a Friday afternoon. I got a text that classes had been cancelled for all of the following week due to Hurricane Irma. OH HAPPY DAY!

2. I began to plan out my spontaneous hurri-cation and can't wait to have a whole week to relax and catch up on Netflix/books/me time.

3. Towards the end of hurri-cation I begin to get frantic emails from professors fretting over how we will make up our material for the semester. However, I'm still chilling and have decided not to touch an ounce of schoolwork until the end of said hurri-cation.

4. The first week back. I've been hit by a brick wall of STRESS. Never have I felt more stressed during a week of school with no tests or exams, but the teacher's panic over how we would make up for lost time was starting to rub off on me.

5. Second week back, calmer now, but still dodging one bullet after another as deadlines seem to come up out of nowhere and smack me right in the face.

6. Teachers announce midterm exam dates. MIDTERMS. I FEEL LIKE WE JUST STARTED SCHOOL LAST WEEK.

7. Studying for MIDTERMS after just FOUR, yes FOUR weeks of classes has got me stressed. I start to think maybe a week really can make a difference in a semester, and that week of chilling at home might not have been worth the resulting sense of impending doom.

8. Coming to the realization that I just have to step up my game. If Floridians can joke about Naruto running into a supposed Category 5 hurricane, I can lighten up about my exams.

I can survive this storm of stress and schoolwork. Just a little bit longer, and I'll be fine. YOU CAN DO IT, I CAN DO IT, WE GOT THIS!