The end is near...

...or not.

Let's face. Every final week is stressful, full of projects, final exams, 20 page essays...why should this week be any different?? It's not, except for the fact that I'm starting to lose my sanity. Monday was exam #1 which did not go so well even though I felt generally prepared for it. Today was round 2 and 3. Yes, two exams, back to back. Grueling, grueling, grueling. Not only was our evidence based practice exam hard, but it contained so much information that wasn't even covered in class. Fun. My pediatric exam at least contained terms and principles of which I had heard before, despite that it was about 10 pages of short answer questions.

Lucky me, the fun continues tomorrow for my last and hardest exam of the semester. It's also worth 25%. And have I started studying for it yet?? Of course not. Poor planning? Maybe. But thus far in the semester I've done a great job of balancing school work, my spiritual life, and working out. All in all, I actually have a really awesome grade in the class I just hope one test that I may or may not do poorly on doesn't reflect the effort I've put into the class.

The sucky thing is, the exam is not until 5PM tomorrow night. While this is good for my studying efforts, not so good since I'll be tired and probably worn out. There is a special service at church tomorrow night which I am really looking forward to.

On another note, I've been running quite a bit this week which makes me feel awesome. Each day I run up this gigantic hill at the end of my run. Any and each time I do it, it's a struggle. But I'm learning to look for the positive in things. And there are some even in running

I have to look at every hill as an opportunity: an opportunity to pass the next person, an opportunity to challenge myself, an opportunity to become something better than what I am. Because if you never look for the good in things, you'll never find it.