Early this morning, I realized that it was my last day of school. Unfortunately, I had no idea when or where my last final was going to be held. I had emailed and called the teacher and frantically searched the internet for information, to no avail. But I couldn’t waste any more time figuring out when the test was going to be, because I really needed to study– I hadn’t even started studying for the final yet! Also, our apartment was about to have a cleaning check. I tried to convey the urgency of the situation to my roommates (including Jessica’s friend Adella), who were sprawled out watching TV, chomping on candy & carelessly tossing the wrappers on the ground. No empathy from them. Adding to my great stress was the fact that I really needed to tie up all these loose ends quickly, before catching a flight back home to California in just a few hours!
And when I woke up there was nothing but relief…. Ah, it was just all a dream. Although I wasn’t completely pain-free at that point, because upon waking, I found that the inside of my cheeks were extremely sore, because they had been gnawed on through all the anxiety of the nightmare.
SO here’s a SHOUT-OUT to Rachel, Jessica, Nathan, Tyler, Laura, and all the other current students that we know and love, who are living this nightmare in real life!!! Props to you.
Also, a shout-out to my dad who still has academic nightmares (much like this one) on a regular basis!