PREFACE<\/p>\n
In the performing arts\u2019 and sports\u2019 worlds, there is an eloquent term used about a week or two before \u201cOpening Night,\u201d or \u201cGame One,\u201d or \u201cReady-or-Not-Here-We-Come,\u201d to describe the hectic, frenzied last rehearsals, run-throughs or practices: Hell Week.<\/p>\n
I told you it was eloquent.<\/p>\n
I am in the midst of my Hell Week.
\n~ ~ ~<\/p>\n
As always, the first class session of a new semester with a new schedule, each professor jogs through the Course Syllabus. I flip through each page of my planner, jotting down information and dates for papers, quizzes and exams, and midterms and finals like a responsible student. As soon as the last professor says the last, \u201cTurn into Blackboard by 5 p.m. on\u2026,\u201d I close that planner and toss it into my backpack (where it undoubtedly rests until the end of the semester). For about two months, I dominate like Caesar, learning and understanding new things to the point of expertise, and then the gladiator games hit and I cower like a child: all the papers, exams, and midterms collide into the two weeks before Thanksgiving break.<\/p>\n
I am almost certain that last week, my professors sat in a conference room with coffee and pumpkin pie and collaborated on the extended due dates for my classes\u2019 assignments: research papers, class performances, multiple choir performances, major exams, and tests on top of everyday work and homework. Naturally, when requirements are at hand and the week is at its peak of busyness, my subconscious rebels and entices me with new recipes for baking, trips to LA to attend the symphony, disorderly apartments which result in clean sheets, and\/or presidential elections. Let\u2019s be honest \u2013 nothing gets done when spare ingredients need to baked, or when America elects a new (or renewed) president. Several times a day this week, I have calculated an approximate number of hours I should<\/em> dedicate to each task in need of completion, how many hours I will realistically<\/em> dedicate, and what I could possibly do to distract myself from said hours of work.<\/p>\n Now, to resist my relentless urge of visiting Barnes and Noble for a new book, here\u2019s to Hell Week. <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" PREFACE In the performing arts\u2019 and sports\u2019 worlds, there is an eloquent term used about a week or two before \u201cOpening Night,\u201d or \u201cGame One,\u201d or \u201cReady-or-Not-Here-We-Come,\u201d to describe the hectic, frenzied last rehearsals, run-throughs or practices: Hell Week. I told you it was eloquent. I am in the midst of my Hell Week. ~ […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-192","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-abigail-pless"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.calbaptist.edu\/lancerdiaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/192","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.calbaptist.edu\/lancerdiaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.calbaptist.edu\/lancerdiaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.calbaptist.edu\/lancerdiaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.calbaptist.edu\/lancerdiaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=192"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.calbaptist.edu\/lancerdiaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/192\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.calbaptist.edu\/lancerdiaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=192"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.calbaptist.edu\/lancerdiaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=192"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.calbaptist.edu\/lancerdiaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=192"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nApple Crisp, anyone?<\/p>\n