finals time is a pain in the ... well ... EVERYTHING!

If there's one thing I hate about law school, its what finals time does to me. Both physically and mentally.

I somehow managed to plan my schedule this semester so that I would have the finals time from hell. I have two classes this semester that are pretty writing intensive, with lots of papers and parts of papers due throughout the semester. It was a lot of work, but I kept telling myself "yeah, but when finals roll around, you'll be LOVING how easy it is without finals in these two classes!". It did NOT work out that way.

My week is looking something like this:

Monday: 10 page take home final due, 2 p.m. in-class final in my Terrorism class
Tuesday: 9 a.m. Public Lands final (yeah, not a lot of break in between those figuring in at least a few hours for sleep)
Wednesday: 20 page paper due in my 1:00 Urban Planning class. Oh, and I actually have to GO to class, because the rest of the University hasn't started finals yet.

Yeah, back to back finals are pretty common in undergrad. But this is not undergrad. These finals count for my entire grade. And its not like the material is exactly easy. And its not like I'm naturally brilliant. I have to work pretty hard to do even marginally well.

It has been a ROUGH 48 hours, but I'm on the downslope. I have five more pages to finish up on my Planning paper and then I can call it quits, for at least a day or so.

My brain hurts. But more than my brain, my back hurts and my neck hurts and my head hurts and I'm SO tired. I thrive on balance and finals time feels ANYTHING but balanced. I didn't go to work this week and I won't go to work next week. I can't tell you the last time I got a workout in and yesterday ALL I wanted to do was ride my mountain bike.

Thank GOD I only have ONE more round of finals after this semester. I'm not sure my body could handle any more!