Thursday, January 15, 2009
Fact of life #20 - Worry often gives small things a big shadow.
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Over the past six days or so I've been revising, exam taking, gym-ing (0_o) and writing. for the most part, in any case. I must confess that last weekend was...well, let's just say that it wasn't a pleasant few days. It's odd how a few phone calls can really make you feel all at sixes and sevens. First a base-touch from my mother...which really threw me...followed up by my Auntie ringing to tell me not to worry but that dad was in hospital again. What is it with parents and timing? It didn't help that I'd decided to take a chunk out of my left index finger with a knife whilst trying to open a packet of bacon earlier in the day, either.
All said things accumulated with a number of other different things and I found myself sipping at (a) glass(es) of wine and watching Private Practice. It also led to the realisation and acceptance of an elephant's shadow. Granted, as conversations ended, I'm not going to log off and go to bed at 6am a day or so before an important exam in a hurry. Oddly, I wasn't too tired the next day, even if my stomach told me in no-nonsense terms just what it thought of the wine I'd had the night before.
Monday morning, however, kicked the weekend in the shins and scolded it abruptly. Not only did I get up in time and actually feel energised enough to take my exam, but I think I did rather well on it. Whether I got a 2.1 remains to be seen...but I know for a fact that I'll at least not have to retake it later this year. W0ot! Since then the week has been rather productive. I managed to actually go to the gym yesterday for the first time since my induction, and my arms don't hurt as much as they did last time. To top it all off, my 'to do' list is slowly getting shorter. Finally.
Oh, and elephants don't seem as scary when you actually acknowledge them, even if you're still pretending they're not there.Labels: Elephant, Exam, Parents, Private Practice, Wine
