Exam season is upon me again. Oh, but this isn’t just any exam season. If all goes acording to plan (and it likely will), this will be the final exam period that I’ll have to endure. Jesus! It’s almost over! Am I excited? Well, yeah, sure I am. However, as I’ve stated in the past, the fear of the unknown is encroaching on my sensibilities. I’m not going to let it cloud my judgment (yet). However, the question needs to be asked: what am I going to do with my life? I’m 24. Just about a freshly minted graduate, stamped and etched with the markings of a hard working servant of mankind (hoo boy, if people only knew 
). Haven’t I got these milestones that I’ve got to meet sometime soon? Aren’t I starting a bit late out of the gate?
Bleh, first things first.
I need to get through this exam period with my sanity intact.
First up today was my Network Security course. I started cramming a few days ago. Yesterday, I managed to summarize all 600 slides onto 32 pages of lined sheet…only to not look at my notes again. I think that the act of writing does more than put thoughts onto paper. It writes things into your brain as if it was a slate just aching to hold something of value…even if it will only remain there for a few days. Even as the slate is wiped clean, maybe some facts will remain behind. Maybe. Anyway, I slept very little. I think I got to sleep at 1 a.m. However, I left iTunes running and my lights on so that I wouldn’t fall into anything too deep. It worked. By 4 a.m. I was up and absorbing the material once more. By 11 a.m. I was at a point where I just could not absorb anymore if I tried. My mind had said “ENOUGH, DAMN IT!” and put up a wall. All the same, I think I had read everything enough times to be able to spit it all up again within the next few hours. Indeed, as I sat there staring at my paper, the thoughts flowed out easily. So, here I am, post-exam, feeling cautiously optimistic.
Four exams to go. Next one in 6 days. I have time to relax a little bit. I shouldn’t get too comfortable though. Complacency may just throw me off balance.
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