You just scoffed ... you shouldn't. It's probably true. You have 3-5 exams, both 2 hours long, and worth a third of your grade (which by the way needs to be the best it can be ... ) Pressure much anyone? Oh, and did I mention these are usually cumulative? That means you have to know every nit picky thing that the professor can conjure up to try and fail you. Sounding fun yet? Didn't think so. Hey, let's not forget that we get the pleasure of doing this not once, but TWICE a year! YIPPEE!!
So here is what I find funny ... not only do you have finals that week, but then the residence halls are like ... "hey, you have to be out by Friday night at 8." Oh, you had a final at 5:45-7:45 pm ... too bad. "Plan accordingly" they say.
Well, there is one good thing about "Finals Week." The Residence Life staff puts on a something called "Stress Free Zone." Now, a nice perk of dating a mentor (part of Res Life) is that you get input on what would be cool for "Stress Free Zone." I was asked at the beginning of the year what I would want at "Stress Free Zone." I said a room full of puppies. Did I think it would work? Absolutely not, but apparently every once in a while, you get lucky and everything goes your way.
I have decided that God loves me a lot, and Christine must as well. Let me tell you why.
I told Christine that a room full of puppies would be cool in the fall ... nothing happened in winter during "Finals Week." I figured it just wouldn't happen.
BOY WAS I WRONG!
Saturday before "Finals Week" Christine asks me if I am doing anything Sunday from 2-5 pm because there will be a truck full of puppies coming to campus for "Stress Free Zone." I about peed my pants. I was so excited.
I immediately volunteered to help with the event (that way I didn't have to leave!!).
Well, needless to say, I spent from 2-5 playing with 5 Pitbull mix puppies. They were brindle (a color). They were adorable.
Now, I don't know how well you know me, but I am absolutely obsessed with dogs. Like, literally. I read books about them, look at pictures of them online, dream about what breeds I want and what I would name them. It is a little over the top, but I like to think of it more as passion.
You can imagine what happened when I got to play with 5 puppies for 3 hours ... I was about the happiest person in the world. I must thank Christine for setting the whole thing up. She made that event all because she knew it would make me less stressed out before the dreaded "Finals Week."
Well, thank you Christine! You are amazing.
If you are feeling stressed ... go get a bunch of puppies, it will take all your stress away!
I promise.
