Everyone deals with stress differently. Some people shop while others do productive things like exercise. Eating and avoidance top my list of coping skills.
When something important is looming over my head I can suddenly tell you EVERYTHING that is going on in the world because I triple-check every website at least 5 times an hour. I could probably give you an up to date account of the weather conditions in Sydney, tell you the makeups and breakups of celebrity couples, and also give you 21 tips for new home buyers. I can't help myself. It's a sickness.
Web surfing wouldn't be complete for me if I didn't have something to munch on. Munching = shoveling random foods into my face. You know how pregnant women get cravings? I get those too as my stress levels increase. I'll decide that a box of pasta sounds good. And some ice cream. And some olives. And a handful of peanuts. And pancakes. You get the picture. Not gonna lie, it gets crazy around here and you don't want to get in my way.
On a scale of 1 to 10 my stress level is an 11 right now (hence the blogging distraction). Two exams currently block my path to freedom: Kentucky law and the NAPLEX. These two tests will strike fear into any graduated pharmacists soul. If you pass, you are official. If you fail... well... you just don't want to do that.
I took my law exam yesterday and it was absolutely horrible. And now I wait. The state will send me a letter sometime in the next week or so letting me know my fate. I am kind of OCD about checking the mail at this point.
In 9 days I take the NAPLEX. It's the clinical portion of the exams. It frightens me. Big time. However, if you live anywhere close to me you could use this to your advantage because I am cooking up a storm. Crockpots are full and baking pans are being utilized to the max.
Don't worry, I've got Tums on standby.
Ok, I have thought it would be cool to live close to you to get to know you better, but now, I'm glad we live so far apart, because we would just feed each other's sicknesses. I cook too. But now that we have this house, I start destroying things. Like today, I should be studying. My NAPLEX is in 6 days. Have I? No. I have made an angel food and cut up lots of fruit to go on it. I've washed pints and pints of strawberries and blueberries and frozen them in individual bags. And I just started a MASSIVE fire in our backyard. And I'm about to start mowing. MOWING. All b/c I don't want to study. And then I'm making cookies, b/c of course I'll be hungry after mowing. AHHHHHHH, someone stop me!
ReplyDeleteHA HA, I guess I am sitting in the same boat as you and Betty!! I have snacked on just about everything I can find in my kitchen and took a trip the new Walmart that just opened. I've found a thousand things to do other than studying. I've been trying to go over the HTN chapter for 2 days now! I have 2 more days to study. Tuesday is approaching so incredibly fast and I'm getting so anxious and nervous!!! If you happen to know how to get in touch with Father Time, would you please tell him to slow things down just a bit. I need more time to study ;)
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