Almost there

Two exams down and two more to go...


Snacks

I find that I snack more during exams. Does that happen for everyone, or just me? Some of my snacks have been healthy options, mandarins are a great snack fruit, they come in their own wrapper and are already in bite sized portions AND they happen to be in season at the moment and so cheap and delicious to boot.
But I have been having lots of low nutritional value high salt, sugar, fat etc snacks as well. This exam period the snack of choice has been honey joys.


Reminiscent of childhood parties, these babies take about as long to cook a batch as it takes to eat (a batch).


Gym

Luckily I have been finding time to drag myself to the gym. Whilst there is no chance it balances out my compulsive snacking I'm sure it's better than nothing.... right? RIGHT??

Last weekend I tried the boxing class at my gym. OMG! It's now Tuesday and most of the pain has gone away. I might have to try and make it a regular dealio, except on weeks where I may need to be able to lift my arms on the following few day...

The class really brought home how rubbish my lungs are. I was tomato faced and panting by halfway through the class.
It also brought my diminishing flexibility to my attention. It seems someone hasn't been stretching as much as she should... Any suggestions of a yoga routine to start the day with?


Letters

Have I ever mentioned how much I love receiving mail? I used to have a pen pal, but when he got released from prison *cough* he stopped writing. I guess he had some competing priorities what with having a life and all... le sigh.
Today I got my first letter from a new pen pal who is the cousin of one of my friends. I am so very excited. I can't wait for my last two exams to be over so I can write my response on my awesome letter writing paper and send it off.

study blues

It's about this time of the year (days before my first exam) that it really hits home how slack I am and how much time I waste throughout the year.
Even in the last few weeks while I have been in 'exam lockdown' I have watched two seasons of house (which whilst a fantastic show is not very helpful for my exams), read the archives of a number of webcomics and managed to do a few social activities a week. I still have not completed my notes for my first exam which is in three days. Eek.

I would like to say that soon it will be a start of a new semester and with it comes a new opportunity to apply myself and manage my time wisely... but will I actually make use of it or will I be in this exact same position at the end of next semester?

It makes me wonder if I am just so incredibly lazy that I can't pick up a text book for most of the year or if I am getting some kind of psychological 'advantage' by putting myself in a position where I will stress and be in fear (or come very close) to failure.