My lands, am I tired!
I don’t really know what “my lands” are, or where they are, for that matter, but it seemed appropriate. Today I had a midterm. Hoo boy, did that bring back some memories. Mostly of taking a test early in the morning and wishing you were still in bed.
College, with maybe the exception of organic chemistry (what in MY LANDS was I thinking on that one?), hardly goes on the list of most difficult things in my life. Maybe it’s because I had a younger brain or easier courses but I found myself to be capable in just about every class. That and I was a Liberal Arts major which meant more writing than tests and though I may not always prove it here, I can pretty much write my way out of a fifty foot hole before you’ve stacked the hay, as they say. (They totally do say that. Seriously.) I would be lying if I said I wasn’t proud of my ability to make something out of nothing, which is why, in short, I will say that studying was not my number one pastime in school. Sure, sure, I guess I’m glad to have that nice G.P.A. now but then, I just did not get that.
Now, though, it’s oh-so-different. I sit down, and I read and I study. I care. Which is not to say that I didn’t give a hoot* in school, but there were just so many other things. Distractions. Like clothes and boys and those cafeteria grilled cheese and tomato sandwiches that, I kid you not, I would give up a kidney to have on a plate right here in front of me right now. But the truth is, those days are better off where they are because when I walked out of that class today, confident that nothing on that mid-term surprised me, the difference was clear. I spent that first time in school just trying to figure it all out and I’m spending this time in school feeling comfortable with the idea that I probably never will.
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*I have no idea what’s with all the back-woods phrasin’ today. I must be in a good mood.
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I had a midterm this week too! Completely spaced on my “student ID number”. Had to call home for it. What a dork!
I’m sure you aced it.
No doubt I could fill a tub with wacky maritime expressions that would leave you scratching for days. I’ve used “my lands” or “for land’s sake” before. Good ones.
Here’s hoping you aced it!
As of late I’ve taken to saying “Ooooh My!” for no particular reason whatsoever. I also have no idea where I got it! Yikes!
So where are your lands??
Hope the test went as well as you feel it did. I always felt more nervous when I thought I had done well as opposed to when I thought I did poorly…I remember one quiz I knew I had failed, I almost cried when I read the questions on it in fact and I got 100 on it…
i don’t think i’ve actually ever heard anyone say “my lands” – heehee.
“out of a fifty foot hole before you’ve stacked the hay, as they say.”
And are “they” ?
And who fills holes with hay? And why was the hole fifty feet deep?
I’m so glad I’m not back in college.
This reminds me of my youngest daughter who is back in school going for another degree… as an older student she is constantly noticing the differences between herself and the others… as well as how she handled herself the first time around.
You deserve a big pat on the back just for being there!
Yea you!! Going through it the second time around is so much more rewarding I think. I was more open to all that I didn’t know; more open to learning. I am sure you did grand on that exam, just grand.
I’ve never heard the expression “my lands” before… maybe it’s a Northern hemisphere term. I like it, maybe if I start using it here, it might just catch on!
… Visit Australia in 10 years time and it may be up there with “She’ll be apples”, “Gidday mate” and “Fair dinkum!”
Great writing by the way – I really enjoy it!
And yet, not a single “boy howdy” in the whole post.
Astounding really.
Yay for the good midterm. One of mine was good (and I know that feeling of being a caring, studying grad student!) and the other… well, now I know the feeling of a professor who desperately doesn’t want his student to fail.
I’d stand in for the tomatoe and cheese sandwich, but I’m so glad I’m not there for the test! You go girl! Rock their world!
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