You know it's finals week when.....

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MySimplePlan

547 Posts

- when I make Stouffer's lasagna and bagged salad for dinner!

Specializes in Peri-op/Sub-Acute ANP.

There are days (not days when I have to go into school) when I actually don't comb my hair at all! It helps if you have been married for a very, very long time. LOL.

melsman1904

189 Posts

Specializes in Home Health.

You know it's finals week when.....

- you have your spouse quiz you while in the shower just to get that extra few minutes of study time

- you can't remember what you had for breakfast this morning, but you know the steps to inserting a foley forward and backward

- every classmate around you looks like they are running on 6 pots of coffee and about 6 minutes of sleep

- you can go in the book store and leave with money in your pocket

- your dog starts letting herself out to do the business

- Krispy Kreme stock doubles because no one has time for grits and eggs

(witnessed this one Monday...it's kinda sad)

- you see a classmate leave the building crying because he/she didn't make it

(witnessed this one Monday...it's kinda sad)

- you see a classmate leave the building crying because he/she didn't make it

Haven't seen this one yet.....hope I don't.:o

prinsessa

615 Posts

Specializes in LTC/Skilled Care/Rehab.

...there are not only dishes piled up in the sink but also on the counter and the stove!

...you are so nervous that you can't eat or eat total junk.

...you drink so much coffee that your stomach hurts.

...you can't sleep at night and when you do you dream about Pharmacology.

...you start thinking about all the fun things you are going to do after finals (I have a schedule lol)

Specializes in ED, ICU, MS/MT, PCU, CM, House Sup, Frontline mgr.

You know it's finals week when ...

-The house is so nasty the pets refuse to lay on the floor!

-You look at your watch every so many minutes because you feel guilty if you are not studying but walking from one room to the next.

-There is a place to park in the parking lot near your class!

-The library is full and the halls between the classes are full with students studying.

-Practically everyone tells you he/she needs a high grade to pass and you do not believe them... you think they are just being pessimistic.

-Everyone is so nervous that he/she takes longer to take the exam then normal.

You know it's finals week when.....

(witnessed this one Monday...it's kinda sad)

- you see a classmate leave the building crying because he/she didn't make it

Me too... funny that we are not in the same class and we both experienced the same scene on the same day.

-You find out after the results are read that you lost so many in your lecture, clinical, and lab groups that your graduating class is now decimated!!!

-People who you were close to and who were GOOD students during prior semesters have now failed this semester and this shakes you up to your core. :o

-You realize that you and others will now have to form new groups next semester.

-You meet up with the few that survived finals for a night out on the town to celebrate your collective victory and moarn the loss of the others. It is then that the group and you accept that you only have each other now... the competition, if there was any at this point, is over!

-You know that you will be studying while working during break but for a brief moment it is OK to be happy... for a brief moment it is OK to feel safe.

Good luck everyone....

Sincerely,

A former second semester now third semester student!

southernbelle08

396 Posts

Specializes in Oncology, Med-Surg, Nursery.

... your room looks like a library threw up in there.

... you ignore your illness until you literally have to drag your carcass into the doctor's office only for him to ask what took you so long to come in and you look at him like he is crazy because hasn't he been to medical school?! Who has time to die??

... everyone runs off about 6 minutes of sleep and they look like it!

... your friends and family, at this point in the semester, know not to even ask you to go and do anything with them. You don't exist until after your final date and they know this.

... you learn to believe vending machines are the same as gourmet meals.

... you swear buying a stock in Folgers or Maxwell House would be a good idea because we're nursing students, who has the money for Starbucks??

... we don't know the disheveled look is abnormal until we get outside of the lecture hall walls and see people actually care or have time to care about their appearance.

... the writer's strike hasn't bothered any of us. Who has time to watch TV anyway??

... our cars look like we live in them, and we pretty much do. Infact, we have so much medical equipment in them from practicing skills, that we could set up a roadside triage and first aid center if need be.

and last but not least -

... you get the excitement of a classmate hopping up and down in the halls upon hearing they passed by the skin of their teeth and will advance to the next semester and we're just excited standing there hopping up and down with them because we truly have formed families with these people.

Good luck to everyone!!!

Specializes in Ortho, Neuro, Detox, Tele.

great thread guys....keep on posting...I hopefully will be jumping up and down with you all today at 3PM after my pharm final....will post back to let you know! ; )

Hanabna

69 Posts

.... my apartment is the cleanest it's been all semester!

lmao my apartment is just the opposite!!! I just finished my last Final a few hours ago. It was an online class and just took it in the middle of the night!!! I'm FREEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!

But my apartment is so crazy. My cat go into all the newspapers and scattered them everywhere. It looks like a tornado made it's way through here!!!

User123456

173 Posts

i was gonna write something witty but my brains fried. :smilecoffeeilovecof

nurz2be

847 Posts

We have lost 7 in the last 4 weeks. It is very sad to see indeed.

Blupaisley

28 Posts

-- your kids stop asking what's for dinner, they already know to filter through the freezer for whatever boxed meal looks most appealing.

-- you are pretty sure that you've now developed a pressure sore in the sacral region from sitting on your tookas for hours on end.

-- your husband doesn't even bother with sexual advances anymore, he knows that you would just laugh hysterically in his face. The disheveled hair and fuzzy slippers don't help his attraction for you either.

But,...YEAH! they're over as of yesterday. I had all this big talk about all the things I would do when this semester is over. I was going to clean and get my house back in functional order. But now all I want to do is sleep!

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