The first exam...

So today was my first exam in my Exercise Physiology class...now, people who know me know that I am not a science person. I am very real about things. I can explain and understand things in plain English. My professor, who taught at UT for 20 some odd years (Hook 'Em), is a science person. The exam was on 7 chapters including but not limited to Thermodynamics, the Krebs Cycle, ATP/ADP, NAD/NADH, lactic acid, etc, etc. The amount of information was quite overwhelming. I studied and got frustrated because there are some things I did not understand. (Okay, a LOT of things). Well, I typed my review and headed off to the gym at UNCG (which is really nice by the way). So, I get 2 miles into my run and my notebook falls off and stuff is flying everywhere. This nice young man offers to help me and I tell him that I am okay. It is not enough the whole gym saw this and they are all 12 years old (not really)! Well, I pick it up and start running again...again my notebook falls off and now one side of the binder is broken off. Well, I gotta get 4 miles in so back on the treadmill, again my notebook goes flying and papers everywhere. Well, finally I get the point and finish the last 2 miles without studying. So, I get to class and all the 16 year old students (okay, really they are mostly Masters students) are talking and I am getting more confused. Dr. Starnes comes in and hands out the exam and my mind goes into overdrive. Some of the stuff I didn't really study because I thought he was going to ask more about how ATP goes through the cytosol and mitochondria. BUT no, the exam was focused more on Thermodynamics. Needless to say, I am pretty sure I tanked the exam. This got me to wondering if I am really smart enough to be a Dr. I left class pretty defeated.

As I was driving home, I looked up and saw this great rainbow and I knew God was there. Maybe he was hitting me upside the head for not studying hard enough but He was there. I felt better about the situation and know I have to do better on the next 2 exams. Mind you, if you get below a B, then you get booted out of grad school.

So excited about CNC this coming week. I need a break from reality. I don't feel like I can get anything accomplished and end up feeling like a failure most of the time. After CNC, I plan to stay home for awhile on the weekends as I still have a ton of housework and yard work...oh and I need to study.

Tomorrow, I will be solo on my Thursday ride. Milanne is off sunning and scuba diving in Barbadoes...nice...not so nice for me but it will be fine. I hope to ride in the morning, come home to do some housework and pack for CNC and then ride in the pm with my peeps! Hope to lift weights too. Then off to CNC Saturday morning!! YEAH!