Stress

It being the final weeks of school, stress seems to be sweeping all of Provo.  Last week felt like a month to me.  Between my numerous work shifts, last-minute assignments due, tests, class, and more last-minute assignments, there was barely time to accomplish some basic necessities of life.  Such as eating and sleeping. Sometimes I'm not sure how I survive on as inconsistent a schedule as I do.  I literally squeeze things in where nothing should be sqwooze.

Anyway, despite my extreme stress, I feel like there are many others who are experiencing this stress at a total different degree than I am.  And I really feel for them.  I was there once..... back in the days of the most terrible and difficult semesters of college.... good times.  The good news is you survive and discover that you are stronger than you thought!

Anyway, as an assignment, we were supposed to do something nice for someone who is more stressed than us.  Since I find myself working quite a bit, I often get my meals at work.  We had a lot of leftover doughnuts from the day before when I went into work one morning. I was in unusually early because I had a class at nine and had to write a paper before I went.  Ok, maybe that wasn't as unusual as I would have liked it to be.  A good friend of mine is in that class with me. And he always tells me of his intense chemistry and math classes.  Every time I hear about them I get more and more grateful that my calling in life has nothing to do with those subjects.

So, with leftover doughnuts at work and a super stressed friend in my next class, I figured it would be a good idea to bring him breakfast. Which I did. And he enjoyed it.  In fact, he gave me lots of positive reinforcement over text message, which makes me think he is trying to train me to do it again.  Pavlov's dog style.  I guess we'll see if that worked...