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What are you doing right now?

Besides posting on here and replying to this thread. Original credit for this goes back to Fate and Nathan on MX.

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Permalink Reply by Xuut on October 15, 2012 at 3:00pm

Gotta agree with Fake here, Contra.

Seriously. :V Please don't die. I like you alive much more.

1.) Are the essays done?

2.) Ask to miss a theater rehearsal to learn Stats. ECs are important, but so are grades. If you don't understand, you need to ask for help. Theater needs to understand that.

3.) Spend a lunch hour with your teacher about physics? Usually teachers are very willing to clarify what you don't understand because uh, that's their job.

4.) Cheat like some of us are just read summaries. The joke in my class is that we can do entire assignments on books without actually reading them. I know that you wouldn't do that (it's not the best idea really...) but reading a summary and then when you have time to breathe (and not die, please don't die) you can actually read Henry IV. Seriously. Don't explode.

SLEEP AND EAT CHILD. Seriously. If you go for longer than a day without sleep or a meal, I will find you and I will make you sleep/eat. It won't help your stress or clear your mind but just make you really cranky. And hungry. And maybe inclined to eat someone at theater.

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Permalink Reply by Contradiction on October 16, 2012 at 10:15am

Thanks for your concern, guys.

I talked to my mom yesterday, and, as a result, I was able to skip school today.

I used today to finish the not-done essay, which is fucking fabulous now, and I also got three-ish hours of extra sleep, which was helpful.

Not going today also means that I have an extra day to catch up on stats, so yay.

Hopefully, missing today will excuse me from the physics test tomorrow (I'm kind of expecting this, since my teacher seems to like me significantly more than the rest of the people in my class, but if it doesn't happen I'm screwed.)

I have time tonight to SparkNotes Henry IV and do the APUSH reading for tomorrow.

The reason I usually can't skip theatre is that I'm the stage manager and also a senior (so I have a responsibility to be a role model, sigh), but I did today with a good excuse.

Basically, I feel a shit-ton better than I did yesterday, and I think I'll be all right for at least this week.

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Permalink Reply by Fake on October 16, 2012 at 10:54am

Good.

Remember, if you ask for help, people will usually give it, your parents and loved ones especially. Mostly they'll just help you work through and find a solution, but when you're under stress and can't think straight that can make all the difference.

Also, I'd recommend making a schedule--plan ahead and figure out when you're going to be doing what. Finish things to give yourself more motivation, get large projects out of the way, et cetera--if you're unorganized, it'll be much harder.

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Permalink Reply by Nighthawk on October 16, 2012 at 5:41am

I forgot about my doctor's appointment today to get a refill for my ADD meds, and I can't call anyone or reschedule because I forgot to take my phone out of Mom's purse before she left.

I guess I'll just sit here at home and meditate on how forgetful I am, not that I'll remember much of it for future reference.