Sunday, November 25, 2012

I am finished.

I am no longer a high school student. Twelve years of schooling has come to an end and it feels amazing. But on the other hand it is really weird and a little scary. It's a pretty complex feeling. I'm not even sure how I am able to have so many different emotions at the same time, but clearly it's possible because it's happening.

I am so excited that I don't have to procrastinate doing any form of scholarly work for three months. I think I have earned a bit of a holiday...but I keep thinking I have something urgent to attend to. And I have nothing.

In traditional fashion, my last day of school had to contain a smidgen of drama. So, here it is:
We left home at 8:10 and my final business exam started at 9:00. We live ten minutes from school so there was enough time to get there and for me to get into my 'business-zone'. That was almost the case but it was not to be.

We got stuck in traffic. Not once, but twice before we got to school. The reason. A military health walk. We didn't move. For like 20 minutes we were stationery. I did get a couple extra minutes of studying time so that was a bonus, I guess, but I was sufficiently stressed out!

When we eventually got to school, our head of academics was waiting for me. Well, not only for me cause there were other people who were late too, so that made me feel kind of better. I got to the exam venue and I misjudged how close I was to the door and hit it with my back wheels and it made a huge noise. Everybody turned and looked at me. I made a public apology.

I wrote my paper and everything was good. Unfortunately, though, this was not the end. We wrote both our business papers on the same day. So, three hours of studying was to follow. Fun times.

BUT...

To make our last Friday at school special I figured we could make it a RedSockFriday. I went to school in my skirt and rocked my knee-highs! Seven of my friends did it too, so the day was redder and radder with new redsockers.

My school career ended at 4:12, Friday 23 November.

Now, to be cheesy...

To infinity and beyond.
haha

:)

Monday, November 12, 2012

Am I Crazy? I think so.

I am doing the Argus in 2013. I know what you're probably thinking....

Are you crazy?

I'm pretty sure that I am. But, I have a crazy buddy, Grant, doing it with me. I love not being the only semi-deranged person in the room. Love you, Grant! Now, you have to understand what a good person he is if he is willing to put up with me for seven to eight hours on the road where we can either be dying from heat, drowning from rain, being blown away by the Cape Town wind OR...

....it could be really chilled and I'm overthinking this.

Let's explain a little more about how the whole situation is going to work because I can imagine the eyes that you are pulling at me right now.

So, Grant is going to be on his bike (still having the mountain bike or road bike debate) and I will be behind the bike in a "buggy". This is not the official name we are going to use but it's under development. We WILL be doing training so that we don't end up falling off the bike and using our faces as landing pads. But Grant is a pro-cyclist so that's definately half the battle won. Then we just have to work on my balance and my core muscles...quite the job but we're up for it!

The things we are working on right now are finding some sponsors as well as sorting out the buggy. The buggy is kind of an integral part of our plan. We will make it work and it will be EPIC!!

You will get updates as soon as things happen so that you can be completely involved in the entire amazing journey that Grant and I are about to embark on.

:)

Saturday, November 10, 2012

Final school exams.

I am now in my last two weeks of final matric exams which is quite scary but exciting at the same time.

I've been writing finals for about three weeks and am only now halfway. My timetable has been pretty chilled with a couple exams a week so I haven't been too stressed out. The stress is definitely building, though.

Next week I am writing only one paper...Woohoo! But we can't get overly excited because the week after that is horrifying. I have six exams that week. Six exams in five days. It's not going to be a fun week. I hope I survive.

The problem I have with it is that pretty much all the exams are heavy learning subjects and they are right after each other. My last exam day is not nice :( I'm writing business studies that day and we do both papers on the same day with two hours in between. That means that we have to study the ENTIRE syllabus for one day. Seventeen long, unrelated chapters have to fit in my brain and more importantly stay in my brain for the duration of the exam. Oh my goodness.

I'm going to stop complaining now. I actually think it's good that I have a free week before the crazy week from hell. It means that I can study my ass of now and then not be so stressed out when I have to write these last few papers.

The 23rd of November is my freedom day - my last day of school EVER!!

:)