Dead week

Well folks, it's that time of year again!

Sorry, I'm not referring to the holidays, thanksgiving, black friday, cyber monday, or whatever. I mean dead week, the week before finals. OK, let's remember back to a time during our undergraduate degree during a dead week, any dead week is fine. People were making plans for the holidays, the campus was dead, no classes, just pure study time. The library was filled to the brim, and you could always find students at the local IHOP studying. Dead week was always a nice break. A nice quite week filled with books, papers, and computers, but you didn't have classes, no exams, no homework, no major papers due, etc. You had a break!

Well apparently dead week does not exist for graduate students. Why didn't anybody warn me? I have two major papers due Friday, a lab due today (which I did finish... this morning), and then have to prepare for two final exams over the weekend. I know, chalk it up to procrastination, but I swear I have been working. Graduate school is just a different beast entirely. It has even forced me to resort to coffee. To give you some background, I am not a coffee drinker, despite many peoples attempts. However, I guess I just needed the proper motivation, and yes I found mine, grad school.

OK, back to the books, papers, and yes, caffeine! Wish me luck!
At least it will be over next week, and than it will definitely be time to celebrate!