Happy post :)

Surprisingly not in a pissed-off mood today. That rocks my day.

BUT

I must explain why:

Have you ever ..just..been smitten by somebody? Not because they're attractive but because of the size of their brain? Well, I have. Its this wonderful woman who teaches my anatomy and physiology class. She has a neuroscience PhD, not to mention... she's just genius, ok?

Anyways, I have been super slacking, super sleepy and super shitty as a student for the last few weeks, but I decided - ENOUGH IS ENOUGH, I need to get back into the game. So I did, got all my shit together, and became my old self.

Her and I got to talking after class on Friday, and I was telling her how I wanted to get a 90% or higher for the final because I needed to counter that horrible midterm. She gave me the BEST pep talk ever, and told me like a bajillion few times how smart I was... uhm, excuse me? What? WHAT? Ok, so.. you study brains for a living, and you're telling me mine is worth something? WHOA. Hold the phone. Now, I actually have faith in myself. It was so uplifting to hear that from somebody who GETS IT.

I always get people who tell me that Im so smart because I like to study all day, or I do crazy things to achieve the grades that I get, etc. But all these people never really work as hard as I do to go there. Im not a genius by any means, I BUST MY ASS to get those grades. I am a firm believer in each and every single person I know and how, if they try, will get similar, if not better results. But here's this NEURO PhD, telling me this, and I just about shit my pants. Not to mention she's like my brain crush. I just swoon every time she says "That's a good question, Shifrah", or "good point, Shifrah"... 

My face was RED as a tomato, my palms and pits were sweating buckets, so much so that my tea mug kept slipping in my hands. AND to top it all off, she asked me if I would peer tutor... even after I got that horrible 52% on the previous midterm. She said she really needed people who understood this death-by-biology course to help students who are struggling. Ehem. No big deal, she was just talking about me. 

By this time, I had just wanted to curl up in a ball of happiness and sing praises, but she couldn't stop there. She went on to FIX MY CADAVER LAB SITUATION. Can you believe this shit? 

AHHHHHHHH! So high on biology right now. There is no need for anything else. 

I am so PUMPED, I actually feel like I could get a 90% on the final if I worked hard enough!

Crazy talk, I know.