It's hard to believe we're down to the end of the semester. Time has flown. My classes are slowly winding to a close. Slowly, though, seems to be the operative word for me. I really don't feel that pressed. I felt my time was much more stretched from mid-September to mid-October. Since mid-terms the workload has fallen off considerably. I've been goofing off alot, doing more family things, which is good in some ways because the holiday season is underway. This is a family time. The negative is that I'm wondering if I have lost the focus necessary to do well on the final exams.

The Thanksgiving break was quiet for my family; I got some much needed sleep. My six-year old had spent much of November up in the night with asthma attacks. We finally got her on some medication that worked, but it took some time to kick in fully. My husband, my daughter and I really needed to catch up on the ZZZZs.

I handed in my last papers yesterday, in Policy and Research. Tuesday I have a group presentation in Human Behavior and then it's just the three exams. One is a take-home, which I'm not too psyched about. When an exam is in class -- open or closed book -- I study, give it my best shot in the time allotted, and then walk away. I feel pressure (self-imposed, I admit) to use all the time I have a take-home exam in my possession to make my answers better, and better, and better. Which just makes me crazy. I'm probably looking forward more to the day I hand that take-home in, than to the last day of my exams.

I don't really have anything else to say at this point. 'Hope you're having a wonderful Holiday Season!