One More Week

Summer is around the corner, I can feel it. I can feel how stressed my body is from reading assignments, term papers, deadlines, and humiliating meetings with professors over said deadlines. I can feel the shots of Dr. Pepper surging its way through me (did my heart just flutter?) keeping me just conscious enough to write then leaving me an empty shell of caffeine and sugar lows. I can feel the two hours of sleep. I can feel the complete exasperation from showing up two hours early for class, being completely disoriented from sleep deprivation. I can feel the grades come in a little lower than expected. I can feel that spark of humor, that tablespoon of life I call my personality sink towards my knees, crushed by the pressure of obligations.

I smile.

Summer is around the corner, I can feel it.