It took me a few days to recover from this semester. On Wednesday, after my last class, I thought I would feel this huge sense of relief and have such a nice long pleasant sleep when I got home. When I got home, I began to feel the pain like never before. My shoulders, back, arms, neck felt so damn heavy all of a sudden. My brain was not functioning. I was so damn tired. It was like I had been speeding for the past 4 months and now that I finally stopped, I suddenly realized how fast I had been going. I realized how much I energy I had been exerting these few months. I swear, sometimes I would wonder where I got the energy to do all the things I did this semester, I really did. My last burst of brain energy was on Tuesday and Wednesday where I managed to crank out 4 mini-papers that were fairly decent. Then the end came and whatever spell I had somehow spinned upon myself sorta ran out. The energy was gone. My body was in so much pain that I could not even get a decent night of sleep. Oh, boohoohoo, right? I don't want your pity, silly. Naah. I'm just amazed that I managed to get through this semester realtively unscathed. Not bad for going through one of the toughest academic semesters of my life. And so, I gave myself an early Christmas present. With money that I do not have to spend, I treated myself to a luxurious
aromatherapy massage. All is better. Me happy. No complaints. Just utter gratitude to the positive energies that lifted me through the past year. Whatever that was that has been carrying me, THANK YOU.