As Landon pointed out, right now our lives are basically consumed by the impending comprehensive exams. Our friends have said their goodbyes until after May 15. Stacks of binders and books, arranged by course, cover the floor of our study, which is really mine because Landon does not use it. He studies, of course, just in a different room. (We learned the first semester that doing homework in the same room was a bad idea; we talk to each other about everything we read, so it is really distracting.) Pink- and blue-striped note cards, clipped with shiny, semi-industrial-sized paper clips, await review. Soon, sticky poster paper with color-coded topics (a la Dr. Smrekar’s bins) will line the burgundy (I have always disliked this paint) walls. Alerts on our phones and computers remind us which course to study when. I have never liked to rush time–I am a carpe diem kind–but I will be just a bit more pleased (to put it lightly) at 3:15 on May 15.
-Teresa Bagamery Clark
Best of luck to you both!