Somebody Up There Likes Me
So here's the story: I had a big group project that was due tomorrow for my engineering fundamentals class. We had to write a computer program and a bunch of other crap. Long story short, my team didn't have much done and I had a feeling that what we did have done was wrong. So for about the last 24 hours I've been so worried that I've felt like throwing up (a lovely trait that I inherited from my father).
This morning I wake up and enjoy that moment or two before I remember that I've been worried about something for the last few days. I check my email and I have a message from my engineering professor that says the due date has been moved to Sunday. Holy Shit! So I feel a ton better, but still realize that if we are doing our program wrong, we'll still need to work almost the entire time fixing it. Shit! So I go to class a little early so I can talk to my professor to see if we are writing an acceptable program, but he's late. So I wait until he gets in. Then he makes an announcement that we have a guest speaker from the career center and he'll be in his office. So I have to sit through another hour and 45 minutes of worrying before I get a chance to talk to him. Shit!
I finally got to talk to him and he told me that our program would be perfectly accptable if we make some slight modifications. Thank God! So now I'm back in my room, feeling 110% better and thinking about taking a much needed nap or watching a movie or both. Anything that will let me remember what it feels like to be relaxed.
Moral of the story: Worrying is like a rocking chair, it gives you something to do, but won't get you anywhere. So my advice to you is this: don't worry about things like I do. I can't help it, it's a genetic curse or something, but every time something comes up that I worry about, the solution always presents itself somehow. Besides that, even if the solution turns out to be unfavorable (like having to stay up all night to re-write a program), oh well. It's life and things could be worse. It's something you'll never want to do again, but hopefully it will make you stronger.
Enough rambling about nothing. I'd just like to thank my guardian angel, luck, aliens, or whatever it is that always makes things work out for me in the end.
Time to relax.
This morning I wake up and enjoy that moment or two before I remember that I've been worried about something for the last few days. I check my email and I have a message from my engineering professor that says the due date has been moved to Sunday. Holy Shit! So I feel a ton better, but still realize that if we are doing our program wrong, we'll still need to work almost the entire time fixing it. Shit! So I go to class a little early so I can talk to my professor to see if we are writing an acceptable program, but he's late. So I wait until he gets in. Then he makes an announcement that we have a guest speaker from the career center and he'll be in his office. So I have to sit through another hour and 45 minutes of worrying before I get a chance to talk to him. Shit!
I finally got to talk to him and he told me that our program would be perfectly accptable if we make some slight modifications. Thank God! So now I'm back in my room, feeling 110% better and thinking about taking a much needed nap or watching a movie or both. Anything that will let me remember what it feels like to be relaxed.
Moral of the story: Worrying is like a rocking chair, it gives you something to do, but won't get you anywhere. So my advice to you is this: don't worry about things like I do. I can't help it, it's a genetic curse or something, but every time something comes up that I worry about, the solution always presents itself somehow. Besides that, even if the solution turns out to be unfavorable (like having to stay up all night to re-write a program), oh well. It's life and things could be worse. It's something you'll never want to do again, but hopefully it will make you stronger.
Enough rambling about nothing. I'd just like to thank my guardian angel, luck, aliens, or whatever it is that always makes things work out for me in the end.
Time to relax.