Cisco Midterm

Welp... There goes the rest of my melted brain oozing out through my ears..

At the beginning of the exam, my brain was still its usually happy~go~lucky self.. All skipping along and humming giddily..

By question 5 my brain was wondering how it got to this fork in the road.. But it bravely trudged on..

By question 10 it was just standing there on the root bridge doing it's best imitation of the Silent Scream..

By question 19 it had gone way way beyond the screaming stage.. More like silent shock..

By question 27 it pretty much was in a state of quivering.. I don't know.. But dammit.. it was quivering..

By question 35 it tried putting up a bit of a valiant struggle.. Gotta give it credit..

Then the subnetting questions came along with their Subnetting~Bats~of~Death(tm) and promptly beat the crap out of my poor brain.. I'd describe in further detail what happened, but believe me.. you don't want to experience this.. And I was just fully getting the hang of subnetting too.. Or so I thought..

By the end of the exam.. my brain just gave up and that's what explains that puddle of grey fleshy mass on the floor around my chair..

Okay.. so the exam wasn't that bad.. But I can't seem to convince my brain otherwise.. It's still there on the floor whimpering and blubbering to itself..

Though I shudder to look at everyone else.. I was the second one done (don't ask) and everyone else has these befuddled expressions of "WTF?? Where did that mack truck that ran over me like 5 times come from?"

I didn't think the exam was that hard (and that's what's scaring me).. But I know how I am.. If they don't hurry up and make more of this content hands~on and fast, I'm almost guaranteed to fail my first class in this school. I'm hands~on dammit! The main way I learn is by doing.. These books are only going to help me reinforce but so much! *whinebitchmoan* I can read the books over and over and take notes til Jesus returns (meh).. But if I don't have the opportunity to actually work on it and find my patterns and rhythms, it all goes to... well.. you get the idea..

And if I lose my 4.0 I think I'm going to just curl up and die... I've never had a 4.0 before, much less held it over the course of a few semesters.. I've learned it's a damn good feeling..

Yeah, so I'm bitching and whining and moaning and all out fussing like a spoiled brat. But you know what? I'm gonna do it dammit. I don't get these chances very often.. You don't like it? Too damn bad.. Move on if ya don't wanna hear it.. Or even better.. Tell me to hush.. *smiles sweetly* I dare you.. Just be mindful of where you are in proximity to me and the fact I'm quite thirsty for blood today..

Ugh.. I can't wait til Friday.. I'm going to need a drink (or 8) and a few other.. erm.. no.. best not to.. well.. It is almost April.. *sighs*

Dammit. I'm actually liking Cisco.. I can't fail this class..

I just can't.