T minus 10

If I was an airplane I would be grounded on suspicion of metal fatigue, that is for sure.

The exams definitely got the best of us. It was as if we had been climbing a mountain for five months and had given everything we had during the last week to finally reach the top. We enjoyed the view from the summit for a day - ate and slept a lot - but then to our horror discovered that we were not there yet. There was still another two week hike ahead of us.

Whether consciously or not I had definitely told myself that once we were past the exams then I could roll through the last two weeks and straight into the holidays with very little effort. Reality has proven very different. We have kicked off the ICP projects at full speed while still finishing the last individual assignment and the case-writing for the startup projects.

Once you mentally have thought you were there and have started relaxing, it is almost impossible to get your heart beat and your energy level back up to the previous level. You felt it very clearly in the class room yesterday morning, when the first phase of the ICP project was introduced. It just did not really register that we had to get back to work. I had to be a mistake.

What you need to get through these kind of periods is a target. The weekend ahead of us is already lost to the cause in terms of preparation for and participation in the OWP program. I have therefore fixed my eyes on Friday the 26th of June at 12.00 noon. Ten days from now. That is the time we are let loose for our three weeks of summer holidays. I am SO ready for it and I sense that I am not the only one.

T minus 10.