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A Cautionary Tale...
I have to tell you all to take care of yourselves during finals. I didn't, and it really got me in trouble. I'm an Architecture major, and Tuesday and Wednesday, we had final reviews (when they bring in outside critics--usually architects and professors--to discuss your final project). Needless to say, that kept me up every night since Thanksgiving break, working on the project. I didn't get much sleep, and I didn't eat that much, because I was always running around. In addition, I had a Physics final, and I am working on getting my graduate school applications out. There wasn't much sleep or food experienced by my system. I don't know how, but I made it through 2 days of reviews (from 9 am-6 pm!), an appointment to print my portfolio, a Physics final, and a class meeting. After it was all over, I got really sick. My stomach, which had been in knots since Thanksgiving break, gave out on me, and I couldn't keep anything down. At the urging of Mr. Munchkin, I finally made it down to the infirmary Thursday night, where I was diagnosed with severe dehydration. Basically, my BP was 50/30 standing, and they debated whether or not to send me to the ER. Luckily, I was lucid enough to walk there with little assistance, so they kept me. They did, however, give me 5 liters of fluid via IV from about 5:30 AM to 8:00 PM the next day, kept tabs on my eating/drinking schedule, and sent me home with a supply of Powerade and a pretty strict diet. I'm confined to my room for the next few days, and I gave everyone involved a pretty nasty shock.
At this point, I don't even care if I passed my Physics class...I was barely lucid during the final, and my main priority right now is my health. Applications will get done when they get done, basically.
So, the moral of the story is to take care of yourselves during finals. Drink lots of fluids (not just water--I drink about a gallon of water a day, and they said that water isn't enough), take your vitamins, and eat! Eat eat eat!
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