Less than one week until I can temporarily have a life again. After this past semester, I could definitely use a good week of being in a comatose-caveman state of mind, where I only respond to human interaction by grunting, throwing rocks, or drawing stick figures. To put it lightly, this semester kicked my ass and I am looking forward to a break.

Last semester, I summarized the beginning of my grad school experience with “The Whoops and the Poops.” With less than a week left until Spring semester is over, I figured I would do it again. Here are my Whoops and Poops of Spring semester — starting with the Poops.

The Poops

The time I was crossing the street at the hospital and was hit by an ambulance van. Yes - an ambulance van (laughing is encouraged, I only suffered minor scrapes and bruises).

The time I got in a road rage incident on the way to school, only to realize 5 minutes later it was with a classmate.

The time my mom came to visit me at school and tripped over a carelessly placed wire and broke her elbow.

The week where I suffered from stress-induced vomiting. One of times, I had to pull over at a McDonald’s, threw up for 10 minutes, and then sobbed in my car while eating a cheeseburger. It was a damn good cheeseburger.

The time I watched Prince of Egypt two days in a row because I wanted calming music on while I worked…(or so I tell myself)

The Whoops

The time my classmates showered me with casseroles, chocolate, popcorn, and wine after I got hit by an ambulance van and subsequently found out that a close family member has cancer (the cancer part was a poop).

All the times I got free coffee from Capital One just for being a student. They also gave me a free stress ball that has since turned into a shriveled-up stress booger from too much squeezing.

The time my group, Noble Roots Kitchen, was selected as a finalist for the New Venture Century (NVC) Women’s Entrepreneurship Prize and had the opportunity to pitch our startup idea to investors.

The time Noble Roots Kitchen was also chosen to participate in Catalyze CU, a 10-week summer startup accelerator (Do you notice a pattern here? Noble Roots Kitchen is taking over the world).

The time Ashley Judd liked one of my feminist tweets.

And lastly, all the days I made it through without crying (I could probably count the number of times on my hand, but still an achievement none-the-less…)

Noble Roots Kitchen

While Spring semester is just about over, my grad school adventure continues through August. Wish me luck ya’ll.