Mix of Emotions

Studying abroad right now has hit a strange roadblock.  I have one week of normal classes left, a week for study, then two weeks (only about 10 days for me) of finals.  I really, really want classes to be over and not have to worry about writing essays/study for exams anymore, but that's sorta getting in the way of knowing how much I'm going to miss this place.  At the same time, I'm becoming more and more excited to go home, as I have a lot of things lined up for this summer and have been missing my friends more and more it seems.  The wanting school to end/wanting to go home/but not really wanting to go home because I've made so many friends here is overwhelming, and I'm finding it hard to balance the emotions.  This is also my form of procrastination...as I have an exam tomorrow afternoon.  My FIRST exam of this semester...

And when I come home, I take the GRE, which is a huge cloud over my head right now.  I also will have to go right into applying for vet schools; the real world is creeping up on me when I'm still on this study abroad journey, and I find myself thinking about these things at random times, or even before I fall asleep at night.  I'm stressed, but I'm more just hitting a point where I'm uncomfortable.  I've been through five semesters of final exams at U of I, so I know the routine there.  We obviously take exams at Illinois throughout the semester, so there is much less cramming at the end to remember things that you learned the first week of classes.  I feel like a freshman all over again with having to undergo the final exams here.  Can you tell I'm a little stressed by this point?

I guess I'm simply writing on here about these "troublesome" things because it's easier just to say it sometimes.  That you're stressed, and normally when I blog, it lets me kinda...relax and organize things in my head.  Organization is my best friend, and without it, I'm pretty sure I would have had a mental breakdown already.  I probably won't be posting until after exams (I'm finished on the 22nd of June!), and will have a few days before I fly back home to write a longer post about all that I've encountered in Perth.  This is a time to take the "no worries, mate!" mentality.  Wish me luck!