I have survived!

Oh hallelluja! I have survived! I am still alive and jumping around! This week of horror; hard, really hard work; stress and being nervous has passed, and I survived it.

What was there to survive?
First of all, test week. Yes, again. Three times a year we have test week, and you never get used to them. Studying really hard is never fun, and it always costs loads of energy. But, if that were the only thing you have to survive in test weeks, it would have been so incredibly easy. No, there is a more important part of test weeks, named: Making Your Tests. This is the most energy-costing part. You need to focus, concentrate and fill in the right answer in the right place. This is hard sometimes. Especially when it is a very difficult test.

But that was not the only thing there was to survive. There was also a part that had ‘BBC Awards’ written all over it.
Being on the shortlist also brings a lot of new experiences that are on your ‘Once-In-My-Lifetime-Chance’- list. But it also brings some need to organisation skills, time, and a good memory. Like remembering you have to send in your list with guests for the finals. Or remembering you have to add your photograph if you e-mail someone: ‘Here is my photograph.’ And organisation to make sure you arrive in Amsterdam if you are invited to have a little interview for a clip for the finals (for those interested – we did arrive in Amsterdam, without trouble). Or picking out a dress for the ‘Tea an Cake’ at the British ambassadors residence.
That also takes some ‘survival-ability’.

So yes, I stressed for my tests and some of the tests where not so nice and I worked really hard to get all the information stuffed in my head. And yes, I was nervous for this little interview, but it all turned out fine.
I have survived this crazy week, with tests and interviews and things to do.
And I am fine.