Semester is over

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I passed both my exams this semester! One of them I expected, but the other, more important one not at all because I knew it would at best be close and I didn't want to get my hopes up, so I'm surprised and delighted and had ice cream and cookies to celebrate. Now there's only one major exam remaining! (And a few smaller ones.) I might be able to finish in only two more semesters after all? I so look forward to being done - classes are interesting, but coming home from the office and not having to do any studying (like right now because of the summer holidays) is so much more relaxing.

I currently work 30 hours/week: 6 hours each on five days (plus overtime.) On the one hand I'd planned to do more overtime than usual over the summer, so I can hopefully do fewer hours when classes start again; on the other hand I'm tempted to try out only going to the office for four days and having a three-day-weekend. I'd have to get used to longer work days and it'd be harder to do overtime, but a longer weekend would be nice...

In medical news, I've often had low iron in the past, but turns out that now I'm actually anemic (and even lower on vitamin D than usual.) Which, weirdly, kinda feels like good news, because this was a routine test and I thought my energy level were at my normal, so this should mean that once those things are fixed I should feel even better, right? I look forward to it. And in the meantime, taking iron supplements is a great reason to drink orange juice every morning. (My physician also told me to go to bed earlier, let's see how long the resolution lasts this time.)

Comments

[sholio]

Congrats on the exams! And it's good to have a diagnosis on something like that.

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Thanks! Yeah, it is - at first I was surprised because I didn't notice being more tired than usual, and then I remembered my recently increased concentration problems etc. (which might be unrelated but maybe not, idk.)

[lilly_the_kid]

Congrats on the exams, that's awesome! :)

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Thanks! I originally thought I'd have to take it again in October and now I don't which means no studying during September vacation :D

[marginaliana]

Congrats on the exams!!

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Thank you :D

[sheron]

Congrats on the exams!

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Thanks! :D

[out_there]

Yay! Well done!

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Thanks, I'm proud of myself :)

[merit]

congratulations!!

medical orders to go to bed early... even then it would be a challenge.

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Thank you!

Yeah, ahem, I failed on the first day... Next try this evening ^^

[frith_in_thorns]

CONGRATULATIONS!!!

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Thank you <3

[nonesensed]

Huzzah for exams passed! Go you! What is it you study btw?

Long weekends are nice, if you have the discipline to leave work at work. I definitely don't, but I hope it works out great for you if you give it a try :)

Being anemic sucks (been there too many times myself) but it's definitely something with an "easy fix" and getting back to regular iron levels can be such an energy boost! I hope you get that energy back soon <3

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I study business law, and my specialization is in accounting & taxes.

I'm pretty good at leaving work at work - as long as I don't have to do home office, which thankfully is not necessary anymore.

Thank you, I have no idea how long it'll take to fill the reserves back up but it'd be nice if it doesn't take too long :)

[nonesensed]

A very important field I fear I have the barest minimum of knowledge in. Best of luck in your future studies as well!

Sounds like a healthy approach to work :) And yes, working from home makes it such a challenge to stop. I am prone to bringing work home, but I was getting better at it until I had to start leaving work earlier to avoid the rush traffic (can't work from home 100%, only write medical journals). Really looking forward to when working regular hours becomes a thing again where I'm at. So great that you don't have to do home office!

In my experience, iron supplements can be quite efficient, so I've got my fingers crossed yours are the fast-filling kind!

[alessandriana]

Congrats on the exams!

I was anemic a few years ago; it got pretty bad (hemoglobin of 8.6) before I realized, but I never really felt a huge dip in energy levels. Or at least not one that I explicitly noticed. It was really more a lack of motivation to do anything, I think?

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Thanks :)

Harder to notice a dip in energy levels when I'm never sure what my base line is. I have been noticing concentration problems etc but that could be any number of things. I like the idea that it's the iron because that has a clear solution.