I fucked up pretty badly, and almost cost myself the semester.

When my alarm went off on Tuesday at 9:45am before my 10:30 exam, I hit the snooze button for another ten minutes of sleep. Or at least, I thought I hit the snooze button.

When I woke up, the clock said 12:10. I didn't believe it at first, but then it hit me like a freight train: I missed the exam.

OH SHIT SHIT SHIT SHIT! My adrenal system crashed into high gear immediately. I frantically rushed to the classroom in the library. No one was there.

I ran to College Hall, to the Don's office. He wasn't there, either. I thought I was screwed. As I was walking through the parking lot, I saw the Don at his car, and he saw me.

"You weren't at the exam," he said.

"I know," I said. "I screwed up. I think my alarm got messed up, and I just woke up."

"Jesus Christ, man, it's almost 1 o'clock!" he said.

Thankfully, the Don let me take the exam in his office. But, he told me that he was, well, less than pleased. In his words, he was "T'ed off" and "annoyed".

So, a terrible end to a semester of academic mediocrity. I've fallen way out of the Don's good graces. But whatever, I'm done.

~Halcyondream~

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