Luckily I do get to break up the ridiculous amounts of studying by partaking in some pretty amazing things.
Like last Sunday I swam 2.5 miles from St. Kitts to Nevis and it was amazing! Definitely a tough swim but so worth it. Was doing fine until I got to the middle of the channel and the waves started tossing me... swallowed a lot of sea water, threw up twice, but kept swimming and made it to the other side. Coolest thing I got to see was a few massive eagle rays soaring through the water. Completed the swim in an 1.5 hrs and celebrated with all the other St. Kitts Sea Turtle Monitoring people for collectively raising over $11,000 for the sea turtle project! It was an amazing accomplishment and I am excited to race it next year, but next time without fins :)
My next turtle adventure starts tomorrow with my first in water training session for the SKSTMN In Water Tag Team! Cannot wait to do stuff on the front lines to help out these amazing animals! I'm even more excited for this coming break since I will be here to help out on night beach patrols where we monitor nesting turtles. Pretty amazing stuff!
As far as the whole school thing goes, not going to lie this semester sucks. You never feel on top of anything...all you can do is just keep going no matter how tired you are and how much you just want to give up...you really just have to "keep swimming"...you can't even think about the possibility of not making it...IT IS NOT AN OPTION! The pressures of school from not only a physical, mental, and emotional stand point, but also from an economic stand point! I mean I'm already thousands of dollars into school that if I mess up...well lets just say I can't. With all this pressure and stress I step back and remember this is what I have wanted for my whole life and I didn't come this far to just decide it is too hard! I have two weeks until finals so after tomorrow I will be signed off from everything online and hitting the books hard! I want to come out on top at the end of finals so I can thoroughly enjoy my break that will be full sand, sun, diving, and turtles!
