Midterms are Coming

This week is midterm exams, which means studying, studying, and more studying. Some teachers even think, "Oh, how about you do an eight to 10 page paper instead?" as if that's any better. Luckily, caffeine exists. Unluckily, monkeys should not drink caffeine. I'd never had caffeine until this last Sunday (because monkeys don't normally need caffeine in their day to day lives), and I literally went bananas. Not ape–bananas. Nobody wants to go ape, because really how boring is it to not have a tail? Either way, I was so wide awake my eyes were even bigger than normal. In fact I'm pretty sure they changed color. About 10 times. I couldn't sleep; being cliché and counting bananas didn't help either. I finally drifted off, only to be woken up by my 7 a.m. alarm 20 minutes later. That day was not fun, nor was it a great way to start the week. Hopefully I won't need anymore caffeine until finals.

Since it's midterms, the rest of the weeks is going to be a combination of procrastination, panic, motivation, panic, denial, and then finally acceptance of whatever grade I get. Hopefully this weekend I'll be able to sleep peacefully without having to think about bananas. Although probably unlikely because I always think about bananas. And mangoes. And papayas and persimmons and cantaloupes and melons and I could go forever. I need a banana.