Nervous, much?

I’ve got the GED tests tomorrow. It either starts at 7:30 or they want you there at 7:30 for check-in. Either way, I want to make sure we get there well before then, so I think me and my mom will leave around 6:35ish. I asked my dad to wake me up at 5:45 so I could get ready in time. I’m nervous as balls. So much is riding on these tests. I really regret not studying up some on the subjects a few days ago, but I told myself that it could be done a couple days before the test (classic procrastinator, eh?). But when the today and yesterday got here, I was too nervous to even concentrate.

I really hate having to wake up early for things that are super important like this. The morning is cold and it makes me shake even more than usual in my nervousness. Hopefully, the same thing will happen to me that happened when I went to take my SATs last October: On the way there I’ll just mellow out and be like, “What happens, happens.”

The tests also take all day to take (pretty much). I’m not sure when they’re over, exactly, but it’s sometime in the afternoon (I’m thinking 2 or 3). So, not only am I waking up early for something I’m dreading, but it’s going to be something that lasts all day. Great!

At least it won’t be as bad as the SATs, from an emotional standpoint. When I took the SATs, I took them at James Wood with a bunch of students that go there. Everyone was talking to each other and whatnot, and I just kinda stood there feeling awkward and alone. But with the GED, it’ll be given at Lord Fairfax, and a lot of the people are adults who haven’t been in high school in a few years, if not a couple decades. So I won’t be the only one who’s pretty much never seen anyone else who’s also taking the test.

I’m gonna be going to bed in 40 minutes or so. As if I’ll be able to fall asleep. I’m nervous, and midnight is two hours before my normal bedtime. I bet I’ll get hardly any sleep at all. Oh well. I’m lucky that when I get little sleep, it doesn’t affect me until later in the day, not right away.

I guess I better go and distract myself. By this time tomorrow, it’ll be over!