signs that the exams are far too near:

- you're reading notes almost every waking hour
- even when you're asleep, you dream that you're reading notes, or that you're supposed to be reading notes but but you aren't and you're gonna burn in hell for that
- making coffee isn't just "open 3in1 satchet and add hot water" anymore. it's now an elaborate "add 3in1 plus extra coffee powder plus maybe a little something extra" affair
- you have no problems rattling off "ethylenediaminetetraacetate" or "fructose bisphosphate aldolase" but have trouble spelling simple stuff like say, cylcli, erm, clycling, i mean cyclcing. Cycling. yes, that's it.
- after washing your hair, the drain cover looks like it has a little rug of its own.
- when you wake up in the morning, you literally stumble to the washroom because apparently information and balance are inversely related.
- as you triumphantly poise your trusty highlighter to seek out an important bit of info, the neon yellow line that emerges is so shaky you end up highlighting the line below the intended instead. note: do not attempt to underline the passage with a pen in an effort to save $; you will invariably end up crossing OUT the important bits instead.
- friends and family members wait patiently by as you struggle to recall what you wanted to tell them 2 seconds ago.