How Was Your Last Semester of College?

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I was wondering, how did everyone spend their last semester, was it stressful or fun or crazy? For me, I had 1 more psychology class to take, a history and earth science, those were my required classes. But I had to have 2 more credits to be full time to live on campus and all. I chose an online class dealing with MS Office, and a half semester first aid and cpr class. Things started out ok I guess, then about a month into the semester I was walking to class, actually I went early to science lab so I could spend some time studying for first my earth science exam that day. Well, I never made it to lab that day, and I never made it to my exam. Luckily in the end he gave us the option to do a comprehensive make-up exam in addition to the final. Anyway, what happened? I was walking on this path sidewalk and I was too close to the edge I guess, the next thing I knew, I was on the ground and I was scared to get up, I wasn't in a horrible amount of pain at the time, but I had a bad feeling. Luckily a woman was cleaning windows at a nearby building and came over to check on me. To make a long story a little shorter, it ended in my first ever ambulance ride to the local ER! I had fractured my ankle, this was my first broken bone ever! My parents had to come 2.5-3 hours to help me, so I spent most of my time in the waiting room after I was splinted. Luckily I had my i-pod! So, I spent the next 3 weeks or so struggling to walk on crutches, sometimes leaving my dorm at 5am so I wouldn't be late for my 9am lab! Honestly I walked way more than I should have been, but I had no choice! My dad came down about once a week to change my bandages. We ended up taking my splint off way too early and just bandaging my ankle really tight and wearing a brace. All so I could shove my foot into my shoe... (my very small, size 4 shoe. LOL with bandages that wasn't easy, luckily I had some that were bigger to wear when I had the most bandages on.) As time went by I was able to walk a little faster and not leave as early, but I was lucky to have a friend who was willing to give me a ride to my dorm after our night history class. So basically my final semester in college was no party, it was painful and I couldn't really do anything except get myself to classes and get myself back, then lay in bed and do whatever I had to do for classes. In the mean time I had to withdraw from my first aid class, luckily it didn't hurt my credits or anything. I couldn't do it because for cpr we had to get on the floor and practice cpr on dummies, and I tried, but I couldn't do it, I couldn't bend my ankle behind me obviously. Anyway, fast forward 9 months later, I'm out of college, living in a new place and for the most part back to normal as far as my ankle goes. LOL I do still have ankle pain, especially when I don't get enough sleep, or when I walk too much or when the weather is bad. Basically it's a battle scar from my last semester in college! I am now more careful how and where I walk, and the night I got to my dorm after breaking my ankle I had my dad throw out the pair of flip flops I had worn many times, including the day I broke my ankle! I haven't worn any of those things since! LOL Sorry this was so long, but honestly, this was the craziest thing that happened to me in college. I had tons of roommate drama in my years, but this was the worst physical experience I had, even worse than the time I drank way too much and spent the next day waking up with the room spinning (and that was the only time I did that!)