Chapter Six
Denial By Proxy
To my surprise I slept like a log that night. Luckily I’d set my alarm, because I could easily have slept late. As it was, I was mentally prepared when I knocked on Dave’s door to head over to breakfast before the exam. Between mouthfuls of toast and cereal we tossed questions at each other, and frantically consulted our last minute notes.
“f**k, I think every single brain cell is crammed full!” I groaned.
“Well you can empty it out this afternoon and fill it with Analytical Chemistry for tomorrow!” he chuckled.
Dave and I shook hands for good luck as we walked into the first exam session; a three hour paper on Organic Chemistry.
Over the next few days I took five more papers. To my astonishment, I actually felt I’d done OK in all of them. I still thought
