Today's Big Event: A Surprise Hawaiian Neurobiology Final Examination Extravaganza!

Before we came to school this morning, we all knew we'd be spending most of the morning taking our neurobiology final.

But we didn't know that our instructors were going to turn the exam into a giant Hawaiian-themed party! And I mean, complete with tacky Hawaiian shirts and hats, plastic leis for everyone, multiple fake birds and other tropical creatures, and an enormous rainbow-colored beach ball that we bounced around the lecture hall for awhile.

Hooray for relieving stress during the first 15 minutes of the official testing period! (Boo to distracting us with fun happenings, and making us forget everything we just crammed into our short-term memory...)

Seriously, though, the exam went really well and I am definitely going to miss our quirky, wacky, hilarious first-year instructors once we graduate to sophomore status. But I'm sure there'll be several funny weirdos among our new professors, too.

I was done with the final in about 45 minutes and spent the following hour basking on the lawn in the sunny, 80-degree weather and eating most of my lunch (okay, yes, it was only like 10:00 am at that point) with friends. Then I went inside so as to avoid total sunburn, and hung around the cubes for another hour reading a really awesome book ("The Story of Edgar Sawtelle"). Three huzzahs for nice, enjoyable, sunny, relaxing days!