Hellish Week 2

I still haven't resolved the assistantship issue. This past week, my teacher left town after my lesson and I had to take over for him. This meant leading rehearsals in Mahler's 5th Symphony and Beethoven's 4th Symphony. I was basically shitting my pants for the Mahler even though I've been waiting for this day for a long time. It was fun at times. I also had two tests this past week that I ended up cramming for. I could not afford to yield any of my study time for those rehearsals in order to prepare for those exams. For my Italian class, I ended up coming late. The quiz was based on a lecture that my teacher happened to be wrapping up by the time I walked in. She wasn't too happy and due to my chronic tardiness, she refused to go back trhough everything just for me. Knowing how she lectures and the rampant stupidity in my class, I knew that she would repeat things over and over and that the summary she gave would be more than sufficient for me to do well. All the students in the class seemed to be worried for me, along with the teacher. She asked me if I had any questions. Just one and after that, I was ready to take the quiz. Out of sheer pride and arrogance, I made sure that I was the first one to finish and made my exit just conspicuous enough for everyone to know that.