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Home Alone was hands down one of the most iconic films of the 90s and is also a personal favorite of mine. It was love at first sight when undeniably adorable yet devilish Kevin McCallister delivered one of his many hilarious one-liners "A large cheese pizza just for me". 

A few weeks ago my love for this cult-classic was renewed but in a unfamiliar perspective.

This summer I've adopted an early to bed, early to rise routine. Let me preface I've always had a very tumultuous relationship with alarm clocks and have been mindful of scheduling classes in the later morning and afternoon to avoid oversleeping. However; this summer I've had an 8 a.m. class everyday therefore I routinely set and strategically place 3 alarm clocks around my room making it difficult to oversleep! A few weeks ago it was finals week for the 1st summer session and the night before my exam arrived. I tucked myself into bed at 10:30 after thoroughly studying all week and was eager to take the test the next morning. The next thing I knew it was 9:30 a.m. the morning of my 8 a.m. exam!

Watch the first 10 seconds of this clip to get the full effect of my panic. 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oGrLLn4nooQ

The next 10 minutes of my life I was so overwhelmed its hard to say exactly what I did but I can tell you I've never committed such a heinous fashion crime in my life.. well maybe freshmen year when I ran around in the ninja costume.By 9:45 I arrived out of breath with crocodile tears streaming down my ghostly pale face to the exam room sparsely filled with my peers since only 30 minutes remained in the allotted time. My professor had been a stickler for attendance and tardiness so I was sure she was going to expect me to turn in the exam at the end of the remaining time. As the classroom finally emptied she approached my desk and granted me an additional two hours to finish my exam. 

After I turned in my exam my teacher reminded me that what is important in regards to this situation is not the fact I had a nightmare of a morning and was two hours late but how I chose to react to the situation by showing up and not blaming my absence on some rinky-dink doctor's note. We all have the ability to turn any situation around so don't be discouraged if something doesn't go according to plan, consider it an opportunity to try a new direction.

xoxo, 

Buzzes' girlfriend Woof!