Response to Stress 9/24/13

KR was trying to start a conversation with me last night.  I was completely mean, and refused her for a while.  I then came to my senses and realized how mean I had actually been.  I apologized, and gave the standard excuse:

"I'm just too stressed now, that's all."

When she asked why, I began to realize myself how much I actually had going on at that moment that was creating problems.  Just to name as much as I can think of:

• I missed school yesterday for a college visit, and am going to miss the first half of school tomorrow.
• I have two upcoming tests in my two hardest classes, AP Chemistry and Linear Algebra
• I am behind in schoolwork in several classes
• My grades have been dropping
• I have only a draft on my Common App essay, leaving me with four more essays I need to write
• Deciding what college I want to go to gets harder as I get more information
• I need to decide whether or not I want to apply early decision to CMU
• I've lost a very important piece of my life (this is not all dramatic, I'm missing a physical object)
• Dance goes on, Cats is under way, and ensemble is about to start
• Callbacks for the middle school musical are tomorrow

I'm not sure how people take it.

Just one thing I want to close out with.  To keep the drive to my most recent college visit from seeming so long, we listened to musical, four total.  I have four songs, one from each running through my head. I wish to ask my readers (via comments):

1. Can you name all four musicals? (The first three should be easy, the last one a little more exotic.  And please don't use google.  That's cheating)
2. Can you do a little psych evaluation?  Why are these specific tunes in my head?  Any logic, or is it just random songs?

"Just for this moment
As long as you're mine
I've lost all resistance
And crossed the borderline
And if it turns out
It's all over too fast
I'll make every last moment last"

"It's an honor and a joy to be in show business
I feel that spotlight hit me and I'm gone
At the last curtain call I'm the envy of all
So I know the show must go on!"

"Well my heart is about to burst!
My head is about to pop!
And, now that I'm dancing
who cares if I ever stop?"

"They're called Bui-Doi, the dust of life,
conceived in hell and born in strife.
They are the living reminders of all the good we failed to do.
That's why we know deep in our hearts that they are all our children too"

-NM