No Pain. No Gain.

Every year the inevitable happens.  I am assigned a research paper.  Every year we choose from a list of topics, and every year I grow bored with the lengthy process but not this time around.  This particular research paper was actually not that painful.  I actually opened books in the library that I never even knew existed, I read a novel that I really enjoyed, and I felt a sense of glowing pride when I held my completed, hefty research paper in my hands.  

As I printed out my last page of the paper, I had a feeling comparable to crossing a finish line after a marathon.  It was the type of accomplishment that makes you forget all of the hills you had to sprint up along the way.  The only thing left to do now... is wait.  You never quite know just what kind of grade is about to come so I can only hope that my hard work paid off.  Now in the mean time, I have a U.S. History paper that needs to be written, but after that AP Lang. monster, it feels like a piece of cake.