Ree, you must be more expansive in your thinking. Exam preparation is not, at its essence, substantially different from food preparation. In fact, the latter is probably a much more rigorous test of your worth as a person.

Nonetheless, your objective is to accomplish both simultaneously. This is laudable -- maybe even honorable. And it just makes sense. Is sociology really any different from making meatballs? What is comparative literature if not the unrolled bracciole of human experience?

My advice: wake up early tomorrow morning and start the coffee. Take the Italian bread left over from today, cut it up and put it into the toaster oven. Have butter and marmalade at the ready. Relax and read an art history textbook. Envision sausage and Locatelli cheese, not just now, but thru the ages. Do what comes naturally. Not only will you be a better student, you'll be a fuller human being.