stress

The next two weeks at work will be my most stressful. I'm in charge of creating, administering, grading, and preparing training for our yearly English test for the hotel staff. The responsibility is compounded by the fact that their score on this test determines if they get a bonus on their paycheck every month or not...and it's all decided by me.
My parents are moving out of the house we've lived in for 16 years. With the exception of the 3 suticases of belongings I have here, all the possessions I've accumulated over 16 years (actually, some are even older than that) are also in the house. I have to decide from this side of the world what I want done with my stuff...leave it in Oklahoma somewhere or let them move it to Connecticut with them. And now I also have to learn how to say "Connecticut" in Chinese. My sister and her husband recently moved from NY to CT, but I've just been referring to it as "a state next to New York." Now that everyone in my family lives there, I should probably just learn it.
A few weeks back I registed to take the HSK, the standardized profieciency test for Chinese. I thought the test was at the end of May. I found out on Wednesday it's really on April 22. That means I have exactly one week from today to make sure I can read and use about 2500 Chinese characters.