The golf cart barely managed to chug up the steep, gravel hill as a cloud of dust formed closely behind. A trip to my grandmother’s house is the epitome of over the river and through the woods, but I like to joke that it is more like over the cornfield and through the haystacks in her case. There is not a single building in sight, however that just makes the adventure all the more exciting.

I stopped the golf cart by the fence, and pulled out a few sugar cubes from the side console. My foot sank into the ground, still wet from the previous night's rain, as I reached through one of the small openings in the gate, sugar cube in hand, towards the donkeys as an echo of moos sounded from further back in the enclosure. The smell of fresh manure and livestock was all too familiar.

I hoisted myself over the large gate and into the field like I had done so many times before and began to walk. I was towards the middle of the field when I looked to the left and had to do a quick double take as I realized I was not looking at a cow, which would have been common place for the farm, rather I was suddenly locking eyes with a bull the size of my dad’s Toyota Sequoia. All I had time to think was, “just my luck” before the car sized bull was charging towards me like a ball of pure testosterone. I turned around and sprinted for the gate, never looking back, but squinting my eyes in fear of impalement from a large horn. The cows in the field began to moo as they heard the commotion which oddly served as a sort of cheerleading routine for my dash back towards the gate.

After what felt like an eternity, I reached the gate and did not hesitate to take one massive leap and hurl myself over it, landing safely in the deep, fresh mud on the other side. Out of breath and covered in dirt and mud I sat up, just to notice that the bull was nowhere in sight.

I now view this story as a pure analogy of my work ethic. I bring my utmost energy and brain power to all my assignments and assessments, however I am never able to escape the “bull” or all my anxieties and self doubts as they come raging through my brain and I am forced to make a daring escape.