I didn't know I was so nervous until I had nothing to worry about anymore

So I'm taking my senior seminar this quarter, and I think part of me has been scared to death ever since I signed up for it.

I didn't worry out loud, or even to myself, because it feels like such an important class that if I don't have at least a little confidence in myself, I won't be able to pull it off. But the whole time, I think I've been desperately afraid that I was in way over my head.

That's why today, when I got my first graded assignment back, I was absolutely ecstatic. And relieved. The fear that I wasn't ready for this course has been dispelled; the professor actually used the words "superb" and "excellent." Wow. I was hoping for a mere "passable" or "maybe-you-won't-fail-miserably," probably because I've never taken a course like this before. I'm walking on air right now.

This is not to say that I don't need to continue to be diligent, or that I don't have to work hard, but it's really nice to hear that I'm on the right track and doing well.