Grade Paranoia

Today for Veteran's Day, we had school off. Right in the middle of the week! How nice is that? I mean, you're just hitting tuesday, you're really bumming about the rest of the week, and then BAM! Day off. I think they should make a habit of this.
So considering that today is a day off, lots of people are out at the beach, the mall, hanging out with their friends, all that good stuff that we do on the weekend.
Yet what am I doing? I'm doing the immense load of homework my teachers have thrust upon me. How nice.
Mainly it's a project; a Great Gatsby project. And after spending a good hour stalling and complaining, I realized that not only should I not be so upset, but really, I brought it upon myself.
I could have let anyone else in my group take the project home and finish it. Yet if I think about it, would I? No, never in a million years. Why you may ask? Why not let others do the work and give myself a break? Well, because I have Grade Paranoia my friends. In case you are not aware of this, allow me to guide you along the path of enlightenment:
Grade Paranoia is a specific type of paranoia of the school-related persuasion. In short, it means that when it comes to my grades and my school work, I trust no one. I've found myself doing this since elementary school. When there is a project to be done, I assert myself as leader and do the majority of it. Not because I enjoy being an authority figure, oh no, not in the least, I am a very lazy person and the last thing I rarely ever want is to be in control of a situation when others are perfectly capable of doing so and have a greater desire to. No, I take control because it sets me at ease, it makes me more comfortable, to know that my grade is completely under my own control. Unless I am completely convinced that those in my group are far more efficient than I and will do everything perfectly, which I rarely ever am, I will never let someone do the work that could possibly ruin my grade. It's never because I doubt the abilities of the others, it's just that I trust my own abilities more than I trust theirs, and that's not just with quality of work, but with punctuality and so on.
So really, would I be in any better shape if one of my classmates had the project right now? No, in fact I'd probably be panicking, thinking about what could go wrong all day, and calling them every 5 minutes to make sure they haven't forgotten about it and asking them to explain in excruciating detail exactly what they're doing to it.