history: I took some exams last week, and I did so much preparation, I'm certain I did well. I did the final exams for my course last week_comma_ and I did so much studying and cramming_comma_ I'm sure I aced it. Hopefully_comma_ your hard work payed off. Where the finals hard?
current: Fingers crossed. Yeah, they were super hard, but when you have enough time to study, nothing's too hard.
next: I agree with you. Hard work tends to give the results in the end.