Home Sweet Home

I am now back at home.  My stuff is all over the house and I can barely move around in my room but sleeping in my own bed is very nice!  I am looking forward to seeing all of my friends from home and catching up but I can already tell that it's going to be a little weird being home after all this time.  Everyone has their own things that they are doing and places they are going.  Some of my friends are studying abroad or taking summer classes or getting jobs so I don't know how much time I will actually have to hang out with them.  We'll see!

Season Finale

It's officially over!  My finals are over, my dorm room is empty and it's time to go home.  I am very relieved to be finished with my exams and I am definitely welcoming a break from classes, but I'm just not ready to leave college!  This has seriously been the most exciting time I have ever had.  I have made so many wonderful friends and experienced some great things.  My life is going to be so boring at home!  It was time to end, though, and now I can relax...

New Friends

I feel like I have made a few really good new friends lately-which I love--but it is really bad timing!  I wish I had known these people at the beginning of the year instead of now that we are all about to leave for the summer,  I guess this means that I will have to do a better job at keeping in touch during the break and make a huge effort to re-connect as soon as we get back.  I feel like thats going to be the hardest thing to to next year--reconnect with the people that I got to be really good friends with.  we're all going to be living in different places next year and I just think it's going to be a lot harder.  I know i will make new friends but I really don't want to lose the ones I have from this year!!  That is my New [school] Year's Resolution...keep in touch!

Definitely not Dead Week

At my school we have what is called "Dead Week" which is the week before final exams.  This means that teachers cannot assign any more graded projects or tests or homework because you are supposed to use the time to prepare for exams.  I have been in college for two semesters now, and I have discovered that Dead Week is anything but dead!  Since there are no tests or papers, this is the time that people decide to have final meetings and many officer elections take place.  And on top of all of the academic stress, this week is when all of the end of the year get-togethers happen!  I"ve had dinners with different groups of friends for the last time until we come back next year and many people have end of the year parties.  It's a lot to fit on one's calendar!  Somehow I'll manage though...

Nearing the End...

These last few weeks before school gets out are KILLING me!  Last week, I had a 12 page paper, a 5 page paper, and a math test all on the same day.  Who does that??  And even though I had worked ahead on all of them, of course the finishing touches took a lot longer than i expected and I had to pull two all-nighters....it was an awful week, needless to say.

Spring Break!

I am FINALLY on Spring Break!  I am visiting relatives this week and I am looking forward to just relaxing.  That might be a little difficult, however, considering that I have a book to read and a test to study for...but it shouldn't be that bad.  Hopefully I'll be able to get some time in to go to the beach with friends too!  I love this time of year!

Story of My Life

I am SO sorry that I have been so lax in my posting these past few weeks.  My life seems to just keep getting more complicated and busy...but I'm loving it!  As I mentioned earlier, I ran for a seat on my student government association's senate...and I won!!!  I am SO excited about getting involved with all the other senators as well as the executive positions within the SGA.  I'm a dork but I love stuff like that.  Last week I went to our state's capitol along with a delegation from my school as well as all of the other schools across the state to meet with legislators in order to hopefully secure more money for the funding of higher education in the state.  It was a really neat experience and allowed us to get a feel about how the legislative process works in relation to the budget of the state and how it is doled out.

Also, I applied for a very prestigious program at my university that deals with current issues and concerns facing our state today and I just got an interview!  Yay!  It is at the end of the week so I will let you all know how it goes!  Wish me luck!

Economic Downturn...

I hate economics.  Period.  I think it is an extremely difficult subject and class and I do not know why I am required to take it.  At first, I didn't think it was going to be that bad.  I liked my teacher and the course seemed a little hard but I didn't think it would be something that I couldn't handle.  Oh, but I was wrong.  I did HORRIBLY on the first two tests.  I went to my professor the other day and had a chat about the class and my grade and such and he recommended dropping it...I really don't want to but we'll see...

Spring Fever!

We have had absolutely BEAUTIFUL weather this past week.  It is making everybody crazy!  I am so ready for permanent warm weather.  Spring is definitely my favorite time of the year and I'm so looking forward to it!  It's making it hard to concentrate when it is so pretty outside.  When I walk to class and it is nice outside there are people sitting out on the lawn and eating lunch or doing homework.  It is like a perfect picture of what those college brochures look like.  I love it!

Balancing Act

Being in college requires balancing a lot of things and some major multi-tasking.  For example, as I am writing this I am waiting on my laundry to finish and eating lunch.  I have to balance massive amounts of school work with extracurricular activities with a social life with regular hygiene.  It can get really difficult sometimes.  I LOVE to be involved on campus--I was really involved in high school and I just like to be busy with important things to do.  People always talk about being able to say "no" though.  I just don't know at what point I would have TOO much to do.  Am I there?  Am I past that point?  I have a meeting almost every night, hours of homework, and plenty of friends.  And I am still applying for organizations and I'm running for a Student Government Senate seat.  Am I overbooked?  How will I know??

These are just some things that I've been thinking about lately.  I guess I'll figure it out soon!  I hope...