This time one week from now I'll be home, instead of sitting at the front desk working on homework, which is, sadly, what I'm doing now.
Finals start Monday. I have three, each at 8:00 a.m. on back to back to back days.
Good news, though. And article I wrote was published in yesterday's issue of the Princeton Times! Sure, their printing press screwed up my first name, but it's in there. I guess it didn't really matter whether or not I got published, since Ms. Peck changed her mind about the publishing requirement to get an A, but it's still nice to know that something I wrote was good enough to go into the paper.
Now all that I have left to do is to study for those three finals and to write a final story for feature writing. It has to be done by Wednesday and all I've got at the moment is a little more than a paragraph. I'm really not worried about it, though. I'm writing it about sunburns, which I learned a lot about from doing a pamphlet for a personal safety program we did. It should be relatively easy once I get started on it.
The three finals probably won't be so bad, either. I've just got to set aside some time to study. It's going to be somewhat odd having to stay here for 3 full days after my last final. Oh well, such is the life on an RA.
There are less than two weeks of school left. 13 days separate me from Summer freedom! As you can probably guess, I'm extremely excited about summer vacation. Of course, the excitement is tinged with sadness, what with being and hour and a half away from my significant other. We usually do pretty well when separated. Still, it's a bummer to be away from the one you love. :(
Going to make the most of the last two weeks, though. I plan to have many nights of TV watching snuggled up on his futon. I'm going to miss him.
Still, I think this is going to be a great summer. I'm not working, first of all, which is kind of bad because I won't be making any money. But I figure that this is probably the last summer for a very long long time when I won't HAVE to be working, so why not make the most of it?
I want ot make it a leisurley summer, of course, but I still want it to have a purpose. I'll almost definitely be voluteering a couple of days a week at the hospital where my mom works. For some unknown reason, I really like hospitals and I've wanted to be a volunteer there for several years. Just think, if I'd chosen to volunteer at the hospital instead of the library during the summer of my junior year, I might have chosen a far different career to pursue.
I have some objectives for the summer as well, mainly being to enjoy as much of the simple pleasures as I can. I want to do a lot more reading (happy books only!) and learn to cook. I especially want to go through everything I own and donate a lot of it to charity. I have so many clothes that I will never wear that I just need to get rid of.
And of course, there will be a great deal of TV watching and playing with Aidan.
I am SO ready for the summer to get here!
Got to make it through finals and check out first, though. I'm not particularly worried about finals. One of them is going to be incredibly easy. One will be an essay that, if I prepare myself well enough, shouldn't be a problem. And the other, though it will most likely require a lot of studying, is doable. It's the journalism papers that have me stressed... which is pathetic because, really, I've done all the hard ones. The only ones I have left are:
- My autobiography - Started it tonight. I'm already half way through regarding minimum word count. It's kind of depressing to write since its largely about my dad, but I like the direction its going in so far.
- Library career story - Have also already started this one. Has to be at least 4 pages. Will take a lot of piecing together, but shouldn't be very hard once I really devote a big chunck of time to it.
- Book Review - Honestly, this is just a filler story for Feature Writing. I have absolutely no intention of submitting it anywhere. I just need a third story and I thought a book review would be pretty easy to do. Only problem is that I haven't had time to even finish the book I'm reviewing! Oh well, I have until 5/13. It'll get done.
I feel like I should be farther ahead, and maybe I should, but I know I'm way ahead of most people in my classes. That's somewhat sad / indicative of our journalism program. Thankfully I don't intend to use this degree, right?
In no particular order...
- Send proof of enrollment letters so I don't have to start paying back those student loans
- Call Bluefield Hospital about possibly volunteering
- Do the exercises assigned for Grammar
- Do the study questions assigned for Art History
- Buy supplies for my kids craft feature story
- Start working on my library career story for News Reporting II
Honestly, if I can get all of that accomplished before next Sunday (plus any additional daily work that's assigned) I'll feel really good. I've set aside a lot of homework time this week. I just have to make myself work on those stories. It's not going to be easy, but I'll get through it.
I finally broke down and got myself a new blog. It's been a LONG time since I was a regular blogger. I've made a couple of disjointed livejournal posts over the last year but that's it.
I want to get back into the habit of writing (almost) daily, even if it's just about the little things in life. Honestly, that's probably all it will ever amount to, as I don't really have a lot of drama in my life (or at least not the kind of drama that I would feel comfortable putting out there on the internet.)
I kept a written journal for a while last year, but about the ony times I ever wrote in it were when I was mad at someone. I realized that I didn't really want to keep a written record of all the negative things in life, so I stopped writing. Now I just want to write about the good things. Books I'm enjoying, things I've done with friends that I've enjoyed, music I'm listening to... like I said, the little things.
So to start off, I guess I'll introduce myself.
My name is Brittany. If you hadn't guess from the name, I am indeed a female. I'm 22 years-old at the moment. Right now I'm a Senior in college, though I've got an extra year ahead of me. I don't mind though. I've enjoyed college for the most part. In fact, I would go as far as to say that, yes, they have been the best years of my life. I've made great grades, gotten involved on campus, got a great job, made new friends, and met my boyfriend who is more like a husband, to be honest.
So that's me. And this is my blog. Commence randomness.
