Time has flown.

Nine days until I graduate. Wow. Time has flown. ( I wonder where time always flies to…)
This past weekend was Stephanie and Chad’s wedding and it was beautiful and very fun. Charlotte, Karena and I all travelled up to Omaha together and we had a grand ol’ time.

Just three more weeks...

It is hard to believe that there is less than a month left in my collegiate career. Just three weeks, actually. And that last week is really just finals and graduation. Wow.

My three and a half years here have gone by like a flash of lightening. It’s mind-bending to think that I’ve only known what major I wanted to have for a little over two years. Coming to SBU I proudly proclaimed that my major be “undecided” and I approached every course as one that could be a part of my future field. I remember what a confusing and exciting time that was; I am glad to have experienced it.

In a matter of three and a half years I have...
chosen a major (Communication),
added a minor (Philosophy),
picked up a new sport (soccer),
survived the Ice Storm of January 2007,
met the people whom I consider to be my best friends,
changed my church membership,
made up and changed my mind numerous times about my future direction,
learned more than I can convey through words, and
drawn closer to God.
I have done many, many other things as well, but those are the big ones.

Life travels quickly. I have done my best to seize and savor the moments that have I have been given. Even within these last three weeks I hope to continue to enjoy every moment. Admittedly, “Senioritis” makes this difficult at times (alright, really difficult) but I am still going to try.

Until next time, peace in.

This week is Treehugger Week!

Earth Day is tomorrow (Tuesday) and Arbor Day is Friday! I am extremely excited, in case you could not tell from my excessive use of exclamation marks! Yes, I love the environment, being green and I do indeed consider myself a treehugger. So, this week is a very happy time for me. I need to figure out what to do in order to celebrate appropriately both tomorrow and Friday.

Just under two weeks until one of my best friends, Stephanie, gets married! Charlotte, another best friend of mine, and I will be traveling up to Omaha to participate as parts of the bridal party. I was there at camp with Stephanie when she met Chad (her future husband) and it will be great to see them become husband and wife. My goodness, we are growing up.

Four more weeks! Four more weeks until all my finals are completed and I sit next to my two good friends, Holly and Jill during graduation. Four more weeks until homework becomes a thing of the past. Four more weeks and I will start to move out of our triplex that has served as my abode for the last year. Four more weeks and I will go to the graduation reception that Dr. C. Pat Taylor is holding at his house. Four more weeks and I will no longer be a college student, but rather a college graduate. Only four more weeks and my mom, in celebration of my graduation, will make those amazing-looking peanut butter sandwich cookies for which she recently found a recipe.

Five weeks until Charlotte gets married! Married Stephanie will be coming down for the wedding to be in the bridal party with me and another one of Charlotte’s friends, Ashley. John (Charlotte’s soon-to-be husband) and Charlotte will have a very beautiful wedding and even dancing at the reception. It will be great to be a part of and enjoy with my closest friends.

So, those are just the major events that are coming up in my life. Wowser. It will be great, no doubt.

This week remember Earth Day and Arbor Day and hug a tree for me.

Until next time, peace in.

Life anymore is just plain busy.

So many things need to be accomplished before Graduation arrives. Regular homework, speeches, projects, internship work, intramural soccer games, wedding festivities (the two weddings of my best friends, mind you), preparations for this summer, job searching, and I am pretty sure that is only the top of the list. Here I must clarify that I am really enjoying my final semester here at SBU. I am doing my best to seize every opportunity to make great memories with my friends and to learn as much as possible before life changes in a very dramatic way.

Yet, I am now beginning to grasp the finality of the close of my collegiate career. There is no way to freeze time, no way to slow it, and most definitely no way to go back and relive it. Truth be told, I would not really want to do any of the aforementioned things and I am rather aware that what the future holds is exciting and mysterious.

I guess what is somewhat frightening is this whole idea of “growing up.” Being a young graduate, soon to be 21, I still feel as if I am fully discovering what my passions are and how I desire to live out my life. Though it is totally possible to continue on that journey once I am out of school and have a job I am still aware that it will be different. Different is in no way bad, but I suppose I am just trying to prepare for the transition.

Job opportunities rest heavily on my mind these days as well. It is really cool to finally get out there and begin to compete with everyone else in the job market. I feel very qualified with my coursework and internship experience under my belt. Since I will be away working camp in New Mexico and California (and perhaps even Canada) this summer it makes the job-hunt even more difficult. I pray that if the employer is impressed enough and I seem worthwhile as a future employee that they will be understanding about my summer plans.

Ah, things to ponder, plan for, and do. Only five more weeks until Graduation! Am I excited? I think I hit excited at the beginning of the semester and I am well past that point.

Until next time, peace in.