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Saturday, January 8, 2011

It may be the end, but it's not over yet...

Well, it's another Sunday morning, and another day when I'm getting ready to head back to school after a break. This Sunday morning is different, however. I have just ended my LAST Christmas break, and am about to begin my LAST semester of college...holy crap.

As I look back on the last three and a half years, every semester seems to have some label of being an overall "good" or "bad" semester. I won't bore you with any of the details of previous years right now, but we'll just start with the most recent one. I mentioned in a previous post that this latest semester was neither good nor bad - we just didn't do a whole lot. We spent so much time working that I felt like we never really took advantage of the fact that this is our last year in the care-free world of college. Well, I am determined to change all of that this semester.

While this semester I will be busier than nearly any other, I feel like I will actually manage to have more fun. Every time I'm super busy, I always seem to manage my time better and make more time for the good stuff. I have a 3-day weekend this semester (which would be 4 if I didn't decide to work on Mondays), but that balance will hopefully help me to plan stuff out better. Here are some of the things that I'm hoping to do this semester (some of which I've already arranged, woohoo!):

1)Trip to Michigan Tech in February (already planned!)
2)Finally go to a Caps game (tickets bought!)
3)Go to La Tasca with my Spain friends
4)Go skiing
5)Try out lots of different bars (and figure out names of rail drinks)
6)Take advantage of weekend mornings and get off campus (maybe look for cafes?)
7)Make time for all of my different friends
8)Meet new people (or at least get to know others better - yes I know it's the end of senior year)
9)Do more service
10)Keep up my exercise routine
11)Keep my temper in check ;)

I'm sure there are plenty of other little things here and there that I want to make sure I do this semester, but this gives you the general gist. Plus, Dad just got home from the grocery store and we're getting ready to eat breakfast before heading back to school (I guess I should gather up those last few items scattered around the house). I really hope this semester turns out the way I would like. I know it will be busy and I know that I have a lot of responsibilities that I currently have to keep track of and that will be coming into my life in the next few months. I just want to make sure that I don't let this time slip away before I'm thrust into the real world.