Today, I began my last semester as an Undergraduate. Day 1 and I am already on that path of overwhelmed. Do I have everything I need? (answer: no) Did I remember everything from home? (answer: who knows) Will I have friends in any of my classes? (answer: TBD) Can I survive these next 16 weeks of chaos, stress, excitement, etc.? (answer: Only with the Lord's help)
Recap of last semester: It was a lot of work. I had fun with some of the work, despised some others of it, and simply pushed through the rest. I passed all my classes, learned all I could, and came out so ready for a break from school.
Winter break was good. I got to spend the holidays with family and take some much needed time to relax. My parents and I went to Arizona for Christmas to stay with family and spent the New Year at the Glamis Sand Dunes. It was super fun. I especially enjoyed spending time with my cousin Katie and my favorite little munchkin of a godson. It is nice to have someone so similar to me that is related that I can talk to, vent with, and work out the ideas in my head. And I guess Barrett is a pretty cool kid too. After heading home from those adventures, I got some time just to be at home, to relax and take care of myself, regroup, bother my fluffy things :-)
But here I am now, back at school, back into the grind of things (eventually). The trip up was crazy and wet, but we arrived safely and my parents made it back home. I miss them already, and my cats. Part of me wonders why I decided to be this far away from home for school, but I have grown so much as a student and a person by fully immersing myself every single day that I wouldn't have it any other way.
Most of my classes are Monday/Wednesday, so I only had a lab and an intro to a fun class today. Yet still, I am sitting here overwhelmed. I have so much to look forward to this semester, with new projects, new friends, new adventures, and graduation of course. We will see how things progress. And hopefully I can take some time for more updates.
Here are some pictures:
My favorite picture I took all of break. Barrett and his grandpa (Uncle Karl)
Astro taking up residence in my stuffed animals shelf
My favorite little Christmas elf
That's all for now. Back to school work
Kallie <3
