So very grateful for 2010....

I am so grateful for everything 2010 gave me.  I'm grateful for all of the challenges that made me stronger, opportunities that made me smarter, for the new friends I've made that have reminded me that I am ok just as I am, and for my family that has stuck by me through everything.  2011 marks some endings AND beginnings and I can't wait to see where those beginnings will take me.  I don't like making resolutions but I hope that 2011 will bring me much happiness and I wish the same for everyone in my life.  Thanks for the memories 2010! :)

Whew!

YAY!!! I am really truly done this semester.  What a journey.....I am finally starting to feel like myself again.  It is amazing what sleepless nights, and coffee filled days will do to you!  I am looking forward to a week or so of R&R and then heading right back into the books, so I can make my senior project the best that it can be! :)  

Happy Holidays Everyone!

Wow....

Wow, today marks my last "official" day of classes for the Fall Semester.  I just came back from attending a community presentation for my Oral Histories class.  What a wonderful experience!  All semester long we work at learning how to become oral historians and today we get to FINALLY see our videos and present them to our interviewees.  To have them thank US for helping them, that was very humbling.  Their stories are so important and I am the one who is lucky to have had the opportunity to work with them.  It was sad to say goodbye to my classmates, it was a great mix of people, and I will miss working with them all.  

So, last day of classes...wow.....although I have one more assignment left, I am pretty much done with the fall semester.  That is an overwhelming thought! You work so hard at something for many months and then it's over.  It feels good and sad all at the same time.  

Things feel even more overwhelming because I know that I only have one more semester before I graduate.  It is very hard to put into words all of the emotions I feel.  I am happy, sad, excited, overwhelmed, grateful, and determined (just to name a few).  This continues to be one of the greatest journeys of my life and I can't wait to see how the rest of it turns out!

“It's weird...you know the end of something great is coming, but you want to hold on, just for one more second...just so it can hurt a little more.”

Endings are sometimes painful, and maybe because I know that the end to my college career is just around the corner, I find myself trying to hold onto this semester for as long as I can.  I feel like I learned so much about myself during the past few months, but I can't quite explain it.  All I know is that something wonderful is growing inside of me, I can feel it. Every minute of every day has been confusing, amazing, fun, and challenging all at the same time. I was fortunate enough to have really great classmates that I learned something new from at every class meeting, and a professor that has inspired me all semester long.  It's not often in college where you go away feeling like every class you took was just the right class for you; this time though, I feel it.  So, today when I had the "un-offical" end to my classes (We still have some community presentations next week), I felt pretty sad.  And as I sit here and write and really think about it all, I darn near want to cry.  When something is so perfect, when it's just the right combination of things, moments, and experiences, well...it's hard to let that go.  So even though it has been brutal at times I will hold onto this semester for as long as I can.