This is a year of firsts and lasts. It's exciting, scary, but I am ready for these new beginnings.
Lasts:
-Last time I will buy books for an undergraduate class
-Last time I will step foot into the Empo
-Last time I will be an active Kappa sister
-Last time I will take the bus on campus
-Last time I will be an undergraduate
-Last time I will be on Tech's campus as an undergrad
-Last time spending hours in the CT and SGA offices
Firsts:
-First time moving out of the state all by myself
-First grad school classes
-First time waitressing for the summer
-First time being all by myself in a new state
-First time taking classes that directly relate to my intended career and degree
I cannot even say how ready I am to begin this new chapter. Now I just need to patiently wait for those acceptance letters to roll in!
Thursday, January 19, 2012
Saturday, January 7, 2012
one last hurrah.
On Monday I leave home to go back for my last semester at Virginia Tech. Lots of emotions come to mind when I think about this...frustrated (last semester = sad/frustrated, not knowing where I am going to grad school = frustrated), nervous, anxious, complacent, excited. Most of those are not feelings of excitement per say, but here is what is happening this semester.
1. I will be a nervous wreck until I find out where I am accepted to graduate school. I honestly don't think I have ever been more nervous or unsure about anything in my entire life. My hands start shaking and my heartbeat rapidly increases when I go to check my applications online...that's how bad it is. BUT - at the same time, this is what I am most excited about this semester. I am ready for a change, I am ready to start a new journey, and these decision letters hold the key.
2. I turn 21. Finally. Thank goodness. All I want to do is go downtown with my friends and socialize, is that really that much to ask?
3. The Empo. I got a stellar GPA this fall semester from all of the time I spent at the Empo - success! And I plan on doing that again this semester - gotta go out with a bang.
4. Kappa = My favorite people. End of story.
So as of right now, I graduate in four months and three days. Not that I'm counting - so let's do this right spring 2012.
1. I will be a nervous wreck until I find out where I am accepted to graduate school. I honestly don't think I have ever been more nervous or unsure about anything in my entire life. My hands start shaking and my heartbeat rapidly increases when I go to check my applications online...that's how bad it is. BUT - at the same time, this is what I am most excited about this semester. I am ready for a change, I am ready to start a new journey, and these decision letters hold the key.
2. I turn 21. Finally. Thank goodness. All I want to do is go downtown with my friends and socialize, is that really that much to ask?
3. The Empo. I got a stellar GPA this fall semester from all of the time I spent at the Empo - success! And I plan on doing that again this semester - gotta go out with a bang.
4. Kappa = My favorite people. End of story.
So as of right now, I graduate in four months and three days. Not that I'm counting - so let's do this right spring 2012.
Sunday, January 1, 2012
jan 1, 2012
Well, 2012 has finally arrived. This is a year of beginnings for me and I could not be MORE excited!
In store for 2012:
1. April 25 - I finally turn 21 (I just want to go downtown and socialize, is that too much to ask for?)
2. May 11 - I graduate from Virginia Tech. I wasn't sure how I would feel saying these words, until about this past November, and I knew I was ready for something bigger, something better. Virginia Tech has been amazing, and the experiences I've had, education I've received, and people I met have certainly changed my life -- but I cannot even say how ready I am to graduate and go to grad school this fall.
3. August - I move out of this state to attend grad school. Now, that's a scary thought. Out of the bubble of VA to (as of right now) an unknown location in the United States. This is what I am most excited for -- to start a new chapter. Moving to a state where I will most likely know no one (or very minimal people at that) and I have to start over. I love starting over. This is what moving around every two years of my life has prepared me for -- the thrill of the unknown. Bring it on.
So, with these three significant events in 2012, I decided I would make five new years resolutions that I know I can accomplish and keep.
1. With every negative thought, think two positives. I was very guilty of this in 2011, and honestly so I had all the reason to be with several significant events that influenced my life, but I don't want to be stuck in a rut of negatives this year.
2. Embrace the unknown. I am a planner, type A to a tee, and not scared to admit it. On a typical Monday night you can find me arriving at the Empo around 9 p.m. (after finishing meetings at 8:30 p.m.), sitting down to my Erin Condren life planner to see what the night ahead will bring as far as: emails, papers, group projects, assignments, more emails, lists to be made, etc. I want to plan every facet of my life within my power. Now, I don't think there is necessarily anything wrong with this, I just know that I need to change the amount of planning I think I can do. I can't plan what is going to happen tomorrow, or next week, or even two hours from now. But what I can do is prepare -- prepare for what is in store and embrace the obstacles that come my way, so that is what I will do.
3. Put Him before me. This summer I lost one of the most influential people in my life, and since then my faith has changed -- for the better. I want to continue this uphill climb in 2012.
4. Blog/Read/Write/Journal/Remember more. I have always been fascinated by time capsules. When I was in kindergarten my class made time capsules and were told that when we were graduating high school, we could come back to our kindergarten school and be given permission to dig up our capsule. I like to remember my experiences, so writing/journaling, etc. will give me a new time capsule that I can look back on years from now.
5. Open my heart. To life, friends, love, sorrow, fear, denial, excitement -- to everything. Not only let myself open my heart, but also let my heart BE open to what is to come this year, because it really is going to change my life.
And with that, I hope your January 1, 2012 has set the tone for the experiences that are to come this year -- happy new year!
In store for 2012:
1. April 25 - I finally turn 21 (I just want to go downtown and socialize, is that too much to ask for?)
2. May 11 - I graduate from Virginia Tech. I wasn't sure how I would feel saying these words, until about this past November, and I knew I was ready for something bigger, something better. Virginia Tech has been amazing, and the experiences I've had, education I've received, and people I met have certainly changed my life -- but I cannot even say how ready I am to graduate and go to grad school this fall.
3. August - I move out of this state to attend grad school. Now, that's a scary thought. Out of the bubble of VA to (as of right now) an unknown location in the United States. This is what I am most excited for -- to start a new chapter. Moving to a state where I will most likely know no one (or very minimal people at that) and I have to start over. I love starting over. This is what moving around every two years of my life has prepared me for -- the thrill of the unknown. Bring it on.
So, with these three significant events in 2012, I decided I would make five new years resolutions that I know I can accomplish and keep.
1. With every negative thought, think two positives. I was very guilty of this in 2011, and honestly so I had all the reason to be with several significant events that influenced my life, but I don't want to be stuck in a rut of negatives this year.
2. Embrace the unknown. I am a planner, type A to a tee, and not scared to admit it. On a typical Monday night you can find me arriving at the Empo around 9 p.m. (after finishing meetings at 8:30 p.m.), sitting down to my Erin Condren life planner to see what the night ahead will bring as far as: emails, papers, group projects, assignments, more emails, lists to be made, etc. I want to plan every facet of my life within my power. Now, I don't think there is necessarily anything wrong with this, I just know that I need to change the amount of planning I think I can do. I can't plan what is going to happen tomorrow, or next week, or even two hours from now. But what I can do is prepare -- prepare for what is in store and embrace the obstacles that come my way, so that is what I will do.
3. Put Him before me. This summer I lost one of the most influential people in my life, and since then my faith has changed -- for the better. I want to continue this uphill climb in 2012.
4. Blog/Read/Write/Journal/Remember more. I have always been fascinated by time capsules. When I was in kindergarten my class made time capsules and were told that when we were graduating high school, we could come back to our kindergarten school and be given permission to dig up our capsule. I like to remember my experiences, so writing/journaling, etc. will give me a new time capsule that I can look back on years from now.
5. Open my heart. To life, friends, love, sorrow, fear, denial, excitement -- to everything. Not only let myself open my heart, but also let my heart BE open to what is to come this year, because it really is going to change my life.
And with that, I hope your January 1, 2012 has set the tone for the experiences that are to come this year -- happy new year!
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