I'm almost done!

I forgot completely that I even had a blog. I haven't looked at it or thought about it in months. I happened to stumble across it today and realized how long it's been since I've written anything!

I'm five weeks away from graduation--four weeks of class and a week of finals. That includes papers, tests, reading, more papers and the list goes on and on and on! I'm tired just thinking about it!

Graduation is on May 15 at 10 a.m. I already received my cap and gown and announcements. It only made me have senior-itis even more. I have mixed feelings, actually. I'm excited to be done, but I keep hearing about classes I'd love to take. I don't want to stop the learning and achieving. School has to stop though, for awhile. Rick has supported me so well in order for me to complete this degree, but all the while he's been working on his post-graduate degree himself. Yes, life has been very crazy around here. We've agreed that I would wait to continue my education until he is done with his. One of us being in school is a strain, but both of us has been pretty stressful.

Since nobody reads this anyway, I guess I can boast. I am getting an award from the American Studies program. It's pretty cool. The dean told me that I was considered to be the valedictorian speaker, but decided to go with someone in the night school instead. I don't mind in the least. I'm not all that thrilled about speaking in public. I will graduate Suma Cum Laude (4.0 g.p.a.) and University honors. I've worked hard for this, basically to prove to myself that I can.

Except that if I don't get on to doing my homework, I won't get the grades I expect!