Back to a Routine
Well, I am so far behind on these blogs, that I cannot even “fake it” and try to catch up. So, I will just start fresh and hope that in the next couple of weeks, I can keep myself on track. Last time I blogged, I was talking about scheduling my classes and graduate school. Well, my classes are registered for, and I am still waiting to hear if I got accepted or not from the graduate school. This is a little stressful, because a few people I know have already gotten their acceptance letters, and I am still waiting for mine. It has only been a couple of days, but I am still anxious, and just want the letter to come. I am sure most of you felt that way about your top choice colleges, so you know how I am feeling.
School has been really stressful and busy. The crew team had a bit of trouble when we flipped a boat at morning practice. Everyone was ok, thank goodness. I had to meet with a lot of people in the school to file accident reports and verify what happened. I was a really busy and stressed out person for a couple of days. The school is now looking into helping us out by getting a launch for us, which is a boat that would follow behind our boats during practice. So, something positive did come out of something negative. We cancelled our next two regattas, which I know was really disappointing, because we really look forward to them every year, but I thought it was better for the team. We will just have to train hard and prove ourselves next year in the fall.
The weather has been completely ridiculous. Last Monday, it snowed here in Scranton. We got around 4 inches of snow, and school was cancelled after 2 PM. This was on April 16. I could not believe it. I had brought a lot of my winter clothes home over spring break, and once again, I was forced to bundle up to walk to class. Then, this Monday, it was 65 degrees at nine o’clock in the morning. We hit 80 in the afternoon. I could not believe that the weather changed so drastically from one Monday to the next. My older sister said that that was the beauty of Scranton. I just think it’s absurd, but I guess we can go with beauty too.
With nice weather, the campus comes alive. People sit on the commons all day, and if you are off campus, everyone is out on the roof or the porch. A few lucky classes have professors who will take them outside to teach. With the nice weather comes the tendency to want to not go to class or do any work whatsoever and just sit in the sun. It is hard to resist those urges, but I have been managing so far.
The semester is beginning to feel over, which is crazy. I do not even know what to think about that, especially since this year, I know a ton of people graduating. I think I am in denial that a lot of my friends will not be around next year. Scranton is not going to be the same without them. For the time being, I am going to continue being in denial and deal with it when it happens (true counseling major).
So that was the update on the past couple of weeks. I will be more focused on getting a blog in a week, so that there will be no need to discuss three weeks in one blog. So, expect another blog in a week!