Thoughts at the end of the semester

So, here are some random thoughts for at the end of the semester:

• Sometimes you spend 20-30 hours writing a paper and you get an A-. Sometimes you spend that amount of time, or more on a paper, get a B+, and get told you didn't put effort into it.
• And, sometimes you spend spend like 7 hours on a paper that you really didn't put effort into and come out with an A.
• Sometimes in just a few short months you can meet people you really connect with and will miss terribly since they graduated and will be going their own separate ways.
• A good night's sleep can fix almost anything, or at least give you a better outlook at the start of a new day.
• Be careful who you tell you are discerning a religious vocation to, some will just dismiss it, and others will try and sign you up right then and there.
• Basically it comes down to, you win some, you lose some.

Freedom!

I don't remember the end of the semester ever feeling so good before. Walking home from turning in my last final I felt like I was walking on air, despite the pouring rain. Although, I was singing "Singin' in the Rain" to myself.

Oddly enough the activity I am most excited about having the summer free for is reading. I feel like I cannot read for fun during the semester because it makes me feel really guilty to read and not have it contribute to getting my work done. Instead I watch lots and lots of Hulu+. I know, I know.

I am also very excited that in about 54 days I will be back in the amazing State of Texas, if even just for a month and a half. :) I miss Texas and I miss my friends there. Although, Boston is growing on me.

I am just so excited to be done and free. I am halfway through with this degree. Now it's time to research PhD programs, well maybe that can wait until next week. 

5 Things that Suck about Spring Semester Final Exams

1. It is May, and gorgeous outside, and I am stuck inside trying to write papers.
2. It's May and I am supposed to focus.
3. It's the end of the whole school year, and I am burnt out.
4. It is a lot of work to do in a small amount of time. By next Tuesday around noon I need to have finished this 9 page take-home exam and reread(?) half of the massive amount of reading for my Church History oral exam. Then by Thursday at 4, my 20-30 page research paper on assisted suicide is due, which I have some books for, but haven't even started to look at, and Friday I have a 10 page paper due for John and Virtue Ethics, but I have to work that day during the day so it needs to be done before Friday, say what?
5. I just don't care anymore! Well, that isn't entirely true, but it is almost accurate. My "give-a-damn" is pretty broken.