Wednesday, December 15, 2010

Four down, one to go

More than two months have flown by since I wrote last. It's hard to believe I have now compled FOUR semesters of grad school and am only lacking ONE semester until I have a M.A. Woah! Can I really be that grown up? Haha. However, I MUST pass comps to graduate. I will take on this endeavor January 10th & 11th. My brain literally starts hurting when I think of how little time I have to prepare for writing 7 essays in 7 subjects in 7 hours. Sounds pretty terrifying, right?! Especially considering how I have not even had classes in two of the areas. Weird but true. I have started to study for two of my comps. One of the two, Speech Science, I think I could spend all my time over break studying for. This is not a good thing because I have to take SEVEN. Sad face. I know it will all work out somehow...

In the past two months, I've been to Little Rock and back, Fayetteville and back, Fayetteville and back, Little Rock and back, and Little Rock and back. Crazy I know! I've had Razorback football games, a first birthday party, Thanksgiving, Christmas parties, and my mom's dance performance to attend. Whew! Well next semester I don't think I'll be making nearly as many trips. I've put WAY TOO many miles on my car, which means I've spent way too much money on gas plus having to get oil changes. Not to mention I already have to drive plenty is this city.

I suppose I should make bullet points of the last two months of my life (in no certain order of importance):

*The Razorbacks beat Ole Miss, which translates to beat Houston Nutt (I was there)
*The Razorbacks got the boot back from LSU (I was there)
*And most importantly in Hog Country...the Razorbacks are going to the SUGAR BOWL
*I'm dating a boy I met in cycling class
*I carved pumpkins (two to be exact) for the first time in my life
*I believe I am only 20ish hours away from the required 400 clinic hours
*I am going to the Dominican Republic for spring break to test people's hearing (and I got a scholarship that covers most of the trip)
*I along with at least 10 other girls in my class no longer have graduate assistantships (a Debbie downer I know)
*My favorite baby girl turned one year old
*All my living grandparents have had two visits each in the hospital and one is still in a skilled nursing home
*I have made some of my best cakes (7 I believe)
*My mom bought me the coolest leggings (black, red, and blue)
*I ran my first 5k (in 27 minutes)
*I've gotten to dress up (one of my favorite things) in 80s, as a princess, and twice for ugly Christmas sweaters
*I am not very good at speaking like I have ataxic dysarthria
*I now have a comps binder...
*I had some great experiences in clinic at the rehab hospital and the elementary school
*Two girls in my class found out they're pregnant
*One of my best friends found out she's pregnant as well
*I got to go ice skating at the zoo and see Zoo Lights (we were all a little disappointed in the lights)

I guess that is my life in the past two months in a nutshell. I know I'll have some more fabulous experiences to come over break even if a majority of it will be spent studying (hopefully studying).