The Cycle Has Continued...

So I haven't posted since September. Surprise, surprise. My first semester as a graduate student went pretty well. I rocked my courses, learned a lot, and really became inspired.

This semester started off a bit rocky, as I dropped a course and am no longer a full time student. So of course, this has interfered with my health insurance, so I am hoping and hoping that I do not injure myself...but as I am incredibly clumsy and accident-prone, only time will tell.

My classes are both really interesting. I am surprised by my motivation in my Legal Aspects of Higher Ed class - somehow, the textbook seems to pull me in. Then, the case studies in class just make everything I have read so applicable and useful. This is the first time in awhile that I actually feel like I am doing something with what I am learning.

My other class is Ideas of the University. This class isn't as applicable; it's more of a "philosophy of the university" sort of class. The readings, for the most part, have been interesting. I guess the class just provides alternate vantage points to examine higher education.

BUT my BIG NEWS is...(drum roll, please.....) I GOT AN INTERNSHIP!!!! I'm an advising intern at Edgewood college. It is, of course, unpaid, but I'm really enjoying it so far. This semester I am working in the nursing department, and I'll be advising, but also will be doing some institutional research and other odds and ends. Then, this summer, I'll move to be advising a more generalized student population. I'm so excited about this. I finally feel like I'm taking that step in the right direction towards beginning to build a future for myself in this field. So even with having to drop a course and such, the chance to have this opportunity just helps with dealing with everything else.

Other than that, just the usual. I'm going to have to find another job for this summer, which is going to make for a busy, busy summer. I'm going to take a class, intern (I'm thinking 3 days a week), probably babysit for EG one day a week, and then find another job. I'm thinking (hoping) for something like William Sonoma, so that I could get discounts on stuff, as I will be moving at the end of the summer (sigh, there is WAY too much going on with that). But who knows.

Anyways, I think that's about it for now.

Ciao!