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This coming Monday starts the beginning of the end of my college career. At this moment, I can’t think of a better feeling. The last three weeks before the end of this past summer semester were, to say the least, way too busy. Of course, it was my own fault for procrastinating, but I’m so tired of being busy outside of work, my fault or not.

College had its ups and downs. I loved the challenge and I like to learn, but I’m not necessarily doing what I spent 5-6 years studying (referring to undergrad, here). For my profession in doing what I love, I’ve essentially taught myself nearly everything. Grad school helped to fill in a few gaps, but even there I wasn’t overwhelmed with useful information. I’m sure I picked up a ton more than I realize, though—hopefully.

Despite my thoughts on college, I’ve only got four months left, forever. No more projects, finals, group work, or summer semesters that span the length of two summer sessions. It’s all coming to an end, and I couldn’t be more ready.

From Thursday evening to Sunday evening, I’ve been doing homework pretty much non-stop. Let’s look at it in terms of hours. Since Thursday after work I’ve spent 32-35 hours finishing out the semester. It’s been a frustrating couple of days, as I’ve had to pick up the slack for group members who “forget” (on purpose) their part of certain group assignments. I’d much rather work alone. Anyway, I’m really looking forward to the next 4 weeks of no evening class and no lengthy assignments. Plus I’m not working Coca-Cola through the holidays this year, which is a first in 6 years for me.

And on a side note, I’m getting tired of reading words that contain meme. It seems like they’re all over the place now.

I scheduled through the summer thinking I would be able to get four classes out of the way (2 each summer semester). Little did I know, for grad school, there are no Summer 1 and Summer 2 sessions – it’s all one long, drawn-out semester. Needless to say, I was disappointed. The semester just ended and school starts up again August 21st. I took my last final on Wednesday, and I was so relieved to be done for the semester. Finally, I get a break. Oh wait, not really. Having two semesters in the summer would have done nothing for my break, but I would have accepted my fate, had I been able to get four of them knocked out instead of only two.

This past semester I had the absolute worst class in the world. It was so frustrating and dumb. But even if I loved the class, obviously there will be times when I’m not in the mood. Because of that class, I found that I was not in the mood most weeks.

Overall I think the program is 33 hours and a thesis. That works out to be 11 classes. It’s hard for me to think I’ll be taking evening classes until December 2007, with (at best) a week off between semesters. This week is currently my off week, and I couldn’t be more ready for it. I can’t wait to be finished. Only 16 months left, right? I could use another vacation… one without missing a week of class.