100 days left!

Its pretty quiet down here in the Welcome Center, so I figured this would be a great opportunity to blog...

Less than 100 days until graduation. Pure insanity. I can't even believe it. I was at the senior week meeting last week, and someone was talking about how she had written the countdown in her planner. At that point it was 106 days, and when she announced it to everyone, the committee let out this collective sigh. It wasn't really one of those sighs of relief, but rather one of those UGHHH moments when we all took on this look of panic. I mean, its definitely exciting, but its scary. Are we supposed to be adults or something?? I'm hoping to go to school again next fall, but for the majority of our graduating class, this will be the first time they've been out of school for 17, 18, 19 years. WHHHAATTT?? I definitely feel like Suffolk has prepared us as much as an higher ed. institution possibly could, but lets get real. You can't wake up one day, go get your diploma and know how to be a grown up.

Luckily I feel like I've gotten a lot of the scary "firsts" over with while I've been in school: my first apartment, my first bills, my first attempts at devising and following a budget, my first experiences traveling alone, and my first time trying to juggle 5 or 6 real responsibilities at once. Many people have to deal with all of these situations while trying to find a "real job" and coping with being out of school after graduation, but I really feel that being at Suffolk has forced me to grow up a little faster. This is a good thing, though. Everyone needs to learn to be responsible at some time, and it might as well be when you're a student. Its somewhat comforting to know that my biggest worry upon graduation isn't really the crazy financial adjustment, but rather the getting-used-to-being-out-of-school part.

Anywho, back to what is relevant to today and now.... I'm currently having a great last semester of my undergraduate career. I'm taking Abnormal Psychology with Dr. Bursik - one of my professors from last semester and the Chairperson of the entire department. She is brilliant, and it is great to already know my professor and the majority of my classmates going into the semester. We've been learning about some really cool things, and have our first exam on Thursday on anxiety disorders and the basics of psychoanalysis, behaviorism, and humanism. I am also taking Social Work with Families, which is turning out to be a really interesting class. What I really like about that class is the fact that its more of a seminar rather than a lecture class, meaning the students do most of the talking. We learn a lot and our professor facilitates the discussions, but we can bring a lot of our personal experiences with our own families into the discussion, so it makes things really interesting.

My last class I'm taking is Psychology Internship. The class itself isn't demanding; we meet for an hour a week. To complete my internship requirements, I've been working at the Commonwealth Children's Center on Beacon Hill. So far its been such an awesome experience! I work in the Pre-K room with 3-, 4- and 5-year-olds. The kids are so adorable, and its been so much fun so far. I will definitely keep you updated...

On that note, I need to be getting back to helping Lindsey and Kristina in the WC... Peace : )