Winding Down

This is so weird.

Today it officially hit me how fast graduation day is approaching. I have one more day of classes-- Wednesday-- and then it's time to study for finals. Wowza! Unlike a lot of my other friends, I haven't had the whole experience of thinking, "This will be my last final ever..." This is simply because of grad school at Iowa State.

There have been some exciting developments since I last posted. I have officially gotten my first apartment that is not through school housing. This is an exciting opportunity. I have also signed my contract with Iowa State, so now I feel like I'm REALLY going somewhere.

I have also gotten information from the DNR [Department of Natural Resources] regarding my summer position. It looks like I'm going to be having a ton of fun at different state parks, learning a lot, and just enjoying each day as it comes! I have the opportunity to take a few cool workshops, such as Archery and another that involves looking at wild plants and determining which ones are EDIBLE. That's a nice survival skill!!

Well-- a few hours of data analysis, a chemistry write-up, 1 paper, and 2 finals later... I'll be done. That's a really weird feeling.