Well those last two months went past quicker than I realised...I feel like I've been running on overload the whole time, but I have had good fun with my friends.
Most of April and the first week of May were taken up with work for Finals and so on. The amount of work seemed to get a little more than before, which was annoying but that's what I'm here for so I can hardly complain. Thankfully I had some great people around me to keep me sane and not working ALL the time!
I continued on the radio, enjoying every minute of it, except once when I couldn't work out why the signal wasn't transmitting - problematic. I also went to the WJCU banquet, for everyone at the end of year and won a mug, exciting... Unfortunately our station manager was leaving so it was sad to see him leave because he was always very helpful and friendly.
My leadership friends are still my closest friends and they are the kindest people. The best thing is that there is a total of 13 of us, with some more from time to time and so no matter where you are, normally at least one other person is there too. Sam and I did another round of cookies and milk with studying just before finals, which was fun and made studying for my biology a little better.
I decided to take psychology online over the summer while I'm at home, which should be interesting but I'm looking forward to it, very thankful to Sam for letting me borrow his textbook from when he did it. This, by the way, is an excellent strategy for books, especially for intro classes because most of your friends will eventually take the same classes so passing around textbooks is money saving. I also have a killer schedule next semester, bio and bio lab 3, general chemistry and general chemistry lab 1, economics 101 and sociology 101. We shall see how that goes, right now I have a 3.87 GPA so as far as I'm concerned I just don't want to lower that too much (Chemistry really isn't my subject...).
My RA job looks like it's working out well, I seem to have a good staff to work with, some very close friends already, some newer faces but I'm sure that won't remain that way. Excitedly though I got told training was Disney themed which is perfect because I love Disney so that should be fun. I have been placed in Campion for next year, which will be great, just not looking forward to the extra walk in the snow.
I also had to pack, and that means finding a place to leave stuff over the summer which was interesting. Thankfully my lovely roommate Rachel offered some space and the rest went back to Sam's. So I'm very grateful to both of them and their families. This is probably one of the most annoying things to deal with so far because you are stuck begging for space from friends or anyone who could take anything. The next bit is to pack belongings in a way that you decide what items you are OK not seeing for 4 months, what you need to take home with me and what you may need access to at some point. It's strategical packing, which takes time, a lot of time! But I managed it in the end, even though I am convinced I mixed up some stuff, but never mind, it's only things, I have the important stuff!
So my wise words for the end of this year - Be grateful for the friends and family you have, make as many friends as you can (some may not stay but that's life), they will always be there for you and that is the most important thing to have in life.
As such, thank you to all those friends, fleeting or stuck with me, for all you do and my family for helping me be where I am today and having this adventure.
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