Beginning of the end...

Only Thirteen Days till graduation. Its coming down to the wire on my college career and although I am excited to graduate I am also a little nervous. There are a couple big reasons why I am nervous, the first being change. I am not a big fan of change and graduating will bring one of the biggest changes of my life so far. I have been in school for nearly sixteen years of my life and graduating will pretty much mean the end of an era for that. I do want to get my masters degree, but that is probably a little ways down the line. So not going to school everyday is going to be a big change for me. Another thing I am nervous about is finding a job. I have never had to find a job that needed to last more than a couple months or something that was more than part time. Now I need to find a job that is not only long term, but also that has the right wage, health benefits, and that I will be able to live on. Also I hope to find a job that I actually like: )

Other changes are also on the horizon like having to leave my job at Focal Point and having to move home out of the dorms. There is a lot going on right now and a lot of decisions to be made, but for now I will need to put all my focus on finishing my last term here at Western strong. My class load has been pretty difficult this term taking two upper division Psychology classes ( Forensic and Cognitive), Dr. Khe's upper division geography class ( Urban planning), and an Excel class at the Dallas Chemeketa. Working has also brought its challenges and has forced me to manage my time which is a good thing. Although I am nervous I know that with hard work I can make it through: ) I know that the future holds a lot of potential and that this degree will be worth the hard work that it took to make it through in four years.

In times like these I think about the movie Hope Floats and the quote that is at the end of the movie and it makes me smile.

"Beginnings are scary. Endings are usually sad, but its what's in the middle that counts. So, when you find yourself at the beginning, just give hope a chance to float up. And it will."

I Just need to have HOPE: )