Spring 2014

Can we just have a moment of silence for all the times I just wanted to give up, quit going, and drop out... but didn't?

I. SURVIVED. THIS. SEMESTER.

I can't say it enough. I can't jump up and down enough.

All those 14 hour Wednesdays.

All those late nights writing papers at the last second that I magically got A's on.

All those tears and fears and worries.

I made it.

Oh, and I got married in the middle of February. 

So there's that. 

My four classes were actually really good though! I learned so much. I really feel like I'm gaining knowledge and skills that I will need for the future.
News writing turned out to be pretty great! I ended up with a B+. But! It wasn't because I was lazy or negligent... I just suck at journalism. So at least I know I shouldn't pursue that as a career. But I'm glad I took the class. I learned a lot about writing and the way the news industry works. I appreciate it so much more now. Scott and I have a subscription to the news paper on weekends and it makes me happy. I feel like a real grown up.

Living in a media world was a freakin cake walk! I only had formal class once a week. The busy work was obnoxious but certainly not hard. I got an A and enjoyed having an easy, entertaining class to help me get through Wednesdays.

Communication theories was the most terrible experience of my life. I spent the whole semester with a 59% average and I panicked. There were only 5 assignments, 3 tests and 2 papers, one of which got dropped and the four remaining scores averaged out to our final grade. I thought for sure I'd have to re-take it. But! My teacher showed us some mercy and gave us a stellar study guide for the final, WHICH I GOT 90% ON! Thankfully I got 80's on my papers so I ended up with a B-. I cried. I feel like I conquered the hardest grader I've seen yet.

Visual communication was super interesting. It was supposed to be a three hour lecture every Wednesday night but my teacher was a cool guy and made sure we only went two hours. I was thankful for that. I learned a lot about advertising and how different languages and cultures play into visuals. I did really well on all my tests/quizzes/assignments! It was a lot of work but I liked it. I never knew I would find visual comm so interesting. Plus who doesn't love another A? :)

These were definitely the hardest classes I've taken so far. I know it's only going to get harder, but I've only got five more semesters *hopefully*. I know I shouldn't be so excited to rush through it and graduate, but I am. I like school, but I really just want to be done and start real life. As much as I love living in this basement apartment I would rather own a house one day ;)

I'm so glad I had Scott by my side to help me through it. Even though he worked twice as many hours as I did and took just as many credits, he still helped me with homework and proofread papers for me. He stayed up until the wee hours of the morn with me while I panic-wrote last minute essays and such. He was a really good sport and he did really well in his classes too. Go us! We definitely proved that we can do basically anything. :)

Happy summer! I know this is the last summer I'll ever have, so I am going to live it up!

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