What Is Left

Korrin B.

May 16, 2010 - 11:55 PM

In roughly twenty days, I will be on a plane to Atlanta, Georgia. I am incredibly excited, but am also beginning to feel the stress of time and not having enough of it. I have quite a few things to accomplish before I can step onto that plane without worries.

Probably the biggest task at hand right now is finishing my thesis prospectus. I have to have a rough draft of it in by 5:00pm this upcoming Friday. I have spent all term researching my general topic and brainstorming about 5,000 subtopics that I just recently figured out what I should really be doing research on now. I have decided to do a policy analysis of the recent Homelessness Prevention and Rapid Re-Housing Program that was a part of the 2009 American Recovery Act. I am very excited about my project, but also feeling the time crunch and need to do a lot more research in order to bust out my thesis prospectus by Friday. Wish me luck.

Also on my list of things to do is to finish my final art projects for the term. I have already been assigned my final projects for both my drawing class and my two-dimensional design class. The thing about art projects and homework is that you really can't procrastinate or it ends up looking really bad.

I have other school stuff to finish up as well before I leave, including taking my Nonprofit Finance final early during week ten. However, another thing that is very important to me right now doesn't involve school, but does require a lot of time. Since I am taking a fifth year, many of my very close friends will be graduating and moving on this year. It is very important to me that I take ample time to hang out with them as much as possible. Next thing I know we will all be in different parts of the world and in the blink of an eye everything will have changed. I want to spend these next twenty days cherishing some of the best friendships I could have ever asked for.

It is far past time for bed at this point (thus is the life of a college student), but expect to hear more soon on my thesis and the bittersweet feeling of graduation season.