Where HAS the time gone?!

First of all, I am somewhat ashamed at how long it has taken me to update on this blog. If there is one thing I (and all humans, I think,) love, it is talking about oneself. HOW did I not manage to talk about myself for months?! MONTHS?!*

Whatever, clearly that is going to be fixed this summer. What am I doing this summer, you ask?

Actually, that's a pretty good question, because I'm still not quite sure myself. I mean, I do have a job. I'm working at a great Engineering Company in Baltimore for the summer. Unfortunately, I can't really finish (or rather, start!) my training until next week, because the guy who runs the "classes" is out of town. So...I'm spending a week at my cubicle, with essentially nothing to do. I attempt to learn a thing or two through some articles I find, but I mostly just read the news or a book until someone asks me to do something. Bah.

I haven't even gotten a chance to visit the lab that I worked in (and will be working in again) yet, because technically I don't have the medical clearance (or the safety clearance) to go into the room yet. So none of my old coworkers even know I'm back! SUPER frustrating!

Almost as frustrating as the fact that I'm sitting on the floor typing this.** I'm living in a great one-bedroom apartment for the summer, but my furniture won't get here until tomorrow. So, until then, I've been living in the living room on a single sponge mattress. Observe:

That's my bed. Slash Couch. Slash...whatever. And it's in my living room. (Slash bedroom.)***

In reference to my post title, however, I am mostly amazed by the fact that it is already mid-May of 2011! Okay, first off, where the HECK did my "spring" semester of college go?! One second, I was starting the semester off, the next I was taking finals. I mean, WHAT? I feel like I blinked, and school was over.****

I can only imagine summer is gonna be the same way. Already I've been out of school for 3 (WHAT!) weeks and I can't believe it! In another week and a half, I'll be going back up to Pitt to spend Memorial Day Weekend there, for which I am VERY excited! It will be nice to see a lot of my friends again after weeks of being away.

The scariest part of all of this is how next year is my last year of college. As much as I joke and say I don't want to continue school (and go on to get a Masters right away), I'm still very nervous about the idea of no more school...possibly ever. I mean, how do people normally deal with this? I've gone to school since I was 2, and 20 years later, my entire LIFE later, I'm expected to just...not?

GAH! Clearly I still have a lot of growing up to do. Or maybe it's more "facing reality". Either way, I play to thoroughly enjoy every bit of the next year, because this time next year, I'll be done for good.

--R.

*MONTHS???!!!!???!!!! Okay, I got it out of my system.

**Practically.

***But tomorrow when I get home from work I will have grown up furniture! YAY!

****This paragraph actually made me kind of sad. I've come to realize how much I love school and the people there. And also, I've realized the strong possibility that I won't be living there after I graduate. It's quite sad.