Now that the midterm blues are over, and a 2 week spring break is in sight, I've bounced back. After graduation and the wedding, I'm seriously going to go into shock without having to have my brain in 15 different projects at once and pulling multiple all-nighters every week. I'm by no means complaining, I'm so thankful for the opportunity I've had at Western while simultaneously getting to move into this next chapter of life, it's just fast paced. I feel at home and comfortable on campus, but I've by no means had the typical experience, and I'm completely okay with it. I feel like I got to taste a little bit of university culture- good, bad, and ugly. I lived on campus, I lived off. I had multiple roommates, one roommate, no roommate. I've studied until my eyes ached and I've completely winged (wong?) it. I've created incredible relationships with faculty and can't wait to see how they help mentor me in my career. This morning, I drug myself out of bed (only because I could hear the coffee brewing) and started running stats and writing presentations before I even got dressed... And as much as typically it makes me want to curl up in a ball and go back to bed, I realized how cut out for this I really am. Not only has this hectic, high pressure, low sleep lifestyle been mine for a few years now, it fits who I am. I'm definitely going to enjoy a year of working/interning/prereqs, but I can't imagine NOT going back to school at this point, which is comforting. I was worried my burn out would limit my potential, but as of now, I'm not concerned. When the time is right, I'll finish my graduate degree, but who knows if I'll ever truly be done* :)
*This is both terrifying in the "oh-dear-god-ill-never-escape-homework-and-be-that-50-year-old-woman-with-the-rolly-backpack" kinda way, and comforting at the same time... Maybe I'll wait to think about this until I've finished a degree though ;)
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