I Heart GSU

The cold, rainy, sleety, absolutely disgusting, morose, and depressing days of winter are finally blowing away - it's 65 in the tater, and the weather is absolutely gorgeous: sunny, breezy - I love it.

Today I was racing to class, as I woke up 3.5 hours late, driving like a madwoman down 400, running through the marta station, and finally running up the stairs out of the 5 Points station, and when I got to the top, I finally got my "moment of clarity." I've been waiting for this moment since I started back to school - the one moment that brings everything together and convinces you that yeah, downtown Atlanta is where I'm supposed to get my education, yes, I am supposed to be in college, and yes, isn't it wonderful?

For some of you guys, it was easy to pick your college, pack up your stuff, and head out. You had chosen the right school. For me (and others) it was really hard to pick a college, and I ended up picking the wrong one. And with everything that ensued with coming home after a nervous breakdown, finding employment, This is Hunter, and Ian living here, I found it really hard to go back to school. I didn't want to. Honestly, I didn't know if I ever wanted to. I would much rather have been staying up until all-hours watching HGTV and working insane hours than dragging myself to class and once again going through the academic grind. I guess I needed a really long vacation.

But this morning while I was stressed out (as is my academic way) I finally got back into the groove. I'm really ready to go to college now, and I am hella excited about taking all of these classes and getting my undergrad degree in less time than it would normally take, and I am even more excited about applying to graduate schools. I suppose I'm just waiting for the chance to come around for me to make the right choice - I suppose I want to prove to myself that I can figure out what I want and what's best for me, mush 'em together, and choose the right school. Hopefully, graduate school will be a chance for me to not only restore my faith in myself, but also for me to restore my family and friends' faiths.

I had a really good time this past weekend at dinner with everyone, I missed my friends more than you guys will honestly ever be able to know. I'm excited about my sister transferring to state, and maybe Clarke, too. If you come, Clarke, you won't be sorry! It's fun! I finally got it!

Also, if any of you francophones would be willing to help me massively cram for the french placement test I have to take in less than two weeks in order to place into 2000 level french, I would really appreciate it. I get to take it on the internet, but I can't minimize windows, and uh, I haven't taken french since high school. So............... Yeah. Any help, advice, etc. would be much appreciated.

Read the Time magazine article in the current issue about why kids are having a hard time growing up - it's crazy interesting, and actually quite applicable to a lot of people we know. Did you know they were going to assign a new stage of human development to our age level? Read it!

Tear drop 12:26 PM of Sarah