The Final Days

This weekend was a fantastic one! I got to spend it with my dad, brothers, cousins, and friends.  It was so nice to see them and have them here to celebrate my 21! My mom flies in on Sunday and I drive back to California for the summer next Monday.  I couldn't be more excited!.  I am officially done with homework and assignments.  I just have a few reviews and then finals and I'm done.  There is so much to do before I leave. I need to have my mail forwarded, subscriptions put on hold, pack, take my name off of the utilities.  The list feels miles long.  So what? I get really overwhelmed because I always look at the big picture of everything I need to do.  It's something that I've been trying to work on because I am completely useless when I'm stressed out.  Now what?  I've started to make a list of all that needs to be done and I'm adding to it as I remember.  I need to get started on the list so that I can do well on all my finals as well as get all of these little loose ends tied.

The Day My Family Came

I cannot wait for the end of today.  My dad and brother, Caden, are driving up from California and will be here for the weekend.  Landen, my other brother, is up at BYU-I and they are done with school this week.  They will head up there tomorrow to pick him up and then be back later that night.  They plan on staying here for my birthday on Saturday.  I am so excited to see them, but I have so much to do!

As the semester gets closer to being over, I tend to loose motivation--especially winter semester when I know I get a few months off of school.  I have one major paper and the final business assignment for this class left and then I can focus on finals.  So what? I need to get those assignments done! I have been trying to write my BIO 100 paper for several days now, but there is always something that seems more interesting to do than write it.  I've made progress though.  I've written about 1500 of the minimum 2500 word count.  My goal is to bust the rest of that paper out on Friday while my family is up in Idaho.  Now what?  I need to actually do it.  I need to cut myself off from the internet and whatever other things I'm easily distract by and get it done.  As soon as these assignments are over, I'm done.  I just need to do it.

The Most Stressful Paper of My Life

After today, I officially have three days of school left.  I only go on Tuesdays and Thursdays.  It's been really nice.  In those last few days, I have several big papers and projects due.  I decided to get some of this work done ahead of time (who am I?) and submitted my paper (due next Tuesday mind you) last night.  It was one of the papers I was most dreading to write this semester.  I'm in Humanities 202 to fulfill my my Letters and Civ 2 credits.  The assignment was to either paint a portrait, compose a song, or write a story in the style of one of the artists/composers/authors we have talked about this semester.  I have never had artistic ability.  I barely passed art in middle school when I had to take it.  I was really nervous about the assignment and stressed about it for weeks.  I ultimately decided to write a story that, I think, came out really well.  I contained all the elements that the original author used.  I am so glad to have that assignment done and over with.  I can see the end!!! I have a few more application blogs, the team project, and the final business assignment left in MCOM, a few in-class quizzes in HIST 201, and my research paper for BIO 100 and I'm done! So what? A common theme for me is lack of motivation.  It has been especially hard this summer since I'm not in any classes I really care about.  It's the semester to get all of my GEs done.  With so little left to do (and my family coming next weekend) I want to get ahead on this stuff as much as possible so that I can actually spend time with them.  Now what? I have outlines for my major assignments done and I just need to sit down and focus.  Once this stuff is done, I just have finals to worry about, so I hope to get it done as soon as possible!