It's been a while...

I was just flipping (or clicking) through my internet bookmarks and remembered that I haven't posted on here in aaaaaaaages. Ironically, I made my last post on the day before classes began at the beginning of the semester and here I am posting again the day before the end of classes. Weird. Anyway, I suppose the long period of time between post leaves many events untold. I don't know if I'll go over all of the stuff that happened... no, I won't. The big things are more or less known anyway. I survived the semester (so far, given that it's not officially over yet)! I'm looking forward to the end of exams, but that is nothing new. What is new is that I am taking a break from school. No, I don't mean those few measly days between exams and the following semester. I am taking a real break! Now, before you begin to panic and start thinking that I'm leaving university and never going back, allow me to explain myself. This upcoming semester will be my sixth consecutive semester. I am tired, tired, tired of classes, homework, and exams.
I am sick of getting up at ungodly hours throughout the year just to drag myself to a place where I don't actually want to be to listen to a voice I don't want to hear to talk about something I'm not terribly interested in. I'm tired of standing in line to buy a parking ticket in the pouring rain, with everyone around me grumpy and complaining about how many of the machines aren't working and how high the parking costs are. I'm tired of staying up late to finish assignments and study for the midterm that is coincidentally on the same day that the assignment is due. I'm tired of professors who give lectures right after they've administered a brutal midterm. I'm tired of needing an intravenous coffee supply just to make it through the day.
That being said, I am taking a break. I suppose the last paragraph isn't the most positive note to begin an explanation with, but I figured it would give an idea of my motivation. In spite of all of that stuff, some of which is my own fault, I do want to keep going and I do want to get my degree. I just decided I needed a decent amount of time when school wouldn't be constantly haunting me. Even in my break I'm being terribly practical. I really wish I could take a whole semester off, but I'm not going to do that. Instead, I am taking only early semester classes this summer. That essentially means that I am doing a regular semester in half the time. So, instead of being in school for four months over the summer, my semester will start in May (like normal) and end in June (not normal). Since the semester will end in June, I will be left with two full months of joyful school-less-ness! Yay! In addition to that, I'm taking a trip to Oregon between the current semester and the next. I'm super stoked for that :) I have a countdown and everything!
I'm pretty sure that's all that is considered new at the moment... Hopefully I can remember more often that this blog exists and I'll check back to post more frequently. No promises though ;)

Cheers!