It's time for that blog where I complain about finals, right?
How about instead, I send this out into the universe: I'm soaking up some peace right now as that contemporary acoustic version of "Over the Rainbow" plays on the sound system here at Metropolis Coffee Shop. My lovely friend Halle is studying, I'm studying--but we're also just being kids.
What, what's this? Work? There ya go, Mom. Tuition dollars at work. $$$ = Posed picture of homework. Hmm.
As I get ready to leave Loyola for an entire year and travel overseas to France for my studies, I find myself really seeing just how much I have experienced in my two years here. More than clubs and organizations and classes, I feel like I am a completely different version of myself than the Julie who stepped foot on campus in August of 2006. Hopefully I got the upgrade software package. ;) This sophomore year has been full of twists and turns, certainly, but looking over the first half of my college experience, on the threshold of passing the half-way mark, I am definitely amazed to see how far I have come. This semester has flown by me.
I invite you to do a little introspection as well: if you're a prospective student, how do you see yourself after four years of high school? Who do you think you want to be in college? If you're a freshman, congratulations! You just survived your first year. Finally, upperclassman status, right? My fellow sophomores are doing some amazing things themselves--it's like this time of being totally lackadaisical has ended and we have to, wait, start thinking about grad school and MCATS and LSATS and WHAT? Juniors are almost seniors. Wow. Who will you be? What will your final year be like? What do you want from it? And seniors...all I can say is that Loyola would not be where it is today without your work, your dedication, and your unwavering commitment to this school. How will you take that into the next chapter of your life, wherever it leads you?
Now that I'm done playing Socrates with all the questions, I at least have one answer: Do I want another cup of coffee? Yes. And I'm going to keep on doing that, answering one question, and having one cup of coffee, at a time.
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