Here too is my last entry. It’s starting to seem like it’s really the end. Campus is clearing out today. I used my Jacket Express for the last time. Everything is boxed up around my apartment. My family is arriving tomorrow…
Last night our music ed class went out for dinner. We had a great time. I love when it’s the ten of us! After being together every day for the last four years, we have so many great memories. I am so proud of our class. Everyone is going out and doing just what it seems like they were meant to do. On our first day of freshman year in Intro to Music Ed, we had to go around and say what we thought we wanted to teach. Some of us are doing just what we always planned to, and others of us found an interest in something else. Looking around the table last night and knowing what everyone is going out to do–be it grad school, teaching, conducting, or performance–it seems just right.
During dinner we went around the table doing “who’s the most likely too…”s and I was voted most likely to keep in touch with BW. I’ve loved my four years here. I know that there were times that I felt overstretched and frustrated, but there was always a certain calm underneath, knowing that this was exactly where I should be. I couldn’t have asked for a better college experience. My friend Beth has had a quote in her away message all week that says something like “I should be so thankful to have something that is so hard to say goodbye to.” That’s exactly how I feel. I know I will miss BW very much, but I also know that it has given me exactly what I need.
I’ve really enjoyed writing this blog for the past two years. Thank you for reading it. Good luck with everything

This is me signing off. After two years of blogging, this will be my final entry. Four years of college - my how fast it goes by! I am done with finals; I am done with all my undergraduate responsibilities; I am done blogging. I’m excited to graduate (which is actually rare amongst my group of friends). Most of my friends are sad to leave friends, B-W, etc. Granted, I’ll miss friends and some faculty and staff here, but I know I’m moving on to bigger and better things. I’m excited for the summer and anxious to move out to Colorado and get acquainted to my new surroundings.

Thanks all for reading and following my trials and tribulations Enjoy the summer for those of you in school, and best of luck in all your future brings!

Tomorrow are my final to finals. I have Bio122 and Humans and Earth Coexist? tomorrow. On Monday, i had my micro final. I mean, micro was hard and the two tomorrow should be easy enough. I’m just mentally checked out. All i can think about now is Australia. after tomorrow, my next class will be 14 hours ahead in time zones. that’s crazy. but here’s my idea for BW, and all colleges really. make the finals at the beginning of the semester. no one cares anymore at the end, we’re all done and gone by that point. In aussie, i know they give three weeks for exams. this is what we should do, so the students dont have to study for four or five cumulative tests in a five day period (and yeah, we were “suppose to study all semester long,” but no one actually does that. let’s be serious). anyway, that’s my recommendation for BW, longer examination time, days-wise. have a good one y’all

I’m officially done with undergrad! I had my last final this morning. None of my tests were too bad and I’m expecting As in everything, so that’s a nice way to finish up college. I got my keys for my summer house yesterday and I’m going to start packing tonight. I don’t think it’s really sunk in yet that we’re just a few days away from graduation. Many of my friends will be around the area this summer, so things won’t be too different, althought I won’t be living with my roommate, Val, for the first time in four years, which is sad. Even without any finals left, the next few days will be busy with meetings, packing, and plans with friends. I’m just trying to enjoy everything about these last few days as a college student

Last week was quite possibly the hardest, most stressful one of my life. Between balancing multiple papers, tests, projects, job interviews and making my schedule (yeah, yeah, that took me until now) I pulled two all nighters and had to stay up extremely late several other nights. I really worked nonstop, too, without any downtime to sleep or relax. You better believe I slept for maybe 16 straight hours when I finally got the chance. With all that done, however, this week of final exams really hasn’t been that hard by comparison. For my sociology I made flash cards and knew the material really well- I’m pretty sure I killed that test. Today I had drama where we had to give extended literary-responses to some questions and although I was pretty iffy about that one I actually ended up having a lot to write and I’m sure I did fine. Today I had a job interview back home for another summer camp, and I kind of liked this one more than the other, but they’re going to taking long to respond, so I need to decide whether to wait and possibly lose my place at the other camp or… whatever- I’m not sure what to do yet. Anyway, there are three more finals I have coming up, and I’m not really worried about any of them except maybe my education one, since that will just be a lot of memorization. Still, the end is near, and that’s really something. I’m glad to have summer coming so I can be more laid back, but I’m also going to miss BW, of course. I’ll miss a lot of my friends I’ve been seeing every day this year, and though I’ll definitely see them over the break it’s going to be different. I’m not so sure yet, the end hasn’t really hit me- I’m in study mode for now, and I’m just waiting for the testing and stress to end.

This morning I just finished my second final (law) and am looking towards what I will consider as my two hardest finals, statistics and corporate finance. I am SO SO SO ready for my statistics class to be over! But also it will be bittersweet for the fact that it will be my last test/class at Baldwin-Wallace forever! On another note, today was book buy back day and I got a few dollars back for my books so that is exciting. Too bad I paid about $400 for them in the first place. But it is still nice to have a few dollars in my pocket. This weekend is approaching way too fast.. between graduation, move-out of my dorm and to Lakewood, and finding a new car! (YAY) it just seems that the time is flying. My roommate moved basically everything out of our room and it seems that it is so bare, and all my stuff is everywhere. One thing I am REALLY not looking forward to is packing away the last 4 years of my life. I guess it is just the end of one chapter and the beginning of a new one..

As promised, I said that I would write about anything I won at “The Price is Right”. While I didn’t win plane tickets or any extravagant, I did win a $25 gas card. Certainly, it will come in handy - and after all, winning something is always better than going home empty-handed.

This past weekend was Ovation (a huge compilation of academic activities and prestigious awards). I was honored to have been named one of 8 students for the “Outstanding Senior” award. I was certainly in phenomenal company when I was on stage with the other students who were nominated and won the award. There was certainly a diverse group of students with respect to major, involvement, and accomplishments. It was incredible to receive the award and know that faculty and staff nominated and voted me to be one of the elite 8. I will be sure to keep the plaque with me in graduate school to remember my accomplishments and experiences at B-W.

On Friday night I had my last concert at BW. We end every year with a “light classical” concert where both the orchestra and symphonic wind ensemble perform. During orchestra I was pretty sad. It was weird to sit there not knowing if I’ll ever play in as good a group again. Wind Ensemble was just fun though. We played a lot of light, enjoyable stuff. It was cool to sit there and remember how scared I used to be to play under Mr. Oltman and how much I’ve grown over the years. At the end of the concert, Mr. Oltman always recognizes the seniors and says what everyone’s plans are. My class did really well. We have people going to Eastman, CIM, San Francisco, Indiana, etc. The music therapy majors got great internships, and then there was me, the only graduating music ed major who played in this concert, who is looking for a job…Tomorrow I have my music history final and my horn jury and then I will be all finished with Conservatory classes. Very weird.

Today i was part of the Ovation poster session here on campus. I guess it’s a decently big deal for what it is (a poster session). So here’s my tak eon the whole thing. Yesterday, my lab partner and I went to get our poster printed out at the FedexKinko’s in north olmsted and if you ever need a poster printed off and want it to take an hour and a half instead of fifteen minutes and you want the worst customer service ever then go to the north olmsted FedexKinko’s. It was a nightmare. They were just horrid to everyone in the store. Secondly, expect complications when printing off your poster. We need to print ours off twice because our title got messed up on the first take.

The actual poster session wasn’t bad at all. We had to be by our poster for an hour and a half to “present” it to passers-by. It was kinda interesting to see what an actual (professional) poster session would be like. I mean i don’t know if they would be like ours, but i imagine it would be similar. So all and all, Ovation was a lot of grunt work for a decent experience.

I’m just going to bounce off of Joe’s post… The Price is Right was a blast I had such a good time. This year I lost my voice from yelling so much (which makes it the 2nd year in a row). I didn’t win anything but it still was a good time :). I wanted that IPOD touch so bad! Plus free airline tickets would have been nice too lol.

Finals are coming up along with check-outs. When you are an Resident Assistant its your job to have people sign up for times for RA’s to come check rooms for damage and get your keys before you leave for home. Its an interesting balance between getting your own finals done and checking people out. I do have to say I like the format of finals week though… You have set times to take your Final exam and you can have whole days of no tests… That way if you’re a night person you can stay up late and study and sleep in… for example my first exam is Tuesday…. Monday is a complete day for me to study… well I’m going to be honest and say the last few days and the next few days until Tuesday I’m going to be studying lol… anyway I need to go back to studying for my Personality Psychology final which me luck