And I passed my second semester of grad school with an A and an A-. Not too bad, considering I pretty much failed the midterm for the class in which I received the A-. This means that I am no longer considered a conditional admit; I am now a full-fledged graduate student!

All I have to do now is wait for the program coordinator to remove my hold and register me for classes. Monday is quickly approaching and I still don’t have a schedule for the semester. I know what classes I’m taking, but it’s not official until it’s on that screen. My impatience is killing me.

The next two days will be torture. I hate waiting.

Which in my case means until May 7th. I’m waiting impatiently to see how poorly I did in my classes this semester. I’m expecting B’s, but hoping for A’s. Clearly I did not dedicate myself as much as I should have this term. That sucks, but c’est la vie. I learned a lot and I now know where I stand when it comes to theoretical orientation. I also know what it’s like to be a group member and how to run a group session. I’m hoping that I retain that knowledge for when I begin my practicum and internship in the fall. For now though, I will enjoy my week and a half of freedom and plan profusely for my upcoming vacations in May, June, and July.

In our last group therapy class, one of my classmates introduced us to the idea of wabi sabi. Wabi-Sabi is a traditional belief that nothing is perfect, nothing is permanent, and nothing is finished. This accurately summed up our class experience and sums up our group. If there is one thing I am taking away from this semester, it is wabi-sabi.

And I have two, ten-page papers to write and a powerpoint presentation to finish. I haven’t even looked at the papers. I’m concerned. I feel like I need a week to do nothing but study and write and I just don’t have the time for that.

And I did terrible. My heart is breaking and I realized that in order to pass this class, I have to get straight 100%’s on everything else. Goodbye social life.

Spring break ends on Sunday. For me, that means absolutely nothing. While my classmates have been road tripping, spending time at the beach, and simply lounging around, I have been stuck in my office doing a whole lot of nothing. I haven’t looked at a textbook or the Moodle site since last Sunday and it’s been wonderful. I wish that I could have spent some time relaxing, but that obviously doesn’t exist in my free time vocabulary.

I may not have made it to the beach, but I have become a damn good artist thanks to Draw Something. I guess I have accomplished something this spring break.

The general consensus among my classmates is that we all failed. Miserably. Here’s to hoping that the professor curves the grade.

I’ll be really pissed if this kills my 4.0 gpa.

(via smileitsmeagan)

This is probably a very bad thing since I have a midterm exam in 6 hours and I still have three chapters to review.