The end of an era....well almost.

Well, I'm officially in my LAST semester as an Undergraduate! This semester COULD NOT go fast enough!!
First week was nice,yet a tad overwhelming. My second week however, consisted of two days!! It was wonderful!! MLK Day was on Monday..so no school, then went to lab on Tues, and School was on a delayed schedule on Wednesday due to snow. Then Thursday and Friday were declared snow days because we had massive storm systems all at once( about 3ft of snow over a day and a half or so..)So although I was snowed in for 4 days...it was a nice little vacation at home..watched some movies, got lots of reading done for classes and tried to use that time to get ahead!
This past week, was the first FULL week, included all labs and everything..so again, feeling a little overwhelmed..but hopefully if I just try and stay ahead and keep myself on a schedule, I should be okay...although it gets harder every week. Nothing new!
my close friend decided to come up for her bday weekend, which was tons of fun and lots of laughs as usual!! Sure do miss her being around!!
Hopefully in a couple weeks, I'm going down there for a Seminar..so we were discussing maybe meeting up!
OH!! and...in case I still have not mentioned this, I've decided to wait a little longer to take the MCATs. With school, volunteering, Club med and just having enough time to shower and eat.. is insane. I realized that I'm not a superhero, and can't do everything at once sometimes. (may have spread myself out too thin, once or twice before) So the plan now is to study and take it AFTER graduation, so that its my ONLY focus, which hopefully means I can excel as much as possible! This of course throws off my plan by another year. So if I apply in the summer of '11, I would start med school in Fall '12. So during that time, I'll most likely be back home(unless I'm tempted/have enough money to be somewhere else), volunteering and hopefully working at a hospital..somewhere...anywhere.
I did contemplate getting my masters in those two years..but then realized I would need to take the GRE's like now! and apply...like NOW...so not as much time as I would have liked. Another option I have is to get my Undergrad. Degree in nursing..? it would only take me a year and a half at the most! So many options, ANYTHING COULD HAPPEN!! a bit scary..but i kinda love it. The girl with the plan, doesn't have one for a little while... its a new feeling..
Not quite sure what will happen. Whatever is meant to be..will happen, I always say. as for now,I'm taking life one day at a time :-)

Oh well hey 2010!!

Boy, time sure does fly by when you are getting older... its just a fact! Im officially 22, and love it!
so since the start of 2010, I had to contemplate 2009.
All in all, 2009 was one of the better years for me. As every year has ups, and downs, there were lots of fun, wonderful memories made in this year that i know i will never forget!
Lots of firsts for me, and lots of lasts :')
I'm really really anxious and eager to find out what 2010 has in store for me, because if its anything like last year it should be a wonderful year. So here is hoping!!!
It sure started out fun though, went to a New Years Eve "get together" with some long-time friends and had a blast!!
Then the following..(well later that day) my roomie and her best friend( my friend as well) decided to come up from AZ for my b-day!! I'm sooo happy that she did. it was the best present, and i love the fact that she was willing to drive like 8 hours for just the weekend! She is awesome!
Then i got together with A LOT of high school buddies, some i had not seen in a very long time! Had dinner at PF Changs( so yummy!) I got very lovely presents (eventhough, i really didn't need anything, just their presence would have made me happy!!)
They all proceeded in a "share your favorite memory of maryann" conversation, which brought up some great memories...and i sure laughed A LOT and enjoyed them very much!!!
I got a diary book, which i am starting to write in!! so i probably wont be posting too much on this page a lot longer.
i got a great picture album that my cousin made! so awesome!!! ive always wanted one, and it was full of pictures! put my college life in a little nutshell... i loved it!! and an abstract painting as well!!
Got a gift card to Sephora!!! Im a total girl and LOVE to shop for all kinds of girly stuff! hehe!
My roomie also made me a picture collage of all my friends. LOVED it! i got a little teary eyed when she gave it to me, it was a nice summation of the past 2 years and all the pictures were my friends that she knows i missed/going to miss because they wouldn't be with me this last semester :')

I really do enjoy the simpler things in life, like pictures. I dont have a camera, so i dont have very many of my own. But having these particular pictures meant the world to me :) I have such great family and friends, and even though we may part ways temporarly, i know that we wont be letting go of our friendships anytime soon! :)