I just finished my last final and now I'm a senior in college. It's unfortunate that it went so badly, considering I probably could have done well had I studied more or slept well last night or didn't currently feel terrible. So it is, though. I'm reassured, however, that this is IES and everything will probably be just fine.
But back to the not sleeping thing. I keep waking up in the middle of the night with headaches that I can't do anything about. This has happened to me before, at least several times a year since I started college, but they always seem to come at the most inopportune moments. I was hoping I would avoid them while in France, but I seem to have had no such luck. I don't know if it's stress or the changes in the weather or what. Or maybe it's the anticipation of going home, of leaving this place, of not knowing if I should be happy or sad right now. I'm definitely looking forward to this summer, but I know that the same things that always drive me crazy about being home will continue to drive me crazy, perhaps to an even greater extent. I have spent the last four months being an adult (or maybe becoming an adult) and I don't know how that's going to roll with my parents, who realize that I am capable of taking care of myself, but don't necessarily want me to.
I'll be in Paris until next Saturday, then spend two days in Copenhagen, then return to Paris for three nights before heading back to the US. Two weeks seems like a long time right now, but, judging by how fast the past four months have gone, I know that the next 14 days will fly by.
This isn't over and out, just over for now. I'll post an update or two when I get home on May 25.
But back to the not sleeping thing. I keep waking up in the middle of the night with headaches that I can't do anything about. This has happened to me before, at least several times a year since I started college, but they always seem to come at the most inopportune moments. I was hoping I would avoid them while in France, but I seem to have had no such luck. I don't know if it's stress or the changes in the weather or what. Or maybe it's the anticipation of going home, of leaving this place, of not knowing if I should be happy or sad right now. I'm definitely looking forward to this summer, but I know that the same things that always drive me crazy about being home will continue to drive me crazy, perhaps to an even greater extent. I have spent the last four months being an adult (or maybe becoming an adult) and I don't know how that's going to roll with my parents, who realize that I am capable of taking care of myself, but don't necessarily want me to.
I'll be in Paris until next Saturday, then spend two days in Copenhagen, then return to Paris for three nights before heading back to the US. Two weeks seems like a long time right now, but, judging by how fast the past four months have gone, I know that the next 14 days will fly by.
This isn't over and out, just over for now. I'll post an update or two when I get home on May 25.
posted by Anne @ 11:22 AM
1 Comments:
At 7:39 PM,
Becky said…
1) Your parents will be amazed by the new you. You know you've changed in some ways, but you've probably also changed in other ways that you haven't realized. When I got home and I started refilling the sugar bowl because it was empty, my mom about passed out.
2) Copenhagen will rock your socks off. I seriously recommend that yuo get a hot dog in a roll thing from one of the 1000 stands. But not one of the scary bright red ones. There are normal ones. and they are sooooooooo good.
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