That's all for now...

Well, I just got done with my last final which means I am done with all things academic until about the second week in January. It's a pretty good feeling.

This week has been pretty sweet, as is to be expected from a finals week. There was a whole lot of just hanging out with the guys (and Mary) and not a whole lot of anything else. Except Tetris- that seems to be my addiction of the week.

Yesterday I met with some of the people I'll be working with at my internship in the spring. I'll be at a bank about 10-15 minutes away, and I'm pretty excited about it. I don't know much about banks so it will be me an idea whether or not it'd be some place I'd like to work when I graduate.

I am really looking forward to next semester because I will be spending most of my time at my internship as opposed to classes. I only have 2 (classes), which will be a great way to end out my college career. I mean, you learn things in classes, but I'm starting to learn more and more that practical experience is the way to go. And it tends to be more fun. And there's no homework. It's really a win-win situation.

I'm also looking forward to a great break. I will get to see all my friends from home for our last Christmas break together. It feels so weird to be writing that, like I'm growing up or something. Funny how that happens. We have already made a lot of plans for our break and it's sure to be a great time.

Anyway, I just have to finish packing and I am out of here for the next three weeks. Have a great Christmas!

Until next time,

Scott

I love this place

I love everything about finals week. I love the weekend before where you feel like you should study but you don't because you know you can just stay up late and do it later, I love the free time and just hanging out with friends, I love the feeling of it being a weekend all week long. I love this place all the time, but this week I just love it more.

This past weekend was pretty good. I kept telling myself I was going to start on one of my take home finals that I had due yesterday and Thursday, but that didn't happen until Sunday night. It was just a good time to hang out, watch Scrubs until 5 in the morning, and then wish I was sleeping the next day. Like I said, solid weekend.

Then yesterday I had my first final. One of my take home finals was due yesterday at 9:00 am, which was kind of lame. I had to get up to turn it in, and then I didn't have anything until my 6:30 pm final that night. But it turned out pretty cool because Mary and I went down to Bob's Place and had a breakfast date.

Lately I've been obsessed with playing games online when I should be working, and yesterday was no exception to that. I discovered a place to play Tetris for free, so that kept me busy for a few hours. Mary and I went to Wal-Mart as well, and I picked up some candy and cards for all the guys on my floor for Christmas. That should be fun, but now I just need to find the motivation to write all the cards.

I also finalized my schedule for next semester, which is awesome. Setting up my internship turned out to be trickier than my advisor or I thought, so it came down to the wire. But luckily, it worked out and I have an internship at a nearby bank. I'm excited to see if that's something I would be interested working at. We'll see, and I'm sure I'll keep you updated.

Alright, that's all for now. Hope your week is going great!

Until next time,

Scott

Bracing myself for the best week of the semester...

Classes are done! Well almost, I have one more tomorrow. But I just have to show up and listen to a couple presentations. After that there is just one week of finals and then Christmas break! I am excited about that- seeing my friends from high school, spending time with my family, getting in some much needed R&R- but I am not in a hurry to get next week over with.

You see, next week is finals week, which means it is probably my favorite time of any semester. For a whole week, there are no classes, just exams. Now you might be saying to yourself, "Self, why would this be fun?" Well, even though you have to study for exams, there is just so much free time to hang out with your friends and really do whatever you want. Corey, Slurp, and I have decided this is going to be the best finals week ever. I don't even know what all that means, but I'm excited.

It's just such a nice feeling being pretty much done, too. I have a couple take-home finals, but for the most part I just have to take a few exams. Only one more semester. Wow, when you say it like that... where did all that time go? I was up until about 2 this morning working on stuff, and got up at 6 to finish. It's weird to think that that could be my last time ever doing that in college. I don't think my spring semester schedule will be too crazy, so I should probably celebrate. (Don't get me wrong, I'll still be up late. Just probably not being productive.)

Also, I got Mary's Christmas present done tonight, which is exciting. I'd let you know what it is, but she reads this too for the most part, so I better not. But I like it. And I hope she does too.

Anyway, I apologize for the lameness of my blog recently. I feel like it really needs spiced up- maybe some good stories, sweet pics, etc. I'll work on that during finals week. I think it holds a lot of potential.

That's all for now. Until next time,

Scott

Almost done...

As the title of this entry suggests, I am almost done with all my responsibilities for the semester. Today I gave a presenatation in my Advanced Public Relations class, tomorrow is a presentation for Corporate Strategy, and Thursday I have a paper that's due. So I'm pretty much done except for the paper, but it's only 3-5 pages, which is nothing. In other words, I'm feeling pretty good about things.

The senioritis has intensified, that's for sure. And to prove it, why don't you try beating this game on all three difficulties in 4 days? I think you'll find it's a pretty impressive feat that I have accomplished while putting off my homework until the wee hours of the morning.

This weekend was pretty fun though. Friday I went out with Slurp, Corey, and Jake to one of my Chinese restaurants in Findlay. Among other things on the buffet, they have peanut butter chicken, which I think is great. (Nobody else with me thought it sounded good, but I get it every time.) And then after a little "Man vs. Wild" marathon, my friends left to play basketball while I waited for one of my other friends who graduated but was staying with me for the night to come over. It was good to see him again and hang out for a while.

Saturday was pretty solid as I caught some college football before heading off to a Dayton Bombers hockey game with a bunch of other Bluffton students. MCB (Marbeck Center Board, our activity planning council on campus) sponsored it and drove us down. I went last year as well so I knew it would be a good time, but this year more of my friends could go. We even got on the big screen a couple times when we were going crazy cheering.

On Sunday, Corey, one of my friends, spoke during Sunday Morning Worship. It was a really cool message and it was neat to hear it from someone I'm pretty close to.

After lunch, Mary and I had a Christmas date. She loves everything about Christmas, so we started out making and decorating cookies. Then we delivered them to people on my floor and some of our friends in other buildings. After the cookie delivering, we went Common Grounds (a coffee shop uptown) and had supper and hot chocolate and chatted for quite a while. I love good conversation and finding out new things about people, and it's extra special when it comes to finding out these things about Mary. After getting back we watched "Elf", which we both really like. It was a great way to end the weekend.

Technically the weekend wasn't quite over though because I still had to write a paper. I really impressed myself though because I wrote a three page, single spaced paper in an hour. I'm a decent writer, and I've thrown together some quick papers in my day, but this one made me realize how all those late night last minute papers have paid off now.

Well, I should get to bed. Until next time,

Scott

P.S. The first picture is of part of our group on the big screen at the Bombers game (it's easier to see when it's bigger). The second is of D-Ron and Jake in my room last week working on homework.