And I finished semester 2!

So..It has only been like 6 months.  But I finished semester 2/4 of the early childhood studies program.  What a stressful 15 weeks!  I finished with a 4.0 though and on the Dean's List for the second semester in a row.  I am pretty happy about that.
Let me sum up what I have been up to for the last few months:
In January, before the semester started, I ended up taking a spur of the moment trip to Miami to see my NIU football team compete in the Orange Bowl.  We lost pretty badly but it was still a lot of fun.  I went with my soon to be roommate and I got to meet up with a friend from Disney!  So even though I was only in Florida for a total of about 48 hours I had a lot of fun.

New Year's Eve in Miami with my friend Tienique

Here is us at the beach

At the game :)

Then the semester started, I was with the same group of gals from last semester and I even had a couple of the same professors.  However, I feel like the work load was intensified by about 10.  Somehow I managed to get all the projects and papers done.

My cohort

For spring break in March, I decided to fly back to Florida and visit with my friend. It was a lot of fun and a much need vacation, even though I didn't do too much while I was there.  But I can honestly say I missed the state a lot.

Mikaila and I on St. Patrick's day

After spring break, more course work.  I didn't have any clinicals this semester (as in I didn't get to work with kids) but I do think I learned a lot of beneficial info.

Working on the background for a puppet show!

May crept around the corner and we had finals.  I was barely hanging on o one of my A's..actually I was pretty sure I was getting a B in my multicultural class but when Mid-May came around and grades were up.  I was jumping for joy! First 4.0 since I started college.. About time though right?!
Anyways,  summer hasn't been much fun.  I have been working 40 hours since class got out.  However, I have been getting trained in other areas of the store.  I am getting pharmacy trained as well as front end attendant (kind of like a managing position) so I have been keeping super busy.
Hopefully some time this summer I can at least go up to the city for a bit or even go to Lake Michigan.  But until then I will be trying to work as much as possible to start saving for next spring when I will be student teaching and not able to work at target.

Well that is a quick summary of my past semester.  Not too much!
Until next time,

Erin