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And yes, I\u2019ve jumped on the meme-bandwagon. In fact, many of my thoughts occur in a series of flashing Push it somewhere else Patrick and Keanu Reeves Conspiracy memes and I think I\u2019m hilarious.<\/p>\n
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It all started Valentine\u2019s Day when my intake of chocolate wasn\u2019t nearly high enough, ultimately pushing my prolonged cold into a seemingly perpetual flu.(Direct cause and effect here people.) I know I\u2019m premed, but this just means I\u2019m perfectly fine being surrounded by sick people. However, I\u2019m the worst sick person ever. Being physically ill never fails to catalyze a concomitant homesickness which manifested itself when my mom called me and the kindness and concern in her voice mobilized streamlining tears. Poor mother \u2013 she just wanted to know if I needed anything from Costco \u2026 I wonder if it\u2019s too late to ask for a churro\u2026<\/p>\n
I\u2019ll be 21 in 10 months (but who\u2019s counting?!) and all I want (besides a crunchy Costco churro) is to sit around with my sister and tease my parents. I literally hadn\u2019t been this congested, exhausted, and homesick since the December of my freshman year. As I was trying to analytically pinpoint the reasons behind my sophomore slumpin\u2019 week, I thought about some of the summer applications I had recently submitted. These first few weeks of the spring semester are always hectically spent researching and applying for summer plans\/jobs\/internships, etc. Although it may be difficult at times to navigate resources, having too many resources is one of the best problems to have. Thank goodness for the Office of Career Services<\/a> for centralizing summer resources<\/a>! What I would LOVE and be SO LUCKY to do this summer is intern in a Spanish speaking country and pretend that I\u2019m suave for 8 weeks. As I slowly conceptualized the thought of being in a foreign country on my own for two months, I realized this would be time spent not soaking up California sunshine and loving.<\/p>\n I think much of this week\u2019s past emotional turmoil stems from the fact that I\u2019m growing up and as time swiftly passes by, San Diego is becoming more of my past rather than my future. This freaks me out. There isn\u2019t really a euphemism for that. Although I feel really lame for being homesick, I also feel like these feelings are a natural part of attending college so far from home. I want to discourage, however, having distance as a main factor in your college decision process! I wouldn’t trade\u00a0anything<\/em>\u00a0for my East Coast experiences. Yet this concept of growing up genuinely excites me as much as it profoundly frightens me. I don\u2019t know what will happen this summer and I may be internally panicking for absolutely no reason. It\u2019s easy for me to say that I can\u2019t wait for summer but it\u2019s even easier for me to retract that statement after what I realized last Saturday.<\/p>\n As I was finalizing some last details of my Alternative Spring Break<\/a> Trip to New York City (sponsored by Phillips Brooks House Association<\/a>, PBHA), I realized that Spring Break is literally right around the corner which means that the spring semester is over! I know this sounds insane (rightfully so!) but once freshmen \u201cblock\u201d (gather a group of up to 8 friends who they\u2019ll live in the same upperclassman house with for their remaining time as undergraduates), Housing Day<\/a> (the epic day<\/a> freshman blocking groups receive their upperclassman house) happens, Spring Break happens, exams happen, and summer begins!! My astonishment with the realization that spring semester is over became an unhealthy obsession which soon stopped Monday night when my friend had to pull out his laptop during dinner to prove to me that the spring semester is definitely not over nor close to being over.<\/p>\n All in all, I\u2019m really glad to be reporting that my sophomore year progression is slowly regaining its uphill momentum as my immunity system restores itself as well. In an attempt to respectfully avoid any more slumpin\u2019, I strive to REM cycle more and pset (do problem sets\/homework) earlier, but more importantly live in the present.<\/p>\n Today was a day of epic proportions – my first of three organic chemistry midterms is over! After going to TF (teaching fellow) and PSL (peer student leader) office hours and reviewing lectures over the long weekend, I actually felt prepared. I also spent the majority of tonight rewarding myself with cookies and the fabulous Mather House also had a movie night showing a classic: Mean Girls with Lindsay Lohan \u2026 your face smells like peppermint.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Last week, I had the worst week ever. Ever. Capital E. I\u2019m definitely being as dramatic as: And yes, I\u2019ve jumped on the meme-bandwagon. In fact, many of my thoughts occur in a series of flashing Push it somewhere else Patrick and Keanu Reeves Conspiracy memes and I think I\u2019m hilarious. 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