Last Day

The breakfast of champions: Fruit punch Capri Sun and a white chocolate Lindor truffle. 

Followed by my cleaned out room and my keys prior to turning them in.

Finals are over! I crushed it (that's kid speak for did well on) my biology final and earned a 166/170. I got a 95% on my final that consisted of 12 mini essays and yes, my hand hurt really badly. No word yet on how that last exam went, but I got my research paper back for that class (Abnormal Psychology) and got a 93% Booyah. It feels good to be done.

Today was my last day as a student at IWU.

What's that you say? You're not going to IWU any more? What's going on?
Oops. That's what happens when you have made a huge life decision and forget to tell some people.
Just today as I was walking out of my last (8 AM!) final, I was talking to Stacey and I said my car was all packed, going home, transferring, blah blah blah and Stacey said "Wait, what? Transferring?"
See, I've been thinking about transferring since the second week of the semester. It's been a long time coming and a lot of that time was filled with paper work, emails, phone calls, stress, and sometimes tears. In January, I'm headed to Trinity International University.

So next time someone around you is going through a major life shift (ie moving, quitting their job, starting a new job, transferring, withdrawing, or any other kind of major thing) remember that there's probably a lot of reasons. If you don't know the person that well and you ask why, be prepared to get a fake answer. It's too tough to explain all the reasons why to every single person when they ask.

Also, you might think it's a "good" reason to transfer and not everyone else will. Sometimes people think it's a "bad" idea, but that's whatever. Get counsel from people who love you and care about you and from there, you can qualify it as good or bad. Trust your gut and listen to what the Lord is telling you. I'm sure lots of people transfer for the benefit of being near a significant other. I'm sure people told them that's lame, or a bad idea, or not a good enough reason to transfer. Whatever, lame-0s. You don't know the whole situation so think about maybe keeping the judgement to yourself.

For me, I was really missing Andrew. A lot. When I talked to my Mom about how my heart was so heavy and she said "Ok, let's talk about transferring." This conversation happened on a Sunday, September 15th and the last day to drop a class was September 13th. I took that as a sign I was meant to be at IWU for that fall semester. I'm glad I stayed because I got to experience a great semester. I learned a lot. I know that's vague, but it's one of those things that's difficult to sum up and give it enough weight to say what you mean.

There's so many things that I am looking forward to about being a Trinity student that it's hard to be super sad about leaving IWU. This is a good transition. It hasn't sunk in yet that I'm not just back in Libertyville for Christmas, but for 3 semesters. That's pretty crazy. It will get more real the more I sit and think about it. But who has time for that? Too much traveling to do over break! Maybe when I have another moment here or there I'll tell you all about the adventures.