Crunch Time

The last couple of weeks we had a different professor. Jillian was a lot of fun to have in class. Her passion for the subject and topics she brought to the table was clear and obvious. No matter the topic and comments made, she could spew information for days it seemed. Her energy was uplifting, motivating, and great. Jillian helped me consider new ways to approach writing my essay, which has really helped. While it was fun having a new face, it was great to have our professor back. I enjoyed hearing about his adventures, work, and new projects in Alaska as well as where we are at with our research. It seems like we're all around the same stages of research; finishing up and consolidating. It helped to talk about my topic out loud, I felt a little less behind, but am still feeling a little anxious about what is to come. Finals are next week and that is a week or so too soon. Yet I find myself in a time paradox of wanting summer to be here and school to be over, but I need so much more time to get all of my essays and projects finished while finding time to study and maintain my sanity. I guess it’s part of the student gig and will pass soon. It was fun to have our scattered class discussions back. What I assume was supposed to take 45 minutes or so turned into an entire class period because of our bouncing banter. I love it.