Classic Bev

So after my jam-packed weekend of Wooster sports (and my brief shopping excursion to Akron for all things Gap-related…I have an addiction), I have settled down to focus on the next few days. This week has been insane, there is SO much to get done! Tuesday, I went to Oberlin with five other Classics majors and minors to see one of my former professors give a lecture on Tibullus and Horace’s Satires. Not only was it incredibly interesting, but it was also a lot of fun and great to see Dr. McGowan again. We drove him back to Wooster and we all went out to dinner and then I took him to the airport Wednesday morning. It’s funny how no one here blinks twice when I say that too–I think I’m about the third or fourth person to have taken McGowan to the airport, plus my feeling about professors and students here is that we’re all very close. I know so many people who babysit or dogsit for professors, have dinner at their homes, etc. I think it’s just the culture here.

Now I’m just trying to focus on the tasks at hand. I have my IS presentation for the President’s Inauguration tomorrow that I need to polish (and by polish, I mean start writing…come on, I’m not shy about my procrastination), plus I have work tonight AND my mom is coming into town to take me out to dinner. I’m really excited to see my mom, plus we’re going to South Market Bistro, which is the nicest restaurant in town. I’ve never been there, so I am PUMPED. Then tomorrow I’ve got class, a panel for the last visit day, my presentation, and then Senior Farewell for the Peanuts, where we all dress up and tell stories about our time here and basically just cry a lot.

And on top of all of this, I have started applying for jobs!! I think seeing McGowan motivated me, because after dinner with him, I realized that I still don’t have an answer for every senior’s least favorite question: what are you doing after college? So I sent out seven resumes/cover letters/applications/bribes (just kidding on the last one…) that night. We’ll see what happens from there.

This whole time right now is about waiting. Waiting to see who calls back for a job, waiting for my IS grade, waiting for the next two and a half weeks that lead to Commencement. It’s a strange place to be in right now, one full of concurrent excitement and sadness. Every senior I’ve talked to feels exactly the same, though, so it’s good to know we’re all in the same boat. Right now, I think I’m just going to focus on checking my mailbox like a fiend and writing this IS presentation. I’ll keep everyone informed as I continue to get updates…