An die Freude

I'm so glad and thankful that school is almost over. Since I've been buried under masses of huge projects, presentations, and essays, I've developed a sort of apathy for just about everything. I make time to do other things, but at the same time, I never really feel free from all the pressure of school work.
I'm so thankful that next week that'll be over. Just two and a half essays more, and I'll be finished for the semester.
I won't have fantastic grades, but I've learned a lot this semester. One, I've realized how important it is to not overload yourself, and two, I've discovered I simply can't work (at least not off-campus) while I'm studying.
What am I going to do differently next semester?
For one, let's fast forward to the end of the month, when I'll be working and saving money for next year (I mean, in the terms of next school year). My plans are to find a semi-decent job (or possibly two, one being for weekends...I don't know yet)and begin saving. I had planned on going to Germany next semester, but because of a lack of scholarships and other funding, I'll be postponing those plans for the next year. That should give me time to save up a bit for then, and not have to go into debt for it.
Another thing that will happen next semester is that I'll begin working in the MSU Modern Languages Department for 10 hours a week at minimum wage. This is an advantage because, unlike my last job, I'll have a steady paycheck that I can budget, plus money saved up from the summer, and I'll be able to get in some practical experience grading papers and teaching vocabulary words to language students. Also, I'll probably have opportunities to tutor, which will give me teaching practice and extra money.
As far as school goes, I just want to make sure that *I* am the one in control; and not my heaping mounds of homework. I can get a 4.0 if I put in a little effort. Plus, I'll be doing mostly classes (from here on out) in my major, so they'll be a little more interesting to me.
As far as summer plans go, anything that I had thought about before is still there, but I don't know if it'll actually go through. I have $200 for a United flight that I have to use before August. For that reason, I'm trying to think of where I'll go...
Yeah, so that's about it. I know I didn't really say a lot about Germany, but there isn't a whole lot to say. If I ever get my pictures on a disk I'll put them up here. We built. Ten hours a day. It was a lot, but I learned a lot of practical thnigs through it too, and because I spent so much time ripping up linoleum and tearing down walls, I look at houses a bit differently now.
Anyway, I need to go to my dorm. I'm going to try to get an outline for one of those two essays finished. Then I'm going to get out my civ book and go over some things for my final.
A good day to you all.