This entry is less about what I've done and more about what I have to do. Because "Easter Break" ends tomorrow, which means I have to stop being lazy and think about the future. Which I should have been doing the entire time, but eh. To quote a band, the future freaks me out.

I get to register for classes for next semester in about three days. Looking at the list of classes that I still need to take makes me slightly worried about whether or not I can still graduate in May 2009.

Theoretically, I think I can do it. The classes that I'm taking here should be able to meet some of the requirements I need (have emailed my faculty adviser about it at home) but I'm not entirely certain. I'm entirely expecting to be screwed over in that aspect. I still have to take 4 History classes, do an internship, 4 English classes for my minor, take a class in which we learn about what it means to be a professional (easy class because what it really entails is a thought process about what kind of career you want and what expectations that career will entail for you, and it includes doing a job shadow. Considering that I'm working on getting an internship at my public library, I should be able to just use that as an in), and 2 other Arts&Humanities.

The only problem is that what I'm taking over here isn't remotely close to what is offered at Alverno - no European history classes except a general overview called "Making of the Modern World" which covered the last 300 years ...Enlightenment, French Revolution, Industrial Revolution, Global trade/onset of globalization ..that kinda thing. So I'm crossing my fingers that it will all work out but yeah, I'm used to being screwed.

And I can't really register for classes until my faculty adviser gets back to me about which classes I can skip. Well ... I could just do the English classes. The only problem with that is that I KNOW there is a history class I have to take, in which I do an independent research project and present it to my department heads. If I take the English classes, plus that one and the dumb professional class ... Well, I should be able to handle it as long as I can do my internship over the summer. Hopefully. I've been in touch a bit with the Greendale Public Library, who say they would love to have me. Have to email them back, as well as the Internship department at Alverno.

I also have to start studying for the GRE, if I want to get into grad school, so that I can take the test around December and then apply to grad schools. I'm mainly hoping for UW-Milwaukee, but will have to apply to others just in case. I don't even what to think about what might happen if I don't get in to UWM but accepted to other schools that may be out of state. I mean, if I can handle living in another country I can handle living in another state but there is also more involved. Grad school is about three years for a masters, and there's the entire process of moving that I would have to deal with. And while it's been fairly easy to live here - dorm life, everything within walking distance - there's no guarantee it would be that simple for me anywhere else. But I'll go wherever I need to ... I just REALLY want UWM because not only is it close to home, but they have a double masters in Library Sciences and History. It would make me way more marketable in terms of job searching.

My stomach is tying in knots just THINKING about what I have to do. Seriously, the FUTURE FREAKS ME OUT.

What I need to do this week:

Clean my room (hush)
Start working on my Archaeology paper that is due on the 17th
Meet with my adviser HERE so I know where my new class is going to be held, and what day it starts (the database system here is NOT helpful for finding this stuff out)
Register for classes at home
Email about the internship
Finish reading my library books
Remember to breathe.