I cannot believe it's April. I repeat: I cannot believe it's April.
April is my last month as a grad student.
April is my last month as an intern.
April is my last month as a bachelorette.
My last full month of living with my parents. My last full month of not being a bonafide grown-up.
To me, there's a difference in an adult and a grown-up. I'm a working 24-year-old with at least one degree, so I'm an adult. But I live in my parents' basement on their tab, so I'm not really a grown-up.
So yeah, April's kind of a big deal. And I really don't have a free moment in the entire month.
In order to complete my 600 hours of internship and 100 hours of supervision, I have to work every minute of 7:00-5:30 every day this month. I have to attend class for two hours a week and throw in a couple of assignments after hours.
This weekend: Secret Church on Friday night (SO excited!), family Easter on Saturday morning, and our first party Saturday night. And of course Sunday is Easter-- my favorite holiday of the year. He is Risen!
My wedding dress is supposed to be coming in next week. My daddy's birthday is next Friday.
And the second weekend of April is my bachelorette party in Nashville. I am so ready for a night out on the town with my absolute favorite girls.
The third week of April, I'll be working overtime studying for my certification exam. That's right: on April 21, I will take the final and most important exam of my grad school career. If I don't pass the NCE, it's pretty much all for nothing... at least for a year, when I could take it again. But no certification means no job, so let's keep our fingers crossed for the first go-round.
The next day, I have a shower with the wonderful women of Alex's home church in Tuscumbia. So that's definitely the bright spot of that weekend.
And the last weekend of April concludes my party calendar with a ladies' brunch at a dear friend's.
So there are a lot of emotions tied up in the month of April: excitement, stress, exhaustion, joy, anticipation, and so on. Hopefully I'll make it through with a Master's and a Mrs. by the end of May.
Hello there, this is Drew Goodlett. Something beyond me prompted me to Google a girl from Guntersville I used to know, and lo and behold, there you was. I hope your life has been and continues to be as blessed as mine has been. I don't engage in the social media thing, but if you had the time to email, drew.goodlett@yahoo.com, I'd love to hear what you've been up to. No pressure, only positive energy!
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