Musings of an Overworked College Student

By: Sarah Schwadron '14

Who ever said that term III was an easy term should be shot.

That’s just my personal opinion, but I just cannot see why everyone calls it easy. It’s a fun term for sure, but I would never call it easy. I have class from 850 in the morning to noon on Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday. On many days, I usually go straight to work right after class. Then I hole myself up in my room until my reading or homework is done. Then its dinner, and hanging out with some friends. And then bed to start the whole sequence over again tomorrow.

Don’t get me wrong, I love my schedule. I’m just saying that it’s not easy. Especially on days like today when I am running on five hours of sleep, having to deal with many emergencies down at the IT Desk, while also being in a little bit of pain due to my cartilage being infected.

I also don’t think that the constantly dreary weather helps anything. I’m thinking that the gorgeous spring fever inducing weather of last week was just a trick.

One thing that helps me keep a smile on my face is the idea of the summer coming up. As it stands, this summer is shaping up to be a hard one, but one that could be very fulfilling.

The week after I get home for summer, my mom is going in for some surgery. So I will be helping her recover from that. No big deal. Then I also have many applications out for being a camp counselor this summer. The one I really want to work at is an 8 week sleep away program for underprivileged children. Besides earning a great deal of money, I get to be around kids, and sometimes even act like one myself. I seriously cannot wait for that. I do hope I get that job.

But for now, I need to concentrate on the tasks at hand—dealing with resetting the internet in McGraw Hall, studying up on memory…. And a good nights sleep.