Semester 9

Yet another interesting semester has passed, my 9th one at OU, but my first as a grad student. The transition to grad school was a little tough, but, as with everything, it was fine once I adjusted. Not living on campus was a pretty huge change for me, but a good one. Here are some of my memories from this semester.

• Andrea DenHoed, Rhodes Scholar (my reaction: "are you serious? no, really?")
  
• Having a degree!
  
• Having a house!
• Having a car!
• The desk project (you guys should really visit university surplus)
  
• Trying to decorate my house
  
• Another Thanksgiving in Norman with Matt + Die Hard (when I really should have been writing a paper instead)
  
• River Church
  
• Community Group
  
• Happy Hour and Slushies at Classic 50s
  
• Bugging Holly almost every day
  
• Nickel Creek concert in Dallas (+ walking around with St. Francis)
  
• Tuesday lunch at the 2:8 House
  
• Not losing power during the ice storm
  
• Having Tuesday lunch at our house on Monday of finals week and a "study party" there too
  
• More Tootsie Rolls
  
• Candy Canes + power series
  
• Mooching my first meals at the caf from freshmen and RAs
  
• Really trying research for the first time
  
• Still hating research for the 3rd time
  
• The customary two weeks of crying that seem to come in the middle of every semester
  
• Physics....
  
• Not getting a "C" in physics this semester
  
• Pretending like I didn't have semester-long research papers to do for the first two-thirds of the semester and not doing homework every night of the week
  
• Having people from Project visit
  
• Having friends that aren't college students!
  
• Lots of procrastination by cleaning
  
• Rearranging the kitchen cabinets for Katie
  
• Emails from Dr. Morrison at weird times in the morning
  
• Having a life that didn't just involve school
  
• Roadtrip to Boulder, CO
• Watching shows like "America's Next Top Model" and "Beauty and the Geek" with Holly, Rita, and Cindy
  
• Studying at the honors dorm...and then getting to leave because I don't live there
  
• Watching The Office...and then a movie with Jon and Mike every Thursday
  
• The occasional walkies
• Giving people advice for grad school
  
• Playing Bang!
  

As always, additions to the list are welcome.