Its 2 am Friday morning, and I am currently sitting on top of a washing machine in the basement of Whitfield waiting for laundry to finish so I can start to pack for spring break. But I doubt this is going to be an ordinary stress free spring break. For the first time in a number of years, my mom and brother are on spring break the same time I am so I am actually going to be able to get to spend some quality family time. One thing that I am going to hate when spring break is over... is that my deadlines are all going to be closing in on me... and then graduation will become feasible. I titled this blog entry the woes of a graduating senior, but I have not gotten to that part yet. I think part of it is because as soon as I start to write about it... all the stress that left me for 2.5 will all be creeping back in. So here I go... letting loose of all the woes and troubles coming my way from now until May 7th.
1. Finding a job. This scares me half to death, I have been "looking" for awhile but have not submitted my resume yet. My initial goal was to have my resume completed and ready to send out to various businesses, newspapers and schools hoping and praying that someone will like what they see, give me an interview and then hire me. But I have not even gotten that far. I am still working on my resume, and that thing is more daunting and scary than I thought it would be. I am afraid that I will either have too much information, or not enough. And this is a major fear of mine because as I would like to a journalist or an editor, all of my experience comes from working within the theater. I have at least decided that I am not going to be spreading myself thin, I am going to cover all bases and go anywhere I am qualified with my English degree.
2. Job vs. Summer Internship. This has become a recent thought and something that I need to seriously pray about. For one thing, I don't have the necessary experience working in a newsroom being either a reporter or editor that I would like to have, and a summer internship would give me this experience. Another issue that I have is whether I not I should look for an internship at a newspaper, or if I should look for one in the theater (where I have the most experience in).
3. Documentary. Last semester, my assignment, along with J. Gooch (or Goochie Hootchie as I so affectionately call him) was to film the production of "The Taffettas" from start to finish and the ultimate goal being a documentary. The idea sounded cool and all, but it quickly became a thorn in my side for many reasons. (One being that I had a total Negative Nancy attitude about it and the second being that I had no flipping idea what I was doing). Tonight was my first initial meeting with David Harrell, (our IT guy at school who will help guide us in the editing process) and during our meeting, we came up with our story board and then proceeded to view 17+ hours of footage, crammed into 3 hours. And to be honest, the more we worked and watched footage the more I became excited about this project. I think this was because David complimented me on all the wonderful USABLE footage that I got, as well as some good interviews. But here is the kicker with this project... its date for viewing by the WHOLE school is March 31st. We can get it done, and I am excited about it but its going to consume a lot of my time following spring break. This is also something that is going to look spectacular on my resume, and also I get to do voice overs. :)
4. Bids and Invitations. The same week that the documentary will debute, I will also have to deal with getting bids out to the pledges for Alpha Psi Omega, as well as the invitations for the Jimmy Awards. With these two things being so close together, I have to make sure that all the invitations and bids get addressed and sent out in a timely manner. And the day that bids go out is always a big and exciting day.
5. Pledge Meeting. Following the delivery of the bids, I, as president of Alpha Psi have to lead and direct the new little neophytes. This in and of itself requires butt loads of planning and preparation. What sucks about this is that its not something that I can delegate off to one of the council members, its a meeting that I have to conduct.
6. Rush Week. April 4-8 is my favorite, but also my most hated week. Rush will be from 8-6 and its always real time consuming for me because not only am I doing the duties of a member, I also am planning other events behind the scenes.
7. Pledge Night. April 11th. The most stressful day ever. I have to make sure that tests get distributed, our ceremony goes off without a hitch, everyone knows what they are to do, and to make sure that there are no problems with the reception. Its also my favorite because its the night that the neophytes find out whether or not they get to become Alpha Psi members or not.
8. Jimmy Awards. April 14th. Right after finishing with rush week and pledge night, I have to make sure that everything is done and completed for the restaurant as well as on our end. I have to make sure that I have everyone's corrected food order, seating arrangements done, favors, and many more things. This night will be emotional, not only because its my last one, but I also have to deliver my farewell speech as out-going Alpha Psi president (of which I have served for 2 years, but also the end of being a council member since I have been on council since I was a sophomore), induct the new president, but the kicker is that this is the year that I receive my senior plaque. This is one thing that I have looked forward to recieving since I was a freshman, but its the one thing that is going to make me cry like a little girl.
9. Preparation for finals and graduation. I have no words other than I am not ready to think about this yet.
10. Getting my soul back from Garrett. Sarah, CJ and I plan on going over to Garrett and writing our list of things (plays and roles) we have done in the BMC theater since our time there. This is going to be one very bittersweet moment. I have lived in Garrett since my freshmen year (figuratively, not literally) and when I sign the wall, I will finally have my soul back. Its going to be a bittersweet day.
So as it stands, I have a full plate of things coming up and its slowly killing me. I have decided that next year's Alpha Psi president has no idea what they have gotten themselves into, and I hope they can become fast friends with stress because its the driving force behind everything. I am excited about everything, but at the same time its all very bittersweet... this is when reality of leaving Blue Mountain really starts to set in. I am ready to face it.
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