Sarah

Hey Hawkeyes!

I hope everyone is having a great summer! My summer has been extremely busy so far, but it’s been fantastic. I realized that I never did a follow-up post after finals. All of my finals went pretty well. My finals schedule wasn’t bad. My first final was on the Wednesday of finals week so I had plenty of time to study. After my Wednesday final I had a final on Thursday and a final project review for my photography class. My last final was at 3 pm on Friday. I wasn’t thrilled with the time since that meant that it would be after 5 before I could head for home. My parents came down before my final to help move my brother out, and after my final was over we packed up all my stuff and went home. In all that time I had for studying, I read a lot of chapters out of various books, got ice cream with friends, and helped move friends out of the dorms.

For the first time in most of our lives we were saying goodbye to friends we knew we’d see again, it would just be a while. Most of us are used to hanging out with friends over the summer, but now our new friends were going different directions. Some were going home, some were going to new research opportunities, a few had internships, and a few even stayed in Iowa to work and take classes.

Three of my awesome college friends! I don’t know if I could have survived this year without them!

It was sad saying goodbye and knowing we would no longer be just down the hall or just down the street, but rather in a different state. However, with careful planning and motivated people, we planned a trip to visit each other! A friend and I(both from fairly close to Iowa City) bought bus tickets to Chicago to see two of our friends. It was an awesome adventure, especially since we got to see how many kids travel home for weekends or breaks, something we hadn’t experienced with living so close to school.

Shopping in Chicago! Recognize her shirt? She’s a Society of Women Engineers member wearing the high school conference shirt 🙂

One of our friends offered to let us stay with her family over the weekend. Since they know the area so well, they were able to show us some of Chicago’s treasures.

The Bean!

Tall buildings!

We had a great time hanging out with her family and enjoying Chicago deep-dish pizza. It was so great to visit friends and see Chicago.

However, this trip could only be planned after my friend and I had finished our summer class. As a summer class, it was much shorter than normal classes. It was a six week long class, which basically translates to homework due twice a week, a test every week, and a comprehensive final at the end. I couldn’t have been more excited when it was done.

But now it is finished and I get to enjoy my summer. I’m getting excited for the fall though. I can’t wait for On Iowa! when I get to meet the new first years and help out with registration! I’ll try to be better about posting from now on! 🙂

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