Time travels!!!

I cant believe the semester is over. It had been a rough one personally. I missed more school than I wanted to. I had more illnesses and doctors appointments than I have in a long time. I am actually one of the many students that love to be in class. I miss the discussions and the reviews and the lectures. But I managed to keep up and had a great group of friends that helped me keep up with notes.

I firmly believe that keeping in contact with your classmates is a blessing in disguise. They provided me the support I needed to pass. Even if they dont take notes, which surprisingly many dont, they took the time out to answer my questions and go over lectures that I had to miss. As I stated in my last blog, most of them graduated. Now I am a Senior! Wow! That is so exciting to say.

I thought that being 1 year away from my Associates Degree was exciting, now that I am one year away from my Bachelor's Degree, it has gotten even more surreal. I realize that in January I will be filing my petition for graduation. I love the classes that I am enrolled in for the Fall and will be looking forward to keeping up with all the election updates until then.

I decided to not take the Fast Track Route. I realized that as a single mother, it will be difficult for me to figure out how to complete my Masters Degree when most of the classes are offered in the evenings and on weekends. They also took the program that I was originally interested in out because the classes weren't making. So right now there is no more legislative studies masters program, only political science or political science with an emphasis in Constitutional Law. They may be revamping the program so I will wait a year and see what happens. I may be looking in to the George Washington School of Political Management a little more carefully. Right now my plan is to finish my Bachelor's Degree strong and then hopefully there will be enough classes offered so that I can graduate with an emphasis on campaign and elections or legislative studies.

I am also excited about two classes being offered in the Spring, Dr. Champagne's Civil Liberties and Dr. Thielemann's Legislative Decisions class. Yes, I am already planning for next year.

I will starting my summer classes on the 30th. Will keep ya'll posted!

Best
Cristina