It is hard to believe that I am only a couple of days away from the end of my collegiate career. Like many other Western Illinois University students, I am in the middle of a juggling act to finish the semester strong. This past weekend I completed my final shift at Jimmy John’s. I had worked there for the past year and a half and it turned out to be a pretty fun job. I met a lot of my friends from WIU through Jimmy John’s, and will never forget my time there. Now it is time conclude the on-campus portion of my college life, and I am hoping things go smoothly.
Almost all of my finals have consisted of written papers instead of the usual final exam. So far I have turned in my final papers for my Theatre 110 class. They included a critical review of the play “The Taming of the Shrew” and a five-minute play I wrote. “The Taming of the Shrew” review came rather easy, as I had recently written a blog about the play.
Today I will be turning in a portfolio for my Non-Fiction Creative Writing class. I wrote two stories in the class; one was about a vacation to Las Vegas I took last summer, and the other was a story about my interview for Jimmy John’s. After hammering-out a couple revisions to my stories over the weekend, I will look to put the finishing touches on them today.
My final daunting task is to finish an 8-12 page paper about James Joyce’s “The Dubliners” for my Senior Seminar class. I have kind of been putting it off to prolong my college experience. I wanted to extend the days of sleeping in late, playing basketball and relaxing, instead of graduating and having to worry about finding a job.
After all my final papers are written, I will be writing one more blog and that will be it. My final blog will be a recap of the year, and what is in store for me this summer and beyond. When that is complete I will finally be an educated person. The only business I will still need to take care of is packing up my apartment and moving out. Then the real task of living and surviving in the real world will begin.
David
