{"id":1878,"date":"2011-10-02T14:46:34","date_gmt":"2011-10-02T21:46:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.ups.edu\/studentlife\/?p=1878"},"modified":"2011-10-02T14:46:34","modified_gmt":"2011-10-02T21:46:34","slug":"a-semester-of-firsts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/studentlife\/2011\/10\/02\/a-semester-of-firsts\/","title":{"rendered":"A Semester of Firsts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>After a great summer of\u00a0roller-derby, working at Sonic, and hanging out with my family (especially my niece and nephew), school is finally back in full swing (and I&#8217;m finally getting used to carrying a Puget Sound course-load again). So, naturally, because this is my last semester at Puget Sound, it is also a semester of firsts.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/studentlife\/files\/2011\/10\/100_0466_2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-1982\" style=\"border: 1px solid black\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/studentlife\/files\/2011\/10\/100_0466_2-300x254.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"254\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/studentlife\/files\/2011\/10\/100_0466_2-300x254.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/studentlife\/files\/2011\/10\/100_0466_2-1024x869.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/studentlife\/files\/2011\/10\/100_0466_2-624x529.jpg 624w, https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/studentlife\/files\/2011\/10\/100_0466_2.jpg 1863w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>This is my first semester:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>back from studying abroad in Vienna for a semester.<\/li>\n<li>as a genuine senior.<\/li>\n<li>being 21.<\/li>\n<li>searching for a proper post-graduation job.<\/li>\n<li>writing a thesis.<\/li>\n<li>living off campus. (Check out the picture of my wonderous room!)<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1883 alignright\" style=\"border: 1px solid black\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/studentlife\/files\/2011\/09\/IMG_8851-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"140\" height=\"210\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/studentlife\/files\/2011\/09\/IMG_8851-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/studentlife\/files\/2011\/09\/IMG_8851-682x1024.jpg 682w, https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/studentlife\/files\/2011\/09\/IMG_8851-624x936.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 140px) 100vw, 140px\" \/><\/li>\n<li>with a car to drive.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>This last semester is presenting me with such a weird mix of nostalgia for the past, seize-the-moment sentiments for the present, and pure unadulterated panic for the future.<\/p>\n<p>So I&#8217;m going to try and be a faithful poster between the thesis, all the other work, my radio show on KUPS, BGLAD meetings, volunteering with a local Girl Scout troop, trying to get some time on my roller-skates, my desire to enjoy my last few months of college, and the job hunt, and I&#8217;m going to try and keep you updated on how this juggling act goes!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After a great summer school is finally back in full swing (and I&#8217;m finally getting used to carrying a Puget Sound course-load again). So, naturally, because this is my last semester at Puget Sound, it is also a semester of firsts.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/studentlife\/2011\/10\/02\/a-semester-of-firsts\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":49,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,13],"tags":[191,214,322,345],"class_list":["post-1878","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-2011-12","category-caitlin-barrow-12","tag-job-hunt","tag-living-off-campus","tag-senior-year","tag-study-abroad"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/studentlife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1878","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/studentlife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/studentlife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/studentlife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/49"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/studentlife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1878"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/studentlife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1878\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/studentlife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1878"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/studentlife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1878"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/studentlife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1878"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}