Student SPHere 2008-09

I’m overwhelmed right now—in a good way and otherwise. I am SUPER excited that Obama won, I can’t believe I was alive when history was made. I feel a lot of different emotions all in one. I just got back from the APHA (American Public Health Association) conference on early Thursday morning last week. I barely slept before I had to be at work and in class. My sister came to visit me for the Halloween weekend which was awesome (she lives in Delaware) but it was a sour apple because I had to do homework in the midst of trying to spend time with her. Needless to say, I am running on a lot of coffee and less than adequate sleep.

Lately, homework has been a never ending bad dream. I get through one bad spell and there are 3 more waiting. I suppose it is my fault for signing up so many classes in addition to my other commitments. I find that I am worried about what job I will have when I graduate, but I do not have time to follow up on that. I worry that I will not graduate on time because my master’s project will take longer than expected, but there are not enough hours in the day to get it all done. It is unfortunate that I barely have time to socialize, but there is not much I can do about that situation. In a nutshell, It is getting closer to finals week and like most crazed students at this time of the year, I am stressed out. But I continue to take it one day at a time. At some point, I imagine it will all be over, and ironically I will be looking forward to be back in school. For now, here are some pictures from APHA and some from this weekend.

The team at finally gets a break at the APHA

Sumaiya and me at Goldy's Gameroom in Coffman

My roomie(Dri) going "trick or treating"... we were our FABULOUS selves that night

Big sis bowling for the first time