Graduation

To say one of the main reasons that I have been so bad at posting was school  is a complete understatement.  The fall semester was the hardest semester I have ever done. I took a seminar class that I can say without a doubt was my hardest class in my college career. Fall semester I was also able to interview for internships. I was so blessed to have been offered all 4 of the internships I interviewed for.  I ended up accepting an offer at Bauer Family services as a Home based family specialist.... this is just a fancy word for social worker. The job was eye opening, hard and something I actually think I loved now that I have been able to step away from it. I realized the mixture of internship work and homework was What made me not like it so much while in the thick of it all. 

 I finally graduated in April, and can easily say that it is one of the proudest things and hardest I have ever accomplished.  Doing college while raising and having babies is definitely not something I would recommend, but it helped me realize that I can do very hard things. 

Now that I am done with school and the stresses of homework and due dates are gone, I realize how much I actually loved school. It was something that was mine. I didn't have to share it and it helped me feel like myself, and someone's wife and mom. Not saying those titles are great, I love them, but it's nice to feel like just maggie for a change.  It exercised my brain. 

I haven't been able to rest much since school ended.  Summer vacation started soon after graduation and with that brought vacations, much needed time at home with my kids and preparations for the baby.  I don't think it will fully hit me that I am done until September. That is when I normally would start back up again. 

Here's to Graduating,  doing hard things and being able to set new goals and ideals for myself!!