Spring Break is officially over and that means we have all survived the mid-semester slump!

The beginning of this semester dragged on and it was truly a test of patience.Two days felt more like a whole week's worth of time. I can gladly report, however, that I have made it through with my sanity and spirit intact.

From this point, it is all looking forward towards summer. We are almost done, and getting closer with each passing week.

Along with the realization that I am closer to the end of the semester than to the beginning of it, comes the realization that I am also approaching my "mid-college" slump, so to speak.

As a second semester sophomore, I am almost halfway through my time as an undergrad. Although individually, the semesters seem long while I'm living through them, these first two years have felt like they've blown by.

Yet graduation, although it is temporally equidistant from now to the beginning of my freshman year, seems to be light years away. It feels as though maybe I should have done more by now. Is it really possible that I'm almost done with my sophomore year?

It feels like I've only been in college for a few months. In two years will I be ready to get a job or decide to get my master's?

I'm hoping the next two years don't pass as quickly as these first two did. College is such a safety net in some ways. It's the ideal situation - you have independence, but you're not completely alone. You have responsibilities but also time to relax and enjoy your life.

I can't even begin to imagine life after college. There are just too many possibilities. It feels like I have all the time in the world to make those decisions.

In a way, I do. I don't think many people graduating have it all figured out. I have four whole semesters left to narrow my interests, create goals, and make plans.

Surviving half of this semester feels very insignificant compared to making it half way through undergraduate. What seemed like a long and trying period of time was a meager 2 months, compared to the four years of a bachelor program.

Still, give yourself credit. You have made it another two months, and you have hardly two months remaining. It is these semesters, that added together, are propelling you towards the end of your college career.

Graduation seems to be in the very distant future, but slowly, month by month, semester by semester, it is getting closer. The idea is both wildly terrifying and wildly exhilarating.