Moving Up: Is that good or bad?

So, I officially have a place set to move into in Macon come August. I'm quite excited about it too, actually. I'll be living on my own, just me and my man (aka: Ninja, my dog!). My parents set me up with the nicest one in the complex, complete with a sunroom and all. I think it's gonna to be beautiful. I'm really excited to "move on up" in the world, but nervous all at the same time. I'll be done with the "class" part of school in August, and will begin my internship in just 3 months. 3 months! I'm scared, really. Do I really know enough? Will I make a fool of myself in front of my supervisor? When I start my medical internship (which I've still YET to hear if I've even gotten it!), I'm really scared I'll look like an idiot. Will I know what I should know? I fear that I won't. Even so, I'm still excited to see what kind of adventures lie ahead of me in Macon. Why Macon? Why not? I needed a change, and didn't want anything too drastic...like Atlanta. Baby steps. I'll start moving out of my apartment here in Valdosta in July and officially move into my new one in Macon in August. And I think I'm ready.

Just one week left of Maymester. Which along with the end of Maymester, comes the end of my Graduate Assistantship/job. It's become too difficult to keep up with my heavy client load I'll have in the short 6 week summer semester, along with 2 classes, and then trying to work a now demanding job. I'm grateful that I have parents who will financially support my educational endeavors and allow me to make the decision to quit without any financial repercussions. They'll finish paying for the tuition I won't be receiving from my GA position now, and I'm so very thankful for that. It makes my life just a little bit less stressful.

Two more months of school and then I'm done here in 'ole Valdosta. As much as I've grown to despise this town in the past year (strange how the feeling came with the start of Grad school...), I actually think I will miss it when I look back. I've made some amazing friendships in my time here, and I wouldn't change my decision to come to Valdosta if I could go back and do it over. I've got many happy memories to look back on in this town, but I think all those memories have been darkened by the big dark cloud of Grad school. It's forced me to just see the bad of the whole situation in this town and I'd forgotten about all the sunshine I'd had here the past 4 years. The last year (and a half) have had some good times too, and I need to try and focus on that more than the bad. I think I've become too much of a pessimist since this past August...and that's not a good thing. I need to be like the sunshine...happy and bright.

Sweet Southern Sunshine...it's a frame of mind. One I need to work on daily...