17 months to go!

I'd be lying if I said I didn't learn anything this entire semester throughout my first semester of grad school, as much as I don't want to acknowledge it. With seventeen months to go, here's some of the lessons of this past semester.

-I know more about the history of this new profession than I ever desired to know or probably need to know, but it was definitely all new information.
-I finally understand 'in loco parentis' now that I do not live it out on a daily business.
-I've learned what is too many hours of work and taken action to reduce those hours.
-You can make good friends in a new city within five months of moving there, cue "make new friends".
-I am very different from my classmates on so many levels.
-I know some new ways to make cool publicity.
-I never want to be a micromanaging bitchy boss.
-You can definitely learn about giving up control to God by going to school, taking tests and submitting papers. When it's done, it's done and the grade is up to God working through the teacher.
-GPS is wise investment.
-I miss working with teens! Often I wonder if I should be working with teens rather than college students which stinks because I'm earning a degree to work with college students.
-I know what effort is required to get grades that are good enough to keep me off probation and pass in my program. I am learning not to take professors comments personally, because simply, I got a good enough grade and didn't have to sacrifice more of how my life should be framed while living into God's plan for me.
-I can do this! Only 17 months to go!