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This little section has become a tradition in and of itself. I've been a slacker and have waited a little longer than I usually do to add this spring's, but I promise, you'll get over it.
I learned that 400 (senior) level computer science classes are generally pretty easy. I'm not sure if it's because they're actually easy or because they're what I actually like to do (as opposed to things like math), but either way, so far I've made all A's in them, which for me is an accomplishment.
I learned that I really do like to do drama. I pretty much had to get talked into it back when I joined, and I've always considered it sort of an extra thing that I could take or leave and that I'm just doing because there's a shortage of people. But I realized this semester that I really do enjoy doing it. I pretty much hate practicing, but performing gives me a really good feeling, sometimes moreso than with choir.
I learned that life will go on without 1122. Pretty much, it has to. When the oppressive force that is Housing decided they were going to make Brandon pay to stay there, things seemed kind of up in the air and bad for next year. But things worked out okay in the end...Brandon gets his own apartment with plenty of room that he can keep dirty without me plotting against him in his sleep, and I get to live at the BCM and fail all of my classes while having a really good time. It will be interesting.
I learned that I can't memorize stuff as well as I used to. Perhaps my memory is going, or perhaps I just don't try as hard. The two classes I had this time that were straight memorization were the two I didn't make A's in. Those had always been my specialty. Wow, maybe I'm actually focusing on real-world stuff now.
I learned that I'm ready to be out of school. Figuring out how to pay for it aside, I'm not going to grad school right now. I couldn't take any more school. It's going to be difficult to go back to another year after having a job this summer, and the idea of going back to school after that makes me want to break something. Fortunately, I don't have to. Hopefully, by this time next year, I'll be graduated and have a job lined up and be goofing off. Yippee.
I continued to learn how to deal with changing relationships. That's pretty much been a constant over my time in college. From dating relationships to friend relationships to family relationships, things keep changing. I have to deal with them, and they seem to usually work out okay in the end.
It was a pretty good semester.