Half way done...but it's not all down hill from here.

So last night I counted myself officially half way done with my career as a graduate student. Three semesters down, three to go. May 2009 still seems, however, very far away.
Usually when I am half way done with something, I tell myself..."good job, Karen. It's all down hill from here". When I am on the elliptical runner at the gym, when I am reading a really good book that I can't wait to see what happens, after I have finished a big presentation for work, even cleaning the house. With graduate school, though, I am afraid that it is up hill for another two semesters. While I have finished 18 hours of credit towards my degree, now it is time to start my (dun, dun, duuuuuuunnnnnnn) Masters Thesis. Oh boy, just typing the words makes me groan. To some of my readers, this may be news to you. For a while now I have concluded that I would take the graduation track that required an internship and comprehensive exams. Well, after a chance conversation and lots of thought, there is no way I would ever want to take comprehensive exams! So a thesis it is. I am counting my official start date as Dec 16 and more then likely will finish exactly one year from then. So, at a time when I wish that I could sit back, relax, and ride the wave through the end of school, it is instead time to kick it into high gear. May 2009, here I come (can you see me...I am that tiny dot running towards you waaaaaaaaaaaay far away!).