Yeah, I've been busy. I swear I'll try to keep up with these SASH entries.

I just noticed that I didn't make any goals for this semester, so I can't assess my achievement of anything. Er...why don't I just use the same goals from fall semester?

Okay, here goes:

• Make A's in every class. (Yep!!)
• Secure an internship/assistantship/second job. (Did all 3...again!)
• Study for the GRE. (Yes! I have been doing this.)
• Study for the Psych GRE. (Yes! And I took it on April 12th.)
• Research more graduate programs in psychology. (Somewhat.)
• Make effort to keep up with readings. (Not really.)
• Perfect attendance. (Hell no.)
• Write in all my journals. (Not at all.)
• Have fun. (Somewhat.)
• Tentative goal: make friends within my majors. (Kinda.)
• Tentative goal: join major-related organization. (Yep. Joined The Association for Women in Communications.)

Working with the Interpersonal Relations and Motivation Research Group was pretty neat. The director of the group is now my thesis advisor. He's very nice and reminds me of something little. Elf? I don't know exactly what.

Yeah...so I'm working on not ONE, but TWO senior honors theses. One for psychology and one for communications. The communications one was not my idea. However, when Professor Stanton suggested it to me, I realized I had something in mind that would be great as a senior project. So, masochist that I am, I'm going for it. Since it normally takes two semesters to do one thesis, I'm getting a jump on my theses by starting...well, I've already started. I'll detail the topics some other day.

Being a part of Psi Chi has been great. I spent a lot of the past three years at UH alone, and it definitely wasn't something I minded. Spending a lot of time by yourself removes a great deal of social pressure, and you don't have to constantly deny your insanity to people who're giving you weird looks. While I haven't made instant friends in Psi Chi, it's nice to have people with whom I can compare notes and discuss professors or classes. I'm also the new Secretary for next year. It'll be a little time-consuming, but I want to get to know everyone better. I also want to make some changes!

So...I won't be able to work for Collegium again, most likely. They don't have the budget for it this summer, and my fall and spring schedules will be too hectic. However, I considered getting a multimedia internship for the summer to gain experience in multimedia work. Then, I realized there was a great deal of inconvenience involved (i.e., driving downtown EVERY WEEKDAY). Instead, I will be taking an internship in the CLASS development (fundraising) office. Basically, I'll do office work and get paid. It'll be within walking distance from my dorm, and they'll work around my classes. The very quirky thing is that I was offered this position when I spent two days cleaning their offices for them. I was participating in Psi Chi's Adopt a Psi Chi Member fundraiser, and I got adopted to clean offices. Yep, life works in funny ways. That's why I think five-year goals are so ridiculous. Your life can change drastically in a matter of seconds. How can you plan five years ahead?

I will only be taking one class this summer because it turns out I only need 3 more classes to graduate. Only one of those classes was being offered this summer. Oh well. Maybe I'll actually get to relax and read a book this summer. One thing I do want to do is travel to California. I need to start visiting graduate schools, you see. Plus my parents want to drive to our house in Rowland Heights to plant some trees there. They've almost completely filled our backyard with plants already, so it's time for them to encroach on the backyard of a house that other people are living in. I'm sure they have their own rationale for this desire.

My parents have, not surprisingly, decided to dictate my academic life all of a sudden, even though they largely ignored my school life for the last 14 years. My mother wants me to go to grad school at UH. She wants my sister to go to college at UH. And she wants herself and my father to move closer to UH. At some point last year, my father said that if I went to grad school in California, they were going to move there as well. I am beginning to feel very oppressed.

*Gulp* I have to take the GRE this summer. Must study more!!

I met the Hash Brown Goal long ago and have collected $9.05 in my Hash Brown Fund.

Helen