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Change is up ahead as time winds down
 Leslie Andres
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In another couple of weeks, we will be done with another semester and another academic year.
In another couple of weeks, we will be able to sit back, relax, savor the joy of spring (and eventually summer) and not have to pound our heads against the wall trying to keep up with all the school work.
In another couple of weeks, I will be done with my job as the news editor here at University Chronicle and my job as an RA in W.W. Holes Hall.
Granted, my work at this newspaper that I love will not end there � I will be back in the summer and fall semesters as editor. But it will be nice to be able to sit around doing nothing for a while, waiting for the summer session to start before getting back to the grind of churning out what I think is a top-notch newspaper, thanks to the many talented individuals here.
More importantly, after this semester, I will only have one job to worry about. Being the news editor at the paper is a challenging and time-consuming thing. But when you're an RA as well, it gets kind of hectic at times.
Don't get me wrong, I love my jobs. But doing both is really tough.
Having said all that, though, this has been a most enjoyable year for me. Sure, it's had its ups and downs. But for the most part, it has been great.
Being the news editor has kept me on my toes. There have been many times when I have had to pull a story together at almost the very last minute. There have been times when I've kicked myself for missing a story and seeing it in the St. Cloud Times. There have been times when I wished I could take an M-16 and shoot some people.
Being an RA has been equally as interesting. And it has kept me on my toes as well. I was fortunate, though. Holes Hall has been great. The staff members are great. The residents have been great. Sure there have been some black sheep living there, but which hall doesn't? Again, that M-16 comes to mind. Perhaps one with a grenade launcher attached.
I was even more fortunate to have 50 excellent residents on my floor. They have not given me any problems. Only thing is, I wish they would attend more programs.
So am I looking forward to the end of the semester? Well, who isn't? I'm looking forward to spending time with my girlfriend, Tracy. Lord knows I haven't been doing that lately. Heck, she's as busy as I am.
I'm looking forward to having my own place where I can kick back and have a drink or two, which I can't do now since SCSU is a dry campus. I'm looking forward to traveling a little and seeing some of the country.
And just a few days ago, I found out something else that I can look forward to. I was chatting online with an old friend from back home. She intends to come visit Tracy and me soon, and her 2-year-old son, our godson, is going to tag along.
Here's another reason for me to be excited. I graduate in the fall, which means when this semester ends, I will have only one more semester to contend with.
I know what you're thinking. "What is he, nuts? That's still eight months away."
Sure. But when you think about it in terms of being only one semester away, it seems a lot closer.
I can tell you one thing I'm not looking forward to, however. Moving. I HATE moving. You have to pack up all your stuff, move those heavy suckers and then unpack again.
It's at those times that I wish I was David Copperfield. Not the guy in the book, mind you � the magician. If only I could make things disappear and then make them reappear at another location. Moving would be a cinch.
Wouldn't you like powers like that? I know I would. Then again, though, I might just go a little crazy with those powers. I might resort to making irritating people disappear.
But us lowly mortals don't have such powers, so we'll have to be content with either moving it ourselves or paying someone to do it. Since I am as poor as the average college student, I guess I'll have to move things myself.
Then again, maybe that's not too bad. Maybe I'll be able to lose some weight and gain some muscles. Lord knows I need that. And I can just imagine my friends nodding their head right about now.
Leslie Andres can be reached at: [email protected]
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