This year has been anything but easy for me. It started out with emotional and physical exhaustion and is ending the same way, but I would still say it has been a good one. I have finally become comfortable enough in college and with my hectic schedule that I can regularly function and complete assignments. My grades and personal relationships have also improved because I no longer feel like I am ready to burst from my seams. For being dropped off at college with no money and no idea how to function on my own without the financial support of my parents, I think I recovered fairly quickly and am happy that I have finally figured out how to live on my own. The concussion that I suffered last year still has some affect and I’ve noticed that my short term memory is not as good as it used to be, but I have made changes to my lifestyle to make up for this and have gotten used to them at this point allowing things like forgetting information or small assignments to be a thing of the past. I’ve started to work on gaining experience in my field and was overjoyed when I found I had enough financial aid to afford to go to field school in another country this summer. I chose one in Spain and am going to be going about a week and a half early to visit an old friend in Spain and experience Spain by myself before moving into another classroom setting. I have also been working in an archaeology lab where I’ve been practicing identifying artifacts. I also picked up a second major this year in History to act as a supplement to my anthropology degree. Over the next two years, I plan on continuing to gain experience and hopefully find a good internship that has to do with archaeology. I am also planning on applying to NSF funded digs so I can gain experiences in the field that are outside of a learning environment. I want to continue to improve my time management and decrease my stress levels even further. I cannot wait for the next two years to be over, but I’d be lying if I said I was not looking forward to them and all the adventures they contain as well.