Rushing Back

I cannot believe that in about a week and a half classes begin for the last time as an undergraduate. Without a doubt I can honestly say that I am ready for this to be my last semester as an undergraduate. If you talk to either mom or dad, they can definitely back up that statement, they can tell with just how I talk that I am ready to go- start the next part of life. I walked into the newest building on campus, to say the least, it is absolutely gorgeous. I will have to take some pictures. The started the remodel of this about 2 years ago, I believe even Brett was at WSU at that time. I get to enjoy this building for one semester, which is more than some of my friends were able to. That is besides the point, I stepped in because I was going to buy my books for classes. The one main thing I learned is that you go before, not after classes start. I ended up spending the least amount I have ever spent on books- excitement! Everybody is arriving back into Pullman. Monday is the first day freshman are able to move into the residence halls- parents are a huge pain in Pullman because there are so many people. Pullman is not built for so many parents being here at once, especially to move students. More importantly, they don't know Pullman roads which are something to get used to, which makes it extremely road hazardous. As I sit here at Cafe Moro, looking outside, you can just tell there are many students back into Pullman- they are excited to be back, however, I am excited to rush out!

I found out the power of personal/ character recommendations. I was sent an email during Spring Break from the Tacoma Police Department requesting me to fill out a long evaulation about an ex-boyfriend who was applying for a police officer job. I dated him about 3 or 4 years ago, needless to say, I was quite confused as to why they were asking me to fill this out. One of the biggest changes throughout college is that I am now extremely upfront, blunt about what I am thinking- tell it how it is- the truth (please reference to the previous post). Currently, I don't really know him, therefore, I filled it out as if it was when we were dating and how I think he would be now- presently. It was a long evaulation, took me quite a while to fill it all out. It ended up being around 7 pages long. After I finished this, I saved it to my computer for quite some time, I remember contemplating whether to send it or not- I just didn't feel like it was my place to say anything since I don't know him that well anymore. I ended up sending it in. I didn't hear anything back from the Tacoma Police Department- until a couple weeks ago. I received a phone call in the morning while I was at work. A sheriff wanted to speak to me about the same person in question. It ended up taking quite a bit of time and did not know why he wanted to talk to me once again. Today, I was able to talk to a good friend who lives in North Carolina at the moment and I talked to her about it- asked about whether he got the job or not. Apparently he knew quite a while ago, in May, that he didn't get the job because he was 'not mature enough.' Which is something I definitely spoke about through my evaulation. Needless to say, evaluations have a huge impact.