Dude where is my degree!?!

Ok forgive my french but damn is school over yet? I'm on the verge of full on burn out mode. It could be the 9 hours of sleep I've gotten in the last 48 hours or the spring "itis" I've suddenly developed. It's way too nice to have all this work and studying to do! Surprisingly though I've managed to stay afloat this term and considering that we're halfway done with the spring term I consider that a major victory. Its an even bigger milestone to be passing all my classes and not have failed any exams.
For all of my non facebook friends this past week has been pretty awesome for me. Last week I finally heard back about the honor society and apparently I'm smart enough to join! :) And I've finally locked down my last preceptor. I'm very excited to be returning to the hospital where I first learned about midwifery and was trained as a doula. The midwife who has agreed to work with me is really sweet and the practice, schedule, teaching methods really agree with my personal philosophy on birth and my learning style. And if all that wasn't exciting enough, I turned 30 last Friday. Normally people aren't thrilled about crossing into the third decade but I've been looking forward to this birthday for the past year or so. I finally feel my actual age.
So anywho life continues. I'm working on my market research paper which involves surveying people in my community about their midwifery knowledge. I had hoped to do some in person surveying but it looks like that won't happen, so I'll have to settle for other methods. I'm hoping the local doctors will be open to helping me out and not making things too difficult. Intrapartum is probably my favorite class-difficult but I feel like I'm learning a lot. Definitely makes you think about how we treat women as they progress through labor and delivery.
Next week I register for my last term of formal classes. All advanced classes so I'll probably be bald by the end of that term, only to trek back to Kentucky for clinical bound which frankly, is scaring the hell out of me right now. Despite that horrible fear though I am excited to be completing this part of the journey and I'm looking forward to the next phase.