{"id":668,"date":"2012-06-20T10:34:28","date_gmt":"2012-06-20T14:34:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/comblog\/?p=668"},"modified":"2012-06-20T10:34:32","modified_gmt":"2012-06-20T14:34:32","slug":"kate-the-countdown-begins%e2%80%a6","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/comblog\/2012\/06\/20\/kate-the-countdown-begins%e2%80%a6\/","title":{"rendered":"Kate: The Countdown Begins\u2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"yui_3_2_0_1_1340202633094111\">\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/comblog\/files\/2012\/01\/Kate-Image.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-295\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/comblog\/files\/2012\/01\/Kate-Image-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/comblog\/files\/2012\/01\/Kate-Image-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/comblog\/files\/2012\/01\/Kate-Image-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/comblog\/files\/2012\/01\/Kate-Image.jpg 869w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>As the countdown to summer was highly anticipated by many, my countdown is just beginning. The countdown for September 1<sup>st<\/sup>, the day that I will board a 747 with 200 other BU students to London for the next three and a half months.\u00a0 And something tells me that with classes over and that diploma in hand, a few of you have a very similar countdown as you look forward to beginning your freshmen year at BU.<\/p>\n<p id=\"yui_3_2_0_1_1340202633094105\">This summer, I\u2019m laying low in preparation of a fantastic three months abroad. No internship, just working, seeing friends and enjoying Boston.\u00a0 And I pass that same advice along to you as you prepare for the next step in your life.\u00a0 Many you are probably feeling the pressure to brush up on high school skills or get an internship related to your intended major. My advice to you: just relax.\u00a0 You will have plenty of time for that once you\u2019ve arrived, trust me. Take this time now to enjoy your home life, your high school friends, your summer freedom and lots of yummy graduation cakes because once all the thrill begins in September, it won\u2019t stop and you won\u2019t want it to.<\/p>\n<p>My countdown says 72 days. What does yours say?<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As the countdown to summer was highly anticipated by many, my countdown is just beginning. The countdown for September 1st, the day that I will board a 747 with 200 other BU students to London for the next three and a half months.\u00a0 And something tells me that with classes over and that diploma in &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/comblog\/2012\/06\/20\/kate-the-countdown-begins%e2%80%a6\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Kate: The Countdown Begins\u2026<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2018,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[257,7277,4534,1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/comblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/668"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/comblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/comblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/comblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2018"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/comblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=668"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/comblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/668\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":673,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/comblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/668\/revisions\/673"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/comblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=668"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/comblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=668"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/comblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=668"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}