This is the sixty-first (and second to last) post here, the last will be the notification to the one person who stalks me to watch another blog instead of this one. I am thinking of moving to Wordpress. Why? Because it looks shiny and has more sophisticated options.
So, as of last Sunday I am a graduate! I have passed the four years of arduous work for a shiny piece of paper that says I learned shit. The said piece of paper is on my desk in its red leather book. The cap and tassel and Hawk feather are put away safely, and the gown is a crumpled mess waiting to be cleaned and stored away.
All in all it was pretty fun. The speakers were interesting and one (I think was a sociobiologist of sorts) was talking about how there were these hairless apes marching in lines with fabric-wrapped squares stuck on their heads. Made Graduation sound ridiculous, but that is okay. I was told that it really is more for the parents. However, I felt it was kind of for me, too. It marked the end of one chapter (though it is kind of dragging on working at the school and all) and the beginning of my life as an adult.
That last thought thoroughly terrifies me. And to make things better (or worse) I am getting married soon, so I will be taking two HUGE steps into adulthood. I guess having an apartment and having to pay all my own bills was one step, but I had classes as well. I guess caring for two felines is another type of growing up, but they are fuzzy balls of happiness and fun and I don't count them the same as one would count children.
I had a moment that made me sad. My little sister (next one down), EBean, is having a baby in only a few short months. I will be married. The last of the oldest four of us is going to college. Despite the two smallest still being in elementary school, I remember when they were born, not to mention they will soon be taller than me and that is tragically unfair. I blame genetics for this cruel twist of things. They are not yet teens and they come to my brow. Pathetic, really. :(
But. GRADUATION!
Before Graduation I went to Brunch with a huge group of family members. It was a blast. I was given presents, one of which was this wacky pen:
If you smack it, it starts flashing colors. Like those bouncy balls. I was hiding behind my hand because I was laughing too hard. I also got some awesome stuff, like nutella/vanilla swirl spread, and Pomegranite juice concentrate and some candies and a seal set. It was fun!
Then I graduated. No pics of that. But I have post graduation pics. However, I don't want to post those.
So as I mentioned, I work at the school now with a great friend of mine as my coworker. It is nice, but there is this lingering feeling of "this will soon end" and "I have graduated, but it is made unreal by the fact that I am still here." I worked for the school last summer. When it really hit me was when I realized I never registered for classes at the end of this term. Sadness!!
Soon I will post in a new blog (or two, one for professional look the other to mess around), yet to be created because I just haven't done it yet. It will include the post-grad craziness, new job stuff, random musings, cooking and art experiments, wedding stuff, and general fun stuff. (That was lots of stuff, I know.)
Until then, Adieu!
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