I GRADUATED!!!!

I’M AN ALUMNUS!!!!

I’M A GRADUATE!!!!

I HAVE A B.S. IN ENGLISH!!!!  (that’s a Bachelor of Science in case you were confused ;P)

Ok so this is a little late because I graduated on Saturday (the 18th of December), but I was busy Saturday with graduating and all and then I drove back to Colorado with the parentals so it was late when I got home and I went straight to bed.  Then on Sunday I slept and then went Christmas shopping with mi madre and just the thought of getting on the computer even for fun put my stomach in knots, I needed a bit of a break.  Then I slept most of the day Monday so here it is Tuesday and I’m just now getting around to announcing it…oh well that’s the way it goes sometimes.

The graduation ceremony was fun, it was the fall ceremony so it’s smaller and goes faster than the spring ceremony.  I sat in the front row pretty much smack dab in the middle; right in front of the podium where the president of the university, the registrar, the student body president and the president of the alumni association spoke from.  I only cried twice; once during a song that the choir sang and then when the alumni president spoke and called us alumni.  They gave us all namecards so we could pronounce our name to the dean and then they would read it out; the namecards also had the honors on it like Summa Cum Laude or whatnot.  I was just happy because this way my name wasn’t butchered.  They did mis-pronounce my middle name but I didn’t care so much because they got my first and last name right so yaaaaaa!!!!

I still have a few little things to finish but overall I’m done…and it feels weird.  It’s going to take a little while for it to sink in.  I keep finding myself doing things that I did in the past when I came to visit my parents.  Like gazing at the mountains and trying to soak it in as much as I can to sustain me only to remember that I don’t have to do that now.  Just little things like that.

And now Christmas is like right here and I haven’t done any shopping so I’m having to do that this week and after that it’s job hunting time…hooray…I have a few prospects lined up so we’ll just have to see if anything pans out.  I figure I’ll be lucky if I get a job before next Christmas.  Kidding, sort of!!

So that’s where things stand.  I should have week-in-a-flash back next week, though I doubt I’ll have a whole lot for it and as soon as I finish up with the few things for school that I have left and get into the mindset of “hey I can do this for fun!” this being reading and writing, then I’ll have other things besides week-in-a-flash and I’ll be able to catch up on all the blogs I read.  And do you know what else I can do now that I’m a graduate and an alumnus?  I can start reading for fun without having to analyze the book so I can write a paper on it later and I can watch TV like a real person now and I can write my stories again and I don’t have to pull all-nighters and I can eat real food…so exciting!!

week in a flash (week 27)

1. Happy late Thanksgiving all!  Did you have a fun day?

2. I have some fun stories from my visit with my family and, lucky you, you guys get to hear them (don’t worry they aren’t offensive or embarrassing, at least that’s my opinion :D ).

3. My mom hates Tiny Tim!!  At least, she hates the Tiny Tim from the George C. Scott version of a Christmas Carol…lol!!

4. I got to see my cat!  And love on her!  Gosh I missed her but it’ll only be a few weeks before I’m home for good.

5. Had Thanksgiving dinner with my Uncle and his fam, man my cousins make some damn good turkey!  Thanks guys, as always it was a blast!

6. Went to see Harry Potter with the parents; me and my mom cried (of course), but we had a good time and it was a great movie.  Sucks that we have to wait until July for the next one, ergh!

7. Classes were cancelled yesterday due to inclement weather, it’s a good thing that I drove back Sunday instead of waiting.  But I got an extra unexpected day off which was nice.

8. Days to graduation = 14

w/weekends (this normally would be “& holidays” except there are no more holidays between now and graduation) = 18

9. Holy Toledo I have a lot to do between now and graduation…

10. Just got finished reading the book that Clint Eastwood’s Outlaw Josey Wales is based on, it’s good and really close to the movie, I was surprised.

11. Right on schedule, the first thing me and my parents did on Friday (the Day after Thanksgiving) was put up Christmas decorations.  And mom kindly woke me up with Christmas music…*sigh* the Christmas season has officially begun.  :)

12. Speaking of Thanksgiving I was going to do this on Thanksgiving day but I was busy hanging with the fam so…these are a few things I am thankful for (there is no particular order here) –

– my cat

– my parents and brother

– not having to work Black Friday

– my Uncle and his fam

– my Grammie

– for being this close to graduating college

– my Jeep

– my health (but not for the stress I have right now *sigh* working on that)

– my life

– my God

– Jesus

– His love

– my friends

– my blog and all that it has brought

– my new computer

– you