It's all downhill from here ...

So now here we are, finished with classes as an undergraduate. Ready for the last flurry of rehearsals, recitals, and exams. I've finished 3/6 of my senior projects, two of those being biger than the rest of them put together.
I've carried off a 35 minute piano recital, and a 45 minute composition recital, things people told me I could never do. I thought I would feel accomplished when I finished, but all I really feel is drained.

What's next? I'm not really sure. I'm hoping to find a job (aren't we all?) and to do some great volunteer work, as well as train to run three 5K's before Christmas this year. I hope to be more involved with my church, spend quality time with my family, and to not lose contact with great friends.

This point of life sort of feels like a precipice, I'm standing on it, and graduation is the pushing off part.

Everyone's so ready to memorialize "my last day of classes", "my last rehearsal", "my last performance". I'm not so ready because as burned out as I feel, I'm not so ready to get rid of the last four years of memories.

Stay tuned, job hunt coming soon.

A couple of really good friends

I'm really blessed with my friends. I've mentioned this before. But today, I want to share a couple of stories.

I have a friend who will dash to the cafeteria after her own class is over at 8:50 to pick me up a box breakfast since I'm at work and won't make it to breakfast. She's pretty cool. She also takes me out when I need a drink, makes me monitor my blood sugar, supports me wholeheartedly, and loves goofiness and disney movies as much as I do. I'm very grateful for this.

I'm also blessed with a friend who, yes, enjoys the goofiness, watches Bones with me, brings me lemonade and strawberries because I can't go to the holiday party myself because of the airborne nut allergens floating through the room, makes me have dates to cry in her lap because life is overwhelming and occasionally pushes me to try new things.