Yesterday I went to the coffee shop, hoping to run into some of the regulars. What I found instead were three hours bonding with my iPod and a chance to see the next generation of kids from our school congregate on exactly the same couches where we used to spend so much time playing Scrabble.

We're growing up.

My goal for the semester was to get at least one A. I ended up getting FOUR. I can't even believe it. All the work paid off ( Read more... )

I got picked up at three to mail my boxes. They didn't get mailed until at least 5:30. I got lugged around to a delivery and a meeting without so much as one apology about the fact that my time was being totally wasted. This is how it always was when I was a kid. The difference is that now I'm not a kid anymore ( Read more... )

I had been having doubts lately about whether or not being a Psychology major with a Spanish minor would look good enough on a resume. Okay, stop right there. First of all, I started thinking about this during the year, I'm not just inventing stressors now that the summer has started. Second of all, I don't do things so that they'll "look good," I ( Read more... )

Living out of suitcases is a drag. I'm finding that it's even more inconvenient when you have three suitcases (not to mention four boxes) and you can't, for the life of you, flash back to that moment when you packed them and remember where you put that one pair of jeans. So now I'm wearing jeans with a ketchup stain on the leg. Whatever ( Read more... )

The disadvantage of staying long enough to see most people leave is that by the time it's your turn, there's barely anyone left to see you off. So right now I'm waiting as long as possible to pack up my laptop while sitting alone in a barren room at the end of a lifeless hallway. It's my first entry on LJ and my last day at college. Well, for now ( Read more... )