It’s official– this past weekend I graduated magna cum laude with my B.A. in English and a minor in music performance (cello.) My mom always told me “just get your degree. No one can take that away from you. Then no matter what else happens, you have your education.” It didn’t make sense to me then, but it does now. It somehow feels different having a degree. This may sound corny, but I feel safe. Accomplished. Happy.
Of course, now that undergrad is over I have to face the rest of my life, which is exponentially more scary than undergrad. This includes the summer, where I will have 2 weekly preschool storytimes, a PJ storytime series, some teen programs, and my week counseling my lovlies in Ithaca. On top of all of that, I think I want to learn to play the organ, so you can guess what I’ll be spending my free time doing. Oh, and still working at admissions.
I’m going home to get my wisdom teeth out tomorrow, and I’m really happy to be going home. As Kathy Eden says, successful interpretation is thematized as the long and arduous journey home. Or, the weaving of a tapestry (thank you Dr. Daly.) Home is where you go when you need to figure stuff out, and I have a lot of figuring to do.
In other equally important and horridly devestating news, Crossing Jordan was canceled :-( Despite losing critical acclaim, I really didn’t think they were doing all that badly. I still liked the plotlines, and they had all their characters, it wasn’t losing that ensemble feel…. oh well. Such is life. Now maybe the series will FINALLY come out on DVD. And I can buy it.
