Well, it finally happened. I graduated.
I couldn’t have asked for a better day for graduation. The sky was a brilliant shade of blue, the sun was shining and the temperature was mild. Our main ceremony lasted nearly three hours and I left thinking, “That’s it?”. Four years and it is over in the blink of an eye? My parents and brother joined me in the celebration and presented me with a beautiful bouquet of pink roses after the ceremony (THANK YOU!!). We went to brunch at a local cafe (a few minutes from my new apartment!) and I ordered a breakfast sandwich with two eggs, goat cheese, portabello mushrooms, tomato, basil and ham on sunflower bread. I have more pictures but unfortunately I left my camera uploader at my apartment, so I’ll have to post them on Tuesday.
After brunch, I attended my department ceremony to receive my diploma. It was a small ceremony and only lasted an hour. As soon as it was over I sprinted back to my dorm-apartment and went into a packing frenzy. I didn’t even stop to take my high heels off, I just wanted to GET OUT! I ate my last Jonagold apple and started throwing things here and there until everything was in the car. I have been ready to leave for so long and did not want to spend MORE time than was necessary. My parents joined me in the packing craze and we were out of there in about two hours. I think we were all surprised by the amount of ‘things’, especially kitchen gadgets, that I have collected over the year. It barely fit into two cars!
The insanity continued as we hulled garbage bags full of random items in to my new apartment. It was such a long day and I was so thankful to have my parent’s help. When we finished, we were extremely exhausted and still had a 1.5 hour drive home. It was nearly 8:30pm when we finally got back and dinner was Chinese food. My dad and I shared some Middle Ages Wailing Wench beer as we settled down and we feasted on wonton soup, mixed seafood and vegetables, rice and fortune cookies with a glass of Dr. Loosen Riesling. (pictures will be posted later!)
I fell asleep approximately one hour later and woke up this morning feeling refreshed. I’m glad that I was able to come home for a few days to spend time with my parents and organize myself before starting the next phase of my life. I know that if I stayed in my apartment last night I would have been anxious about getting settled and entered into another sleepless night and unpacking furry. I’m the type of person that likes to be completely organized before I can relax and focus.
I was really hungry when I woke up and after searching the contents of my parent’s cupboards and fridge, decided to create a gigantic yogurt mess with Greek yogurt, sliced almonds, Cheerios, banana, strawberries and cinnamon for breakfast.
I spent much of this morning generating a to do list, doing laundry, and configuring my computer. My generous parents bought me a new computer for graduation (!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!) and I am organizing files on my old one before the transfer. This has NOT been an easy task. Much like my room at school, my computer is packed full of random files and pictures in an extremely unorganized fashion.
After a few hours of stressful computer sorting I made a peanut butter, banana, strawberry and cinnamon sandwich on two slices of whole grain bread with a side of baby carrots. Shortly after, I snacked on vanilla yogurt, dried cranberries, sliced almonds and cinnamon. I’m basically eating whatever I can scrounge up in my parents fridge. I’m hoping dinner has some sort of vegetable because today has been a fruit, nut and dairy filled day (good thing that those are my favorites!).
I’m off to do more computer work. I’m heading into the real world tomorrow to face my apartment mess and work. I’ll be sure to post but I can already tell that insanity is in store.
Crazy,
Nora
Are you an organized person? What are your tips and tricks?
Aw girl! Congrats on graduating 🙂 I definitely am a pretty organized person and I always carry around a tiny notebook in my purse and keep up with my to-do list! It sounds silly but it helps so much!
Again – congratulations!! This is such an exciting part of your life, I’m glad we can be here for you, and no, I don’t know how to make that sound less creepy, haha.
Glad you could have a night to unwind with your family. I know how ridiculous packing is, and I agree…I lived at a place for oh, 5 months, and swear I left with double the amount I went in with! I was so greatful for my mom’s help.
I am REALLY organized about some things – and others, really unorganized!! lol. I make lists, too, and have gotten good at file organization just from having to do so many photoshoots and learning it from work.
Good luck today – make sure you give yourself some breaks!!
You sound so busy! I find that to-do lists help me stay organized and motivate me to accomplish my tasks. Plus it feels really good to cross off everything at the end of the day!
I also need my workspace to be organized or else I feel so scattered. I’m a big fan of pretty organizational bins/folders/etc for my desk. 😀
I’ve never been a Type A so organization is always a challenge. Somehow the work gets done, but don’t ask me where I put something last week…I might have to get organized.
Love, Mom
So exciting!!! I’m a super organized person too and it drives me CRAZY when things are out of control and out of order.