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Someone LJ poked me or whatever it is called to inform me that I have not posted in 4 billion years or however long it has been.
But c'mon, poking person, you know how it is. You don't post forever and ever, and then you feel like you need to do something amazing to make up for the long non-posting time, or at least catch everyone up on every little thing that has happened in that 4-billion-year gap. Plus, my entire friends page right now is filled up with the long and profound reflections of many many very articulate Yale types on their graduation experience and all that fun stuff. How can I live up to all that deep thought when I, myself, am feeling less reflective and more stressed out by wedding planning?
Answer: I cannot. But I will post anyway. Ha!
Now...what to say in my post....
Congratulations to all of you who graduated. I will not add too many of my own reflections to the lot of them that are already here, because I don't think I have anything so new to say anyway. I will say that I am pretty happy to be graduating from "freshman at life" to "sophomore at life." I have heard a lot of people say a lot of things about the experience of being a "f.a.l." and not that many of them were all that cheery, and I can't say I entirely disagree with any of them. (ha HA! put those quadruple negatives in your pipe and smoke 'em!!)
Anyway, it is all no use, I guess, because now I am going to be a "freshman at wife" or something like that, and that will be all sorts of new kinds of difficult. I am sure I will find some way to keep busy.
I am certainly super-enthused, by the way, about the wedding. I am really looking forward to it. In my worst moments, that is because the wedding will be the end of the GOSH DARNED WEDDING *PLANNING*, but at my better moments (and that is most moments) it is because I can't believe how unbelievably lucky I am to be able to look forward to being in a room with so many supremely wonderful people ALL AT ONCE. I am going to be afraid to leave even to go to the bathroom lest I fail for one moment to take full advantage of this incredible resource for happiness. WOOO!! You know, they say the only two times when all the people who love you and whom you love gather together in one place and surround you like that are your wedding and your funeral. I am thinking I will enjoy the former more than I enjoy the latter, so I intend to try and make the most of it.
Well, back to liturgy-writing, and dress-alterations-arranging, and food-planning, and non-RSVPer-harrassing, and email-answering, and just general good old fashioned stress-outing for me! See you all again in another 4 million years or however long it takes me :)
Oh, and have fun, all you freshman-at-lifers. Just because I can't deny the negative comments doesn't mean it isn't also fun, you know. Maybe it is just fuller, right, with more fun AS WELL AS more difficulty. Didja ever think of THAT??
But c'mon, poking person, you know how it is. You don't post forever and ever, and then you feel like you need to do something amazing to make up for the long non-posting time, or at least catch everyone up on every little thing that has happened in that 4-billion-year gap. Plus, my entire friends page right now is filled up with the long and profound reflections of many many very articulate Yale types on their graduation experience and all that fun stuff. How can I live up to all that deep thought when I, myself, am feeling less reflective and more stressed out by wedding planning?
Answer: I cannot. But I will post anyway. Ha!
Now...what to say in my post....
Congratulations to all of you who graduated. I will not add too many of my own reflections to the lot of them that are already here, because I don't think I have anything so new to say anyway. I will say that I am pretty happy to be graduating from "freshman at life" to "sophomore at life." I have heard a lot of people say a lot of things about the experience of being a "f.a.l." and not that many of them were all that cheery, and I can't say I entirely disagree with any of them. (ha HA! put those quadruple negatives in your pipe and smoke 'em!!)
Anyway, it is all no use, I guess, because now I am going to be a "freshman at wife" or something like that, and that will be all sorts of new kinds of difficult. I am sure I will find some way to keep busy.
I am certainly super-enthused, by the way, about the wedding. I am really looking forward to it. In my worst moments, that is because the wedding will be the end of the GOSH DARNED WEDDING *PLANNING*, but at my better moments (and that is most moments) it is because I can't believe how unbelievably lucky I am to be able to look forward to being in a room with so many supremely wonderful people ALL AT ONCE. I am going to be afraid to leave even to go to the bathroom lest I fail for one moment to take full advantage of this incredible resource for happiness. WOOO!! You know, they say the only two times when all the people who love you and whom you love gather together in one place and surround you like that are your wedding and your funeral. I am thinking I will enjoy the former more than I enjoy the latter, so I intend to try and make the most of it.
Well, back to liturgy-writing, and dress-alterations-arranging, and food-planning, and non-RSVPer-harrassing, and email-answering, and just general good old fashioned stress-outing for me! See you all again in another 4 million years or however long it takes me :)
Oh, and have fun, all you freshman-at-lifers. Just because I can't deny the negative comments doesn't mean it isn't also fun, you know. Maybe it is just fuller, right, with more fun AS WELL AS more difficulty. Didja ever think of THAT??