Aprox 360 Days to Go...
It's so strange to go from the nippy Ohio semi-spring to the raging hot New Mexican summer. The combination of the extreme weather change, and the middle-ear infection have me reeling. The crunch of taking exams and finishing papers, packing, saying good-bye, unnecessary house drama, meeting other people's parents, packing for real, saying good-bye for real has left me all dried out and sleeping for 16 hours a day.
So many of the people I met just this last 6 months are now off in the world, possibly never to be seen again. I wish I'd had more time to get to know them. Nothing against the sophmore/junior class, but they just don't seem to have the same pizazz to me. What the hell am I going to listen to now that all favorite bands are graduated. My only hope is that Robert will join forces with the remnants of Space Pengin and continue on the tradition of me getting into parties and rocking out for free.
I feel like this summer is a blank canvas. I am going to try to do some interesting things. Maybe a web design class. I am also tempted to do some furniture re-vitalization as a project a la Readymade. I might also take up banjo since my stepfather has one sitting around mostly unused. And banjo players seem to be hotties.
If I can be firm about staying on my own, I think it has potential for greatness and productivity. I can already tell that if I am a big soppy lame-ass and I stay at my dad's this is going to be a terrible waste of time. Since I didn't end up anywhere exotic for the summer, I feel like I need to make this really count. Especially since it's my second to last for a while. The reality of graduating has finally hit me. About 360 days hard hit me. I am going to invest part of the summer looking into internships or fellowships for post-graduation. I think I want to move somewhere young, hip, and urban for a while and then head to Europe. Hopefully, when I get back I will know what I want to do. I will be focused and motivated and grad schools will love me for it.
I have a "job", but it's the kind that is independent, interesting, flexible-scheduled and unpaid. I need to get on that unpaid part. I've already got about a month of housesitting booked ($25-30 a night). I've also been thinking about trying to find some sort of catering gig. I understand they pay pretty well, and the hours are flexible. I figure the road trip is going to be about $1200 shared, assuming nothing terrible breaks and there are no major parts that need to be replaced when I get the car tuned up.