Didja miss me?
Well, it's been a while...
Today has been sporadic but nice. I did some light reading this morning, went to the Elysian with Peter for lunch, then we wandered around the Hill for a while enjoying the sun, catching up, and having a grand old time at a funky little furniture shop and then at the park until he had to go to work, at which point I continued my stroll solo and just had the afternoon to myself, which was positively glorious. Then, to appease my conscience, I went to the library to print out some essays I'm supposed to read for class tomorrow, did a little vampire hunting, went home and chatted with Heather for a while until her dad dropped by to pick her up for a short visit, at which point I decided I would be nostalgic and watch Anastasia during my delicious dinner of potato and broccoli soup.
During my glorious afternoon to myself, I did a lot of thinking. It's really weird that college is almost over, but I'm more than ready to be done with it. Scary, certainly. Exciting, inescapably. I've been a bit too concerned, I think, about not having any really concrete plans about what I'm going to do after graduation. I realize that I have plenty of time to figure out what I want as a career, and even after I settle into it, it's never too late to change anything, even when I'm 40, 50, 80 years old. Life is a continuous process of change, physical, mental, emotional, and I want to look back and know that I enjoyed mine. "I won't worry my life away," as the song goes. (Ah, how that makes me think of high school!) Seriously, though, this is the only time of my life when it is truly and wholly only my own life. No spouse, no kids, just me. I do look forward to having a family, but I'm really glad I don't have one yet--not for several years. I RELISH MY INDEPENDENCE! Reading over that, it struck me just how true that statement truly is. I had to go back and add bold italics to my capital letters! This is when I can go anywhere, do anything, day or night, on the spur of the moment or after months of planning.
I feel good.
Today has been sporadic but nice. I did some light reading this morning, went to the Elysian with Peter for lunch, then we wandered around the Hill for a while enjoying the sun, catching up, and having a grand old time at a funky little furniture shop and then at the park until he had to go to work, at which point I continued my stroll solo and just had the afternoon to myself, which was positively glorious. Then, to appease my conscience, I went to the library to print out some essays I'm supposed to read for class tomorrow, did a little vampire hunting, went home and chatted with Heather for a while until her dad dropped by to pick her up for a short visit, at which point I decided I would be nostalgic and watch Anastasia during my delicious dinner of potato and broccoli soup.
During my glorious afternoon to myself, I did a lot of thinking. It's really weird that college is almost over, but I'm more than ready to be done with it. Scary, certainly. Exciting, inescapably. I've been a bit too concerned, I think, about not having any really concrete plans about what I'm going to do after graduation. I realize that I have plenty of time to figure out what I want as a career, and even after I settle into it, it's never too late to change anything, even when I'm 40, 50, 80 years old. Life is a continuous process of change, physical, mental, emotional, and I want to look back and know that I enjoyed mine. "I won't worry my life away," as the song goes. (Ah, how that makes me think of high school!) Seriously, though, this is the only time of my life when it is truly and wholly only my own life. No spouse, no kids, just me. I do look forward to having a family, but I'm really glad I don't have one yet--not for several years. I RELISH MY INDEPENDENCE! Reading over that, it struck me just how true that statement truly is. I had to go back and add bold italics to my capital letters! This is when I can go anywhere, do anything, day or night, on the spur of the moment or after months of planning.
I feel good.