warning: long and uncut
so today i finished the rest of the stuff i need to do for school EVER. granted, i'm walking on saturday, but finals are through (though i shouldn't have even bothered taking the one i had today, it didn't help my grade any...) and my "regalia" -- cap and gown -- have been picked up for this weekend. which means i don't have any reason to go to campus again except for the graduation ceremony itself. sweeet.
my party last wednesday was fun. i wish those of you who couldn't come because you were writing papers (ugh) or studying for law school (double UGH) or had some other nasty school-related obligation could have been here ... but i think it still turned out. i think i got most everyone drunk. MISSION ACCOMPLISHED. i heard the jello shots did some people in -- the double-strong hunch punch may have gotten a few others -- but i think for those that stayed till the very end, it may have been my chocolate cake shots. mmm. sticky sugar-ness, shot glasses, and lemons all over my room thursday morning... casey, you'd have been proud.
if anyone has pictures from that night, i'd love to post them.
gator stomping is THIS thursday instead of its traditional time during reading days -- haven't decided yet whether to succumb to the peer pressure and go or not. seems like all i'll be doing this week is getting drunk and tan, and packing. and sleeping, which already occupies most of my time. :-)
some not-so-great stuff happened the past few days too. i had a tire blow out on saturday when i was en route to the jetset pool party at campus club -- luckily a friend from work chose that moment to call and was awesome enough to come change my tire for me. i think i could probably do it myself after watching it done, and i had 3 cars stop to ask if they could help me (i guess i make a good damsel in distress?), but it was much appreciated. spent $115+ sunday to get the tire replaced -- and then yesterday some car and i backed into each other in the criser hall parking lot. we were both going so slowly that nothing really happened to either car (a little paint came off of mine, but that's about it) so we decided just to let it go. then today my 12:30 final not only got pushed back until 1:00 but moved like ENTIRELY across campus. thanks for the heads-up from the teacher, NOT. and finally, most of my family is now NOT coming to graduation -- health issues, so i forgive them ;-) -- but it's more or less just going to be my parents and sisters and maybe an aunt? *sigh*
anyway, i'm planning on driving my happy(?) ass back to boca next monday morning or so -- then that friday i've got a 2-hour meeting with my new employer to go over the training manual and manager-in-training information and fill out paperwork -- then the next monday, may 10th, training begins. suddenly i'm starting to feel somewhat rushed and slightly overwhelmed again, but i'm still excited. and i can't wait for that first "real" paycheck. ;-)
for those of you who are from or occasionally visit south florida, particularly the boca area, PLEASE be in touch if you're ever down there. i love my family, and i still have some friends down there or moving back (luvya meredith!), but i'm going to miss everyone from gainesville too...
my party last wednesday was fun. i wish those of you who couldn't come because you were writing papers (ugh) or studying for law school (double UGH) or had some other nasty school-related obligation could have been here ... but i think it still turned out. i think i got most everyone drunk. MISSION ACCOMPLISHED. i heard the jello shots did some people in -- the double-strong hunch punch may have gotten a few others -- but i think for those that stayed till the very end, it may have been my chocolate cake shots. mmm. sticky sugar-ness, shot glasses, and lemons all over my room thursday morning... casey, you'd have been proud.
if anyone has pictures from that night, i'd love to post them.
gator stomping is THIS thursday instead of its traditional time during reading days -- haven't decided yet whether to succumb to the peer pressure and go or not. seems like all i'll be doing this week is getting drunk and tan, and packing. and sleeping, which already occupies most of my time. :-)
some not-so-great stuff happened the past few days too. i had a tire blow out on saturday when i was en route to the jetset pool party at campus club -- luckily a friend from work chose that moment to call and was awesome enough to come change my tire for me. i think i could probably do it myself after watching it done, and i had 3 cars stop to ask if they could help me (i guess i make a good damsel in distress?), but it was much appreciated. spent $115+ sunday to get the tire replaced -- and then yesterday some car and i backed into each other in the criser hall parking lot. we were both going so slowly that nothing really happened to either car (a little paint came off of mine, but that's about it) so we decided just to let it go. then today my 12:30 final not only got pushed back until 1:00 but moved like ENTIRELY across campus. thanks for the heads-up from the teacher, NOT. and finally, most of my family is now NOT coming to graduation -- health issues, so i forgive them ;-) -- but it's more or less just going to be my parents and sisters and maybe an aunt? *sigh*
anyway, i'm planning on driving my happy(?) ass back to boca next monday morning or so -- then that friday i've got a 2-hour meeting with my new employer to go over the training manual and manager-in-training information and fill out paperwork -- then the next monday, may 10th, training begins. suddenly i'm starting to feel somewhat rushed and slightly overwhelmed again, but i'm still excited. and i can't wait for that first "real" paycheck. ;-)
for those of you who are from or occasionally visit south florida, particularly the boca area, PLEASE be in touch if you're ever down there. i love my family, and i still have some friends down there or moving back (luvya meredith!), but i'm going to miss everyone from gainesville too...