What Have I Been Up To?

Long time, no post and all of those cliches. I've been pretty busy lately with end of the year stuff and saying goodbye to a lot of people and most of all, getting ready to move. Here's a general rundown.

1. I've been having a lot of houseguests lately which is wonderful. My friend Amanda from Georgia was here last week and my favorite person in the whole world is about to arrive this week. It's lovely to have company and to see old friends again. Amanda and I hung out with a lot of our alum friends and celebrated 8th Block style, including completing the Big Lebowski Challenge with Jessi and Kappa Sig guys. We ended the weekend with pizza and watching bad ABC Family Channel movies that we both secretly delight in.

2. My job is over as of Wednesday! I start a new on on Thursday unfortunately but I am really relieved to be out of my office because it has become increasingly difficult to hold the pieces together of late. This week should be pretty easy though--lots of lunches and celebrations and stuff. I started writing my goodbye emails yesterday though and I got way sadder than I expected too. As much as I want to tell the school they can suck it, there are many, many people that I love and care about here and I will miss them a good deal next year.

3. I'm seeing Carrie Underwood on Tuesday. I don't know if I like her and I am pretty sure that country is not my scene but someone else bought the tickets and it should be a fun night. I got debriefed by friends who are country music fans and hopefully, I will know country music concert protocol now.

4. I made the very stupid mistake of going outside to my car in bare feet last night and got a piece of brown glass wedged in my heel. I'm OK now but it was a little scary because I didn't have any of my super-sharp tweezers with me and I try to always carry those.

5. I got my first book list for one of three grad classes next semester. 15 books. And that doesn't include the articles that we will read. I won one of those books. It makes me a little nervous because I could arguably be reading 46 books in a semester and spending over a thousand dollars on them. That being said, the book list is baller and JB is ridiculously amazing.

6. I think May is official Alcohol Drinking Month. I just discovered an amazing happy hour with $2.50 white Sangria which is like the nectar of the gods and Big Lebowski Challenge is intense. I'm also going to do Champagne on the Quad with all the new graduates because I feel like I am FINALLY graduating. I didn't go to my COTQ because I was crying out of desperation and having a mini-breakdown because I felt like a failure. I am not a failure anymore though so it's time to celebrate. Champagne on the Quad is something that all the seniors do at noon on the last day of class and throw their bottles into the ground. It's symbolic and stuff.

7. Gossip Girl, holy shit!!! That's all. If you watch, you know.

There's more but I think they require separate posts.