live like you were dyin'
i am back from break.
to recap:
it was AMAZING. AMAZING. AMAZING.
highlights include:
to recap:
it was AMAZING. AMAZING. AMAZING.
highlights include:
- water exercise class led by joel's mom (where she kept introducing me as his "classmate" until i told her that i was really quite comfortable being his girlfriend)
- grandma maureen at my house for a surprise easter visit
- double date with joel's grandpa and his girlfriend janet
- the incredible fine arts center at notre dame and the stupendous film class that i sat in on (oh gcc communications department - i can't wait to improve you)
- waking up each morning . . . no responsbilities, no class, no hurrying
- the mississippi river (don't you just love spelling mississippi? m i s s i s s i p p i)
- easter egg hunt (with prize total of $48)
- easter morning (i LOVE easter)
- time with families
- joel picking a grad school . . . and that grad school being georgia tech
- loooooong (and wonderful) drive from illinois to ohio
- birthday shopping with mrs. boerckel
- mom getting her haircut to match mine
this list could get long. and it's not much fun reading a few word synopsis of someone else's memories, is it?
we're back from break. time for monica to 1) get a job 2) get an apartment 3) graduate from college.
life moves quickly. it feels like yesterday that i was in nyc working at roundabout. will life always travel at this pace? will it finally slow down when i'm done with school? or a decade from now, will i be remembering with fondness the last month of my college career, and having the same feeling - that it was just a moment ago . . .
anyone else feeling the bittersweetness of these last few weeks???
posted by monica at 11:47 PM
5 Comments:
uh yeah. i can't believe we're almost done. doesn't it seriously seem like yesterday when i arrived in good ole north 160 during the worst day of my life? little did i know how much joy my roommmate would bring me :-)
these 4 years have been sweet as all get out...i'm getting teary just thinking about it. *sniff* i love you mon!
oh, and yeah - we should have a "i need a job" party.
passes by pretty quick. But then again, I feel like I've been in New York forever. (until I go to new parts of the city, and I feel like a total tourist).
Did you hear back from Lamb's? I know they called my contacts, but I haven't heard from them...
Good choice of Georgia Tech. My cousin went there and he got to work on a few of the Olympic buildings during that time. I thought that was pretty sweet. Also, yeah you'll probably feel like it was just yesterday anytime you think back to school. I still forget that certain people I graduated with aren't going to be there when I visit. When I visit it seems like I should be hitting the books at any moment. It's strange. I miss it. :-(
your post really hit home. that's exactly how i've been feeling (complete with the search for the ever-elusive jobs). and forget feeling like last summer was yesterday. i, for one, feel like just yesterday i was sitting in the 4th grade thinking how cool the year 2000 sounded and that it would take an eternity to get to it.
the irony of this post is too much.
j
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