End of undergrad

Wow, somehow I never thought that May 2008 would ever get here, but now it's May 1- crazy!

So since I haven't written in awhile, I guess a lot has been happening; I finished classes for one thing, and exams. I was fortunate enough to not have any exams during the exam week, so I've been relaxing since April 25. Actually more since April 23, because I finished senior design on April 22. The symposium out at the NC Biotech Center went really well I think; it was crazy of course, with 24 presentations going on, and I'm still not sure if my feet have recovered from standing in heels for 8 hours, but hey, it's over now. I just get to wait for all my grades to be posted :o)

Now I'm getting everything packed up and moved back into my mom's house for the summer; I might as well just leave most of it packed, since I'll be getting my own place in Durham when school starts, but I have so much cleaning out to do, it's a little scary. Every summer I clean out my room, and every summer I'm shocked by how much crap I've accumulated throughout the year. But this will be the big overhaul summer where I go through all the stuff I've kept since high school (because you know my AP US history notes are really going to come in handy...) and get rid of it all. I've actually just gotten a job at Target for the summer too. I wanted a way to pass the time and make a little money, but pretty much I didn't want to go insane between now and August, because that's a long time. I can't apartment-hunt for 3.5 months, and now I can get a discount to buy things I will need for an apartment :o) I also didn't look for a summer research project because I want the option to take a vacation, and with research there's not always that opportunity. You've got to feed cells every day or check this and that every 12 hours, so that's not conducive to vacationing, and I WILL have a vacation this summer. I haven't had a real one since 8th grade, and it's time. Band trips don't count as vacations, and my family always went to the beach the week I was at band camp in high school... I wonder if they were trying to tell me something?

Keegan and I also went with his mom to see Bruce Springsteen on Sunday, and the concert was amazing! His politics suck and I came to hear his music, not his views on the death penalty. Eye for an eye man, now suck it up and play "Rosalita". I especially like how "earth-friendly" he is, yet he's willing have have 30,000 cars full of his fans idle in various parking lots around the city for 60+ minutes, just as long as he got that $100/seat price and then a ridiculous $40/shirt for each of them. Ahh, I see how interested he REALLY is in the environment. There's only one type of green that actually matters to those guys.

I've started running a lot too; well, not "a lot", but every day at least. Usually I go 2 miles and walk another 0.5, but sometimes more, sometimes less. Gotta look extra-nice in my graduation dress, even though no one will see the dress under my huge gown and various cords. I'll know it's there though, and that's what counts. I graduate in 9 days! I'll be 22 in 11 days! Our 2-year anniversary is in 12 days! So exciting! Man, too many exclamations there, but I am pretty excited. Back to the running thing: it's also a good way to pass time. There's a lot to think about while you run, and when I've got nothing to do but pack, going to the gym is a nice break from my room :o)

Well, I've got errands to run today; I'll try to be a more reliable post-writer for the 3 people that actually read this blog :-P

Happy May!