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Tuesday, May 18, 2010

Useless



On Saturday I graduated from college. Yay! It seemed like the last week dragged on and on. My finals were SO hard, so I am glad that is over and I couldn't be more excited to be done with school. Except:

-When I was in school I had goals and always something to be accomplished
-When I was in school I had a job
-When I was in school I had a reason to wake up in the morning

But, besides all this, it is exciting to be moving on to another phase in my life. I am going to miss this. So pretty.


About graduation:
My parents came up the night before and spent the night with us in our little apartment because my graduation was at 8:30 in the morning. Yeah, that was awful. I couldn't even count how many people showed up and were still drunk. Welcome to the real world folks! The ceremony itself was nice, but SOOO long! I just happened to be graduating from the largest college on campus, Arts and Sciences, so it took about 3 hours give or take. At about 11am I just couldn't take it anymore. I was starving and exhausted, so I simply got up and left. That's how I role. I was on the end of the row, the exit was just to my right, and I had already walked and received my diploma holder so I saw no reason to stay any longer and suffer through it. So, we went and ate lunch, came back to the apartment, took a nap, and then went to see a movie. All in all, it was a fantastic day. I am so happy that my parents and my wonderful husband were able to be there because it made it all that more special for me.

Recently:
Dan just started his clinical rotations and I am pretty sure it's going to kill him. His first rotation is Anesthesiology, which is the hardest one, so he barely sleeps and when he does sleep he's afraid he's going to be paged back in, so he doesn't sleep well. He leaves here about 6am and doesn't get home usually until about 8pm, so I never see him. Poor guy. :( But, doesn't he look handsome?


I haven't been doing a whole lot. I have been trying to schedule one thing to do a day so that I feel like I am accomplishing something and am not completely useless. Yesterday I payed all our bills and mailed them, tried and failed to order new contacts, made a payment on my AE credit card, and went shopping with my friend Jessica. The shopping part was so much fun, but I wish I hadn't found so many things I liked. Oh well, at least I have three cute new shirts. After that, I came home and cleaned our bedroom and spent the rest of the day watching LOST. I'm pathetic, it's okay. I admit it. Today I don't really have anything to do, so that is probably why I am rambling so much on here. I am still looking for a job, but not as actively as I was before. I think it'll be nice to be free for a little while because there is quite a bit of traveling I was looking forward to doing this summer. So, I will be lazy just a little bit longer. BUT, I have come up with a work out schedule for myself so I don't blow up like a balloon, so there's that I guess. Oh, how glorious life is when you have no obligations. :)

3 comments:

  1. Congrats!!

    I know how you feel. On Saturday night when I didn't have to study or do homework, I didn't know what to do with myself. So, I did nothing. :) And it's been hard to get motivated without school giving deadlines...

    We'll have to commiserate and do some non- productive things together. :)

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  2. Welcome to being a trophy wife! As an experienced trophy my suggestion is find somewhere to volunteer, or if there are sister missionaries in Manhattan convince them that you want to go out with them once or twice a week. Also, take this time to learn how to do something that you've always kind of wanted to. It took me awhile to learn this, but since I did I don't think I've ever felt better about myself. We don't need jobs to be awesome people!!!! Love you and congrats on finishing school!

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  3. Congrats, Brit! I know EXACTLY how you feel. You're suffering from "now what" syndrome. I felt that way. Heck...I felt that way for two years till I decided to go back to school! I'm also struggling with feeling useless and trying to find things to do with my time. I make myself workout at least once a day and then do something. I went to the temple today....but I guess that's a little farther for you.

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