Graduated yesterday. Sat up on the stage and tried not to laugh too
obviously. There were one hundred and one graduates in my program and
my flatmate (codename: Kestrel) leaned forward from her seat almost
directly behind me and whispered, "We're dalmatians." And then the dean kept referencing The Hunger Games and Avengers movies in his speech. Shawarma and breathtaking anger management issues and such.
(It's generally agreed upon that he's our very own Dumbledore.
He even wore a wizard's hat, though I think it was actually Mickey
Mouse's.)
Hung out afterward and spoke to a handful of people.
My mother went over to accost an old friend that I don't see much
anymore, and a guy from one of my classes came over to chat. I ate
three chocolate chip cookies and then regretted the last one.
We
had lunch at an Indian place on State St. I gorged and didn't regret
it for a moment. We packed up about half my stuff and jammed it into
the back of the car, and then off my parents and brother went. I spent
the evening reading and rearranging my furniture a bit. (Back to its
original layout so I can move out this weekend.)
Slept in
today. Feeling lazy and like my blood's moving slowly. BUT I got an
email from Virgogray Press about a poem I submitted back in
November--they accepted it for publication! It's going to be included
in a collection called "Sing Now, America."
(It's a "patriotic" collection, so I wrote about what it's like to be an American living abroad.)
Published again!!! And graduated! It's been a rather good week, for all that I still have one final exam left on Thursday.
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