Rain, Rain, go away...

The end of the semester wrapped up nicely even if it went by too fast. The BCM banquet was lovely, as always...

(BCM girls and guys)

I was voted "Most Likely to be in College for 10 Years" and then was recognized as a senior not 5 minutes later. It was a bittersweet banquet, running around signing senoir books and taking pictures...I would've given anything for it to have gone on for hours, but all good things come to an end and so did this.

Exams went smoothly, University Scholars paper was turned in, check outs galore. And then cam the fake graduation photos. Dan and I borrowed some caps and gowns so we could go around and take fake pictures with Justin...

(jumping outside Murphree and with the gator by the stadium)

In 10 years it won't matter that we didn't graduate together, and even if it does it makes for a funny story. (Apparently there is also a plan for Justin to come back in December for fake photo shoot #2...) Afterward was one last lunch together...and that was it, the next time I saw Justin (almost two weeks later) he had graduated.

Sweeney and I finished up her undergraduate experience doing something we always hoped we would take part in...

(yeah...that's a sud filled fountain!)

Don't know who put the soap in the fountain...don't care. It was awesome!

I watched the graduations on the TV in my kitchen. You should've seen me jumping and screaming in my lounge when they called Justin, Leah and Sweeney's names. And then that was that. They all graduated. I moved out of a room and then into a room and while everyone in my grade (my age, my grade...those who graduated) celebrated and close this chapter, I tried to get myself pumped for summer and then one more semester. I didn't think I would feel left out...I was wrong.

It's monsoon-ing in Gainesville. And while I love gloomy days, they aren't anywhere near as much fun without fireplaces, or tea, or time to read good books, or scrabble, or crazy friends who are likely to run around outside with you. So I've spent my three glorious days without theater classes desparately trying to find something productive to do.

I really shouldn't complain as I have yet to be productive this entire summer. I'm taking two classes and I'm RA-ing for summer A. Also mixed into that are my plans to...
1. Study for and take the GRE.
2. Find a job for summer B in Jacksonville.
3. Read all the books on my list for children's lit in the fall.
4. Do typical summer things with people who are leaving in the fall.
So far, not so good.

I'm terribly unmotivated. Summer A is intense and most of my friends have graduated. so between not getting much of a break, and feeling left behind, I don't have a lot of motivation to keep me going.

Justin and I went to lunch today. Kristina's coming to visit tomorrow. We're going to Devil's Millhopper. And summer keeps passing by...