(Rebecca Dautremer knows good faces)Spring Break is here now, and I came back from a fun weekend in Cleveland, Ohio, visiting a former college roommate. =) Sometimes I just can't believe the time flies by so fast... like how it's almost been 4 years since she and I were roommates, planning out our summer after graduation.
Life sort of takes us places we can't imagine. I went to Boston, she went to D.C., a year later I moved back to Chicago while she stayed in D.C. Flash forward to now, and I'm still here in Chicago while she's living in Cleveland and finally establishing a serious relationship with her guy and raising a wonderful puppy. Life really is precious, and it's not about the numbers or the jobs or the drama that happens on the outside, but rather how you grow with dealing with those situations.
Next weekend, I'm heading out to San Francisco to meet with my potential roommates and go apartment-searching for the Fall. I'm nervous, excited, and a little stressed to think about everything I need to take into consideration. I have my good moments, where I think 'sure, this'll work out, no problem!' but then I think about the other things... like my cat, my current salary, my health questions, and my family - how they'll be continuing with their routines without me. It's ridiculous, considering that everyone's pretty much adults now, but the worries are still there. I think I've been the one holding on to my youth the longest, trying to tell myself that I don't have to grow up and take responsibilities until I'm older. I can't make overnight rash decisions anymore, nor can I really tell myself that if something doesn't work out, it's no big deal.
I've been like that for quite a long time.
Now I have to own up to these decisions and be fully aware of the consequences they bring me, and not cry because I'm scared to deal with it. To instead, be happy that I'm putting up a brave a face and thinking for myself for the first time in my life.
San Francisco should be interesting.
But wow! There's a lot that I gotta do for April:
- Work on my ACEN '11 Avatar buttons to sell there!
- Turn 27. Get a MacBook Pro.
- Finish my sister's painting.
- Start another painting.
- Decide whether or not I want to keep my cat for next year.
- Apply for summer barista jobs.
- Do some animatics on my new lightbox!
- Drink less coffee and milk. = (
- Keep up with my classes and pick my Fall semester classes.
- Get my feet wet with the business sector of community arts in my new internship! =D
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