Graduation Day

Yeah ~bartender lemme get a whole bottle of strawberry hennessy...thank you. I'm gonna need it.

Well I finally did it. 6 years in college and I finally graduated. I'm done! I'm free!...but I expected to feel a little happier during the ceremony and when I was being handed my fake diploma, but I kinda felt nothing? Maybe having to sit outside in a drizzle in the middle of a tornado watch has something to do with it, but I didn't feel as happy as I believed I should have? I mean, obviously I'm glad to finally be done w/ my college career but something feels...off. I mean, after being in school for so long it probably hasn't hit me yet that I don't have to attend classes in the Fall in the first time in my entire life. But right now, I just feel exhausted.

Maybe when I finally land a job and have the means to move out then things will start to finally sink in for me? I don't know things just feel kinda bizarre right now. Surreal even! Not necessarily bad, but certainly hard to describe. I guess for right now, I should just look forward to getting a well deserved rest and summer vacation!

tetris

Happy Graduation day!

milf_god

Thank you so much!!!

rusty

Congratulations! I remember that feeling really well, so I'd say yeah, it starts to sink in when a change of pace (like getting a job) happens. Being freshly graduated at first felt more like yet another summer vacation like every year before, before a whole new thing happens and you suddenly realize that the old thing is in the past forever.

For now - congrats and enjoy your well-earned rest! Hooray!

milf_god

Thanks ~rusty!! And yeah that makes sense, this definitely just feels like another summer, but I feel even lighter than years before knowing I dont have to go back to school (at least for a while.) Thanks again!!

inquiry

Way to go, ~milf_god, way to go!
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Way to go, ~milf_god, way to go!
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Any hopes on where the degree might take you?

milf_god

Thank you, thank you! I'm hoping to land a steady job working for the local government in my area!

inquiry

Well, it gosh-danged better be a position that benefits from your writing talent.

Congrats!

But right now, I just feel exhausted.

That\s the point. It will take a while for the overall tension to "fall off". Been there, done that :)

Take some time off if you can, it will be a rare chance once you start work.

~bartender? That strawberry hennessy ... it's on me. And be sure to have loads, it's free for everyone to join the crowd.

Bravo, milf_god!

Cheers!

milf_god

Thank you so much! I agree. Finals had me so tense so it's still taking me a little bit to unwind from 6 years of studying and stressing, so I'm just taking it a day at a time. Thanks again. Cheers!

mouse

Congratulations on the Graduation!

Well done.

Relax, breathe, think. You'll figure it out.

milf_god

Thank you!! Taking it one day at a time right now.