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And now onto summer

April 23rd, 2008 10:50 pm —  101 views

My obligations to school1 are complete. Does it feel good? Sure. Why am I not more excited? Not sure. Like I mentioned to W. when she asked me that question, this semester was different in that the work was up front. The finish was a quiet affair. No tests, no huge papers, no final exams. It was a bit anti-climatic. But still, it is nice to be done for now. I’m ready for a break from reading, writing, meeting, and presenting. At least when I’m paying to do it that is. Being paid to do it is another matter.

Now I turn my focus toward things around the house, vacationing, and renewing my focus at work. And work is looking to be pretty serious this summer. But I’m totally ready for it. I need to experience the challenge of a thousand spinning plates. Lucky that I work with a great team or it might really be the suxor.

A number of my classmates are graduating this Friday. Sadly, I won’t be there smacking my palms together for them. Walking to my final class last week I came upon the DIAG (central part of campus) and found the entire area, grass and sidewalk, covered in this this plastic flooring. This is where graduation ceremonies are held and they’re prepping for chairs. Crazy looking.

A sincere and heartfelt congratulations to all my classmates graduating this year. I think school is going to seem like a casual walk compared to what lies ahead for some of you. Granted, a few will find work doing what you love. Others may end up loving what you do. Hopefully you all fall into one of those two categories. So go forth and make your living people, now is the time.

And don’t be strangers.

ADDED: A classmate took pictures of the DIAG after the chairs and stuff were added.

Image: Yet another self-portrait taken last week while enjoying the sunshine before my last class for the semester. It was beautiful out, people were happy and light-footed as they skipped past. But I can tell, summer is peaking around the corner and it’s going to be a hot one. Stay tuned, this could get interesting.

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  1. For this semester at least. I have two more years to go before I’m DONE. [↩]

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3 Responses to “And now onto summer”

  1. mom on April 24th, 2008 7:02 pm

    Any mother could only be so blessed to have you as a son. But, they don’t….too bad for them. lol

    I’m glad you have this break. I’m sure time with W will be a plenty.

    I look forward to having many laughs with you and Randy this weekend.

    Your “farewell” to those you have shared many hours with completing yet another assignment is very very….well, it’s good. (I’m not past the “g’s” in the reading of my dictionary).

    hey…I’m on charter cable. I don’t have to sign on, then go take a shower to wait to get on-line. It happens within the time of a a a…well I sneezed and “poof!” there it was. I hope I won’t have to sneeze everytime.

    Did you read the Record Eagle, “letters to the editor” on Tuesday. Please read it. I wrote it.

    With much love from your one and only….MA

  2. mom on April 24th, 2008 7:03 pm

    ps: please call your brother.

  3. Spike on November 10th, 2009 10:02 pm

    A year or more later I now realize the embedded link to pictures a classmate took of the DIAG are not at all what they were then. Such is the web. Sorry. We have to deal with it.

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