*** This blog was written in the hospital waiting room while my grandfather underwent hip surgery. Please hold him, my grandmother and his recovery in your prayers.
Mom: Congratulations!
CD (me): thank you
Mom: So how does it feel to have your whole life open up in front of you?
CD: umm... yikes! and quite exciting at the same time. i loved college and just am ready and anticipating the next step.
Mom: Oh, really! and how do you feel about that?
CD: thanks for the Freaky Friday reference, shrink-y mom, like I said: I'm excited and nervous.
Mom: Tell us about your new room mates
CD: Wel.. to catch up any one who doesn't know, this past semester I lived in a university townhouse in a community called Magis Row -- this was like a living and learning community only on a block as opposed to in a dorm. My house was Catholic Social Teaching, so we hosted several events about various aspects of CST. Sadly, since it was univeristy housing, now that i am an alumn (gulp) I can't live there any more. So I found a house about 5 blocks behind campus that i'm really looking forward to. Two of my house mates are Georgetown alums from the past several years. They seem very nice and welcoming.
Mom: and your cat... ?
CD: oh, yes, right, my cat, Pixie, gets to live with me again!
Mom: I will miss Pixie, she's the grumpiest sweetest cat I've ever known.
CD: well that sounds about right. You can come and visit.
Mom: Yes I'll come and visit your cat.
CD: hehehe
Mom: I'll bring my dog to beat her up so she feels at home again.
CD: uh-oh. Ok, now my turn to ask you a question: how does it feel to have a graduated daughter?
Mom: Exciting and scary.
CD: wow, those words sounds familiar. Our family seems to have a very limited vocabulary. Anything you'd like to add to that??
Mom: Yeah, let's go skiing. We gotta hit the slopes after we hit New York.
CD: and ladies and gentlemen, the nonsequetor of the evening!
Mom: hehe, yeah. haha. Ok, so the graduation trip is the fist celebration for the new graduate... so after your trips, what's next? what's your plan?
CD: well in the spring I'm hoping to be working with the nonprofit (Little Friends for Peace) that I've been volunteering with for the past year. I'd be working in the development office, doing fund raising and grant writing as well as working with the kids in the after school program. I'll also be taking a class online: Teaching English as a Foreign Language. I'm really looking forward to it -- learning some teaching tips (I figure as right now I really want to go into education, I should really take an education class). Then a job at a coffee shop, and finally working on my own grant writing and fund raising in order to return and teach in El Salvador next fall.
Mom: Yes. Good bye
CD; ahhh! what?
Mom: El Salvador is so far away... and it is right where you belong. If we work this right you can be in El Salvador in the fall and your sister can be in Africa. And I will have a house full of animals!
CD: You might just have to travel and come visit us. No dogs though.
Mom: I'll come.
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*** My grandfather has just come out of surgery, everything went well. Thank you for your prayers!***
Christy (AKA "graduated-former-housemate-of mine)! I had no idea your grandfather was having surgery...I'm glad that all went well with it.
ReplyDeleteI hope that you have been enjoying your break. You have certainly been in my thoughts and prayers. I look forward to a very musical catch-up over tea/coffee soon after your fabulous trip to Italy!