Graduation Preparation

Well! I just com­pleted most of my grad­u­a­tion paper­work. I’ve been cleared and autho­rized, my cap and gown have been ordered. Tomorrow I need to call and order the hon­ors regalia, but beyond that I’m finished.

Except for the 5 classes left to be fin­ished, of course. Ahem. I’ll put together the for­mal invi­ta­tions after Spring Break.

Meanwhile, I’ve decided that I made the right deci­sion in stay­ing in KC to fin­ish the two-year before trans­fer­ring. I would have enjoyed being in SPFD at the four year, yes, but the pos­i­tives to stay­ing have out­weighed those con­sid­er­a­tions. This extra year in KC has allowed me to expe­ri­ence teach­ing (with pay!) on a level that I have not pre­vi­ously been able. Fencing has been fan­tas­tic, as have been my hon­ors courses. My col­lege has the feel of a small pri­vate col­lege, which has allowed the devel­op­ment of close men­tor­ing rela­tion­ships with sev­eral of my pro­fes­sors. I have a hand­ful of pro­fes­sors who inti­mately care about my aca­d­e­mic path. I would not have estab­lished that as a fresh­man or sopho­more at a larger school. Finally… I’m look­ing for­ward to the for­mal grad­u­a­tion cer­e­mony. I didn’t have that in high school — even by home­school­ing stan­dards, my edu­ca­tional expe­ri­ence was extremely uncon­ven­tional. This cer­e­mony will be a pleas­ant cap to all of my expe­ri­ences thus far.

As for Spring Break… that’s up in the air. I’ve no idea what I’m going, out­side of being in Springfield for the week (15-21st). My plans have been com­pletely changed in the past two weeks. {shrug} I’ll enjoy myself regard­less. I’m sorely tempted to enter as an out-of-city float for the Patrick’s day parade. It’s free to enter, but I’d spend a for­tune mak­ing the teeny float. So, this is imprac­ti­cal. I’m hav­ing SB alone, mostly… I’ll visit with grand­mother and see if any­one I know will be in town. It’s not Cancun or Wales, but SPFD has oodles of used bookstores!