Shhh....I'm hunting apartments.

Well, as Andy so aptly pointed out in the comment section of my last blog, I am now graduated and I do need to change my About Me page. I figured I had a few days to do that since I didn't realize that anyone actually read this stuff, but apparently they do, so thank you Andy, I'll have that fixed as soon as I finish this blog entry. :)

So, yes, I graduated on Saturday and it was amazing. And as goofy as this sounds, it was everything I thought it would be. Sure the ceremony was boring but I was sitting next to friends so it didn't matter. I got to see tons of friends accomplish their goals. And I even danced back to my seat -- that is not a lie. Leaving friends on Saturday night was a lot easier and harder than I expected. Easier in the sense that I knew it was going to be hard, usually when I move (which I've done 17 times, and will do 4 more times between now and my 23rd birthday) I just deny that it's going to be hard. But this time I just embraced it, so I knew it was going to be hard so it was easier in that sense. But it was harder than I thought it would be because I felt like I was prepared for it, but only realized that by becoming more open to the idea of it being hard that it was going to be that much harder because I allowed myself to feel it then when it was happening and not just the next time I wanted to call someone to hang out.

So, I've been in Illinois where I will be working to find apartments and I'm having so-so luck. I've found a few that I really like, but are a little more than I'd like to spend, affordable, but I'd prefer to save. But so far, the ones that I've found that are more my financial style are...well...pretty crappy. As my Mom would say "not somewhere that I want my baby to live." We'll see. We've got one more day of searching, but I do have two places that I really really like so far.

Well I'm off, more updates later, I need to change my About Me section before Andy comes after me.

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Edit: Picture addition June 21st, 2008



The family and me after the ceremony.



My roommate Rachel and me.  She was also one of our Big Red Mascot hence the goofy looking hands.

My roommate Jessica and me.



Basketball extraordinaire & friend, Courtney Lee, and me before the ceremony.  Best of luck in the draft Courtney!



My friend Tyler and I after his commissioning.



Allie and me at her graduation party the night before the big day.  Have a great time in Israel, love!