I am officially a college graduate! Saturday, May 9, 2009 now marks the beginning of "life in the real world." I must say, I am a bit apprehensive, but very, VERY excited to be done with school. The ceremony wasn't as painful as I expected, and actually only took a little over an hour and a half. It turns out, though, that upon arriving for graduation, I found out that there were 3 different colors of cords for the people graduating with Honors: red for Cum Laude, yellow for Magna Cum Laude, and white for the highest Honors, Summa Cum Laude. When I got to the check-in area, I found my marching card said I was graduating Cum Laude. However, when I picked up my regalia last month, I was given white cords as opposed to red..........but oh well; now people will just think I'm smarter than I actually am....
After the ceremony, my parents, my future roommate, Ben Travers, and I all went to St. Louis to see a couple of apartments. We ended up deciding on a nice place in Lafayette Square, which is a really nice, safe neighborhood. We sent in our applications and a deposit check today, so hopefully we will get good news soon! I'm really looking forward to moving into the city. Living with Ben and Nicole will be a blast and not driving 1/2 an hour to work every day will be helpful as well.
In a few hours, my parents and I will be leaving to go to South Africa to visit my sister and brother-in-law. I'm pretty excited about the trip...but not looking forward to all the flying. My mom just told me we have 4 separate flights in one day = not fun. Once we get there, however, I think it will be a great time. My dad and I have already decided we will be doing the World's Highest Commercial Bungy Jump at a whooping 216 meters high! I'm also planning on getting at least one day of bouldering in while we are in Cape Town. Other than that, I'm really not sure what all we are doing, but I'm sure it will be a great time!
I'll definitely try to get a few posts in while we are in SA, so keep checking back! This is my first time blogging, so hopefully you will come back for more...and hopefully I'll come up with more interesting content.......
