Graduation.

This afternoon I'm headed to Bozeman, Montana for the MSU College of Nursing graduation and recognition ceremony. The whole thing is sort of anticlimactic, seeing as how I still have another semester of classes to complete - but it seemed better to walk now rather than the May following my graduation. (I suppose I don't have to walk at all, but after nearly a decade in college it seems like a nice way mark the end of this chapter in my life.) My graduating class will have a pinning ceremony in December when we finish, and that will be a much more significant event to me than the official ceremony. Our class has become a tight knit group over the past couple of years. After our last final the other day we went outside to break a pinãta somebody brought (long story), and since everyone was out there I was able to get a group photo:

Yesterday morning I woke up at 7:00 (sad, considering that we were out celebrating the end of finals until 3:00 that morning). I wandered around the apartment, feeling a little lost. I've been so busy for so long, I just wasn't sure to do with myself. I didn't have anywhere to be, no homework to do - it was a strange sensation. I finally made a list of odds and ends I needed to do - phone calls and things - that way I felt like I had some something to accomplish. Guess I need to practice relaxing!