September 27, 2009
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Making up
I didn't really know what the post-grad transition would be like for someone who didn't start grad school or have an accounting job lined up already. Alumni before me traveled: month-long European vacations, or couch-surfing nomadic meanderings across the state. They moved out of their parents'. They landed an office job. They started studying for the LSAT. Or they fell off the radar completely.
Endless possibilities. There was no "natural" course to take, so I made it up. I made over my room; I made up my mind that getting a job was my full-time job; I made up my mind that I wasn't going to move out yet.
Slowly, I've increased the time I've spent behind the wheel. Two weeks ago, I made a trip to the local YMCA with only my mom in the car. She doesn't drive, so I was effectively on my own..
After one girl left for grad school, the girl who was hired in her place proved unreliable. Throughout the changes in staff, emergencies (the latest new hire unfortunately got into a car accident), and people who are out of the office, I've shown a steady consistency in working hard and a willingness to learn.
Surely, I've done some good and some not-so-good things. Good? Finding out more about events happening in the neighborhood in the process of getting acclimated. Bad? Walking two miles under the midday sun and getting a headache.
Like a song, laying the foundation with a simple chord progression, adding the twinkling and soaring melodies, the bridge, then the chorus, overlaying it with harmonies..
Like Season 9 of Dancing With The Stars, beginning with a foxtrot and Viennese waltz, but branching out into more complicated footwork, rhythms, and partner coordination..
Like preparing a meal, first an inspiration, then a meal plan, next the ingredients, the flurry of activity, the serving of homemade goodness atop a dining table..
..the song will delight..
..the dance will amaze..
..the food will satisfy..
And slowly, steadily, and surely, the course will become clear..
Comments (2)
I like your entries, they're so poetic =)
yeah, I think you should only move out of your parents' when you learn how to drive well. Even then, you don't have to move out if you don't want to. Living with parents allows you to save money for other things, like great vacations =)
Take a pic of your room, I would like to see it =)
@tw22786 - aww that means so much to me, thank you... yea i agree on the economical aspect of staying at home ;P
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