I am a vampire

Bryce and I opened a joint checking account with Chase! The banker was very nice and very funny. When we said we were moving to Seattle, he said something about the lack of sunlight there.

"Well, I'm a vampire," I deadpanned. "So it fits."

He looked at my super-pale arms and shook his head. "You know what? I would not be surprised at all."

Our debit cards for the joint account will come in the mail soon. It will be nice not to constantly be keeping track of who pays for what, and for how much. We're also considering getting a credit card to rack up mileage, attaching it to the joint account. Such adult. Very maturity.

I also went for a run with Amanda down at the park. It was a beautiful day. The sun is warm, but the wind is cool, and there were plenty of people at the park rollerblading, walking their dogs, and biking. I've been using the Nike+ app; it tracks you by GPS and keeps track of a bunch of data like splits, average pace, and the amount of miles you have on a certain pair of shoes. Love it. If any of you are on Nike+, hit me up!! I want friends on the app!

Graduation weekend was a blast. So many family members--we filled up a 14-person table at Buca di Beppo's. There was literally not a single meal I ate that weekend that wasn't a restaurant meal. I must have put on 10 pounds in those three days alone. We're still eating the leftovers, and it's Thursday!! So much for eating healthy over the summer.

I liked graduating. I'm not really sad one bit. I'm sad to be leaving the people I love so much, but not to be leaving undergrad. I was done. I checked out several months ago. It felt really good to be recognized for the grand accomplishment of obtaining a degree in physics. Really, really good. 10/10, would highly recommend. I love being done, and I love that I have a great career in grad school to look forward to, and I love that Bryce and I get to take the summer off in between. How fantastic is that?

Speaking of, I put our vacations into a monthly calendar and holy moly. We will be extrEEEmely busy for the next month and a half. And it's going to be fantastic.

First, the memorial day parade this weekend. Then, camping for three days at Kickapoo. Then Harry's graduation, then DISNEY WORLD. I am so ready.

Too Much Freedom

I've been struggling recently with my final essay projects. I have one for journalism, one for LAS, and one for French--and they all are "prompt-less." Take a subject we've discussed, use works we've read, write about something that's personally important to you while still being relevant to the course material. I'm about to explode.

They probably think they're doing us a favor by giving us this freedom to write about what we want to write about. The problem is, if I wrote about what I wanted to write about, it would be a blog post, not a formal essay. And especially not one in French.

My French essay went horribly. I switched topics three times, and still ended up with a thesis and essay that absolutely sucked AND I only got 2.5 pages out of it instead of the required 5. It's quite possible I will fail that class. But I'm struggling to care. My GPA is so locked-in that it would take quite a disaster for me to drop below a 3.5, and not officially acquiring a French minor isn't that big of a deal to me. No one cares about your minors anyway; they're kind of more for you than for your resume. And I definitely got a lot out of my French minor, regardless of whether or not it ends up on my transcript.

Happy Mother's Day to all!