Today was my last day at UPS. It kind of snuck up on me. It was a bit like going down a water slide. You\u2019re just lying back looking at the ceiling, when suddenly it occurs to you that you\u2019d better hold your breath because you\u2019re about to be shot out into the pool. I don\u2019t know what future holds for me. I may end up in graduate school (fingers crossed). I may end up with writing or editing job. Or I may end up working at Starbucks or some similar place while I figure out what to do next. I don\u2019t know. The good thing is that I\u2019ve scheduled at least an hour a day to panic about it.<\/p>\n
But for now I\u2019m happily ensconced in my favorite armchair with a cup of tea and a book. This is the life. To all of you who are still working hard on finals, just hang in there. The end will come and soon you will be in your own favorite armchairs. In meantime, I\u2019d like to reflect on some of the crazier things I did in college. Normally I\u2019m not a wild sort of person. I start every morning with a scone and a cup of tea. But I did get to do some crazy stuff in college and I\u2019d like to share it with you.<\/p>\n
1.) Driving in down town Tacoma when it was flooding. We had gone on a dessert run to Hello Cupcake even though it was storming out. The rain was coming down in sheets and I had to get us back by three o\u2019clock otherwise we\u2019d be charged extra for the Zipcar. I didn\u2019t know the roads and some of them were too flooded to use anyway. A lot of swearing was involved, but in the end we made it. I earned those cupcakes.<\/p>\n
2.) Rock climbing in vantage. In my junior year, I went on a PSO trip to vantage. It was my first time ever rock climbing and the group decided to do a night climb. I climbed partway and then I realized how high it was. I remember thinking to myself \u201cbeep you Eleanor Roosevelt\u201d halfway up the rock face. When I was a child my parents gave me a magnet with an Eleanor Roosevelt quote on it, \u201ceveryday do one thing that scares you.\u201d Well, this was scaring me all right.<\/p>\n
3.) Taking four and a half units my second semester of junior year along with an internship and a thesis. Don\u2019t ever do this. It\u2019s exhausting and by the end of it you will want to punch something, either that or go cry in a corner.<\/p>\n
I realize that to most of you these don\u2019t sound that crazy. But I don\u2019t like loud parties, drunk people, or risk of serious physical harm so these are my options. That\u2019s okay though, I stretched myself and I\u2019m really more of an armchair and tea person anyway. Except when I go out to hit the football post (I use it like a heavy bag)\u2014but that\u2019s another story.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Today was my last day at UPS. It kind of snuck up on me. It was a bit like going down a water slide. You\u2019re just lying back looking at the ceiling, when suddenly it occurs to you that you\u2019d … Continue reading