Clouds That Look Like Snails

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It's been a while. Needless to say, there have been some pretty.....life changing events occur in my life. Been taking care of that mess, to say the least. 


Sooooo. I'm finished with college (...at least for a while) and realized so during the Christmas holidays. For the past couple of weeks, I've had a very exciting discovery. This is it. I'm done slaving underneath someone else's whip, performing at my finest upon risk of losing my head (or student loan...), waking up every day to drive to school to sit in a lecture hall to rack my brain of all things unholy to take an exam to show my professor just how much I learned (aka "remember") during the semester. I have given The Man all that he's wanted. For 4.5 years.

whew! 


How exhausting! 


And now, while everyone else is hustling and bustling to get their last wahooos in for the winter break before it's Back to School, I get to pause and breathe and watch the clouds that look like stubby little snails float across the sky over the lake right outside my cozy little sun room. 


I'll get my schedule for work at the beginning of each month (days off made upon my request. WIN!). I go to work, on time, each day. I do my job ("And what sort of chocolate can I get for you fine folks? (yeah, that's right. I work at a chocolate store. Nanny nanny boo boo!) Oh, that 1/4 lb peanut butter cup? What a good choice. That'll be $68. Out of $100? Here's your change sir"). I get my paycheck every two weeks (a fine 3-digit number). I pay the bills, then I get the rest of my day, my days, and my life to play with my friends and my sweetheart, Bear. 


I had off today from work and will receive tomorrow off from work as well. Today, doggone it, I woke up around 9:30, sat in my sun room and watched the beautiful world for a while. It is an absolutely GORGEOUS day (Mr. Weather Man said it was 68 degrees and felt like 70. A gentle western breeze. The water was wonderful and looked so inviting. ON JANUARY 4TH! Can you believe it?) Put on a sundress, flipflops and aviators and Bear and I went out to lunch, a hearty walk along the beach, and then watched a movie before he went off to work. I'm about to go see a movie at the theater with Sara, Trey, and hopefully Ryan then off to Bear's best friends house to watch the basketball game.

And that's my fine, pleasant day on The Island. 


What feels so right is that Bear and I are off to a great start in our adult lives. We have many wonderful things graciously provided by our parents. He and I have big dreams to move to the big city once he graduates in May where, hopefully, I'll find also an awesome full-time job. We are so looking forward to living big, with big fun, and big dreams. And it's coming. 


And I can't wait. :)