Am I really done with school?

Location: Austin, TX, USA

It's official. I am a college graduate. Not really sure how that happened. The family all got in town on Friday evening and the fun never really stopped. We had dinner at El Mercado then downtown on Friday. At midnight, we saw Master Pancake Theatre's "Home Alone" at Alamo Drafthouse. If you haven't been, it's this great event where they show a movie and three comedians get up and make jokes through the whole thing. It's great. Soooo much fun.

Saturday, we ate lunch at Cain and Abels (of course) and then took the van on a driving tour around Austin. We went through campus, down 6th, SoCo, Zilker Park, Town Lake, Lake Austin, the 360 bridge and ended at Barton Creek. Afterwards, we went to Salt Lick with a bunch of girls and the family. Downtown naturally followed.

Sunday started very early with commencement beginning at 10. The ceremony was nice (a little long and dull; expected). I realized how much I'm going to miss my little MIS clique. When we were standing in the setup room before the ceremony, we were all talking about this and that and it's going to be sad to not have them around anymore. As we sat through the ceremony, chatting and being immature, it hit me that we're actually done. Yikes.

After the ceremony, we headed to Trudy's for a little brunch before everyone left. The ice storms worried us a little so the family headed out pretty early to try and get home before dark.

Today, I took my last final, ever. I took it early so that I can head out to LA and so it was a one on one test in a classroom with my professor. We chatted throughout and it didn't even really seem like a test. I coasted my way out of school, that is for sure.

Everything is falling into it's correct place. I can't wait until tomorrow!!

XOXO

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Preparations really begin

Location: Austin, TX, USA

I'm back in Austin, about to start my last week here before my trip. Graduation is in 11 days which means LA starts in 13. I am so excited to get started. Things have been pretty calm around here. We've been spending a lot of time going out. Tonight was me, Sarah, Savannah and Lauren's last Wednesday night dinner in college. We went to Uchi and finished our 4 year tradition off right. It was fantastic.

This weekend should be very relaxing and finals next week will be relatively laid back. As far as Europe plans are concerned, I'm having to spend a decent amount of time rearranging plans now that my family is coming to London for Christmas. I think I'm going to leave for Liverpool a day early now so that I can definitely make my ship to Dublin for the day. I just have to figure out how to make an international call and I'm not having any luck as of now. I also sent my chaps and boots to Spain yesterday so that they will be there when I get there. I think I'm looking forward to that part of the trip the most.

XOXO

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The Official Road Begins

Location: Austin, TX, USA

Thanks everyone for logging in. I'm so excited about my trip and I'm so excited about this site that's going to allow me to keep up with everyone really easily. I'm going to start documenting my trip now and will include my trip home for Thanksgiving and to Los Angeles for EDSG's Christmas Party.

Bookmark this page now so you can easily access it. I'm going to be placing a link in my facebook profile as well so if you forget, you can access it there.

Leave me a message on the Message Board if you would like, I would love all the interaction I can have!!

Thanks for being with me through everything, I can't wait til we get to start the real journey!!

XOXO

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