• It Hasn’t Gotten Old Yet

    Flashback Friday Today I’m going back two years to the day I took this picture: That was the picture I took mere minutes after submitting my very last assignment for grad school. After two long, but felt fast and short, years of big projects and tests, submitting that last assignment felt amazing! It was not…

  • Movie/Music Monday—Was it really failure though?

    As I continue my quest to deviate from the daily prompt which seems to have begun a cycle of just repeating old prompts, here is my thought for Monday. Quotes from music and movies that stand out in my mind. This week’s entry is from the last song I added to my “inspirational playlist”, Taylor…

  • I’m Free

    What does freedom mean to you? It is a coincidence that this question came up today, May 11th. Because on this day one year ago, this is what freedom looked like to me… One year ago, freedom meant that I was done with grad school, a 2-year journey that I never wanted to take but…

  • Honestly

    What’s the most fun way to exercise? I have written quite a bit about running, which is, for me, the most fun way. Well, unless we’re talking about other activities that are of a much more private nature that are fun to do with my husband (wink, wink). But since this prompt has come around…

  • Julie & Julia &…who am I?

    This past Sunday night I stayed up so I could countdown, New Year’s Eve style, to midnight. I wanted to officially welcome the end of my work contract. Ever since making the final decision to leave my job, I have yearned for June 30th, knowing that was the time when I would be able to…

  • Things that are making me happy (part 1)

    I feel like much of what I have posted online and what I have said to people lately begin with “now that I’m done with grad school”… After that usually comes a statement about something that I am enjoying or something that I am going to do that I couldn’t do for the past two…

  • I could get used to this…

    Grad school officially ended two weeks ago. I sat through a 4 hour long graduation ceremony in which I was jealous of our commencement speaker who passed out five minutes into her speech and got to leave early, albeit carted off in an ambulance. She’s fine by the way. Since finishing that two year jumble…