Post-Grad Life (So far)

Well, May 10th has come and gone and the world didn’t end so I guess there really is life after JMU.

Graduation weekend was a flurry of events. With all the family members coming into town and into our little apartment, things got a little crazy. Friday was the University Commencement held in the football stadium which was pretty cool. We were allowed to sit with our friends so it was nice to be able to sit with all the roommates even though we have different majors.

Saturday morning were the individual college graduations where we were able to have our names called and walk. Thankfully the weather held out and we were able to still have a beautiful ceremony on the quad.

After our respective graduation, everyone came back to the apartment for a cookout/after party (where it did finally start to rain). The Virginia parents left Saturday and the Jersey parents left Sunday… along with ourselves for a week at the beach! My parents were kind enough to let us use the beach house for the week as our graduation gift. The weather was absolutely perfect and we couldn’t have asked for a better week to be at the beach.

It’s hard getting used to saying “I just graduated from JMU” or “I went to JMU.” A lot of people at the beach asked where we were in school and it was so easy and natural to just respond “We’re seniors at JMU.” without even thinking. While being at the beach was nice, it kind of put off the real post-grad life for a little bit longer. It wasn’t until we got back to Harrisonburg that it really hit me as Laura and Paige began packing up their rooms to leave Sunday morning.

I have to admit, I am still putting off the real post-grad lifestyle a little bit longer because of Maymester, but not a day goes by where I’m not worried about what I’m going to do next or how I’m going to survive without all the wonderful people I’ve met here at JMU.

However, for the mean time I’m going to try my best to live day-by-day and figure out problems as they come to me and not create problems that have not even happened yet. The goal is to finish my last undergraduate class in Maymester strong and then figure out life from there.