Warning: Graduation Whining

Yesterday evening I spent a good chunk of time whining about graduation. Nathan and I aren't walking because we're here in Bulgaria and when we made that decision last spring it didn't bother me very much. I'm getting increasingly bothered though. As a note, Nathan could still care less about walking, but then again, he's getting about a million more degrees before he's done.

It's not such a big deal and it would be really expensive to fly home and walk in December, but we'll see. The point is, all of this graduation whining is really just a symptom of larger problems in my head right now. After talking this out with Nathan, I realized that I'm mostly upset with how we don't really belong anywhere right now. We no longer belong in Asheville or Raleigh, we've never really belonged here (having only been here a few months) and we don't yet belong in Boston. It's the same anxieties that strike most graduates, but I still don't feel so hot about it.

Nathan's solution to this problem was beautiful. It certainly didn't cure the problem (that came today), but he helped alleviate the symptoms. It's quite like taking cold medicine--it doesn't cure you, but you feel a lot better afterwards.

He bought strawberry frozen yogurt and rented Drive Me Crazy. You remember Drive Me Crazy, right? Melissa Joan Hart and that guy who is now on Entourage? Britney Spears did the soundtrack. You know, my favorite bad teen movie.

Love that boy.

So anyway, like I said above, the actual problem was somewhat helped today. I had lunch with my friend Kostadin who might be transferring to Dartmouth a mere 3 hour bus ride away. Nathan reminded me that the overly enthusiastic LA-born friend of ours (side note--I love giving people internet anonymous names) is staying with us in July while she's in Boston and Boston gets to become our city as fast as we want. We'll make ourselves belong to it.

Also, I'm considerably less sniffly today, we had our last Bulgarian class and the sun is shining and I ate delicious tomatoes for lunch in the sun. It was awesome and I generally feel so much happier.

Fun side notes:
1. This is my 99th post. I want to do something exciting for my 100th but I don't know what!

2. The Princess got a job! AND...she only has to wear shoes for half of her time at work! And she's awesome and has been applying for a mad woman for months now and finally a company realized that she is so awesome that they can't not employ her. I'm so excited for her!

3. BFF's wedding is only 3 weeks away! I'm getting so excited and I just can't hide it!

4. Summer time means the switching of the perfume. Does anyone else wear seasonal scents or am I the only one completely sucked in by the marketing professionals? In the fall and winter my everyday scent is Origins Ginger Essence. For special occasions I wear Fresh Geranium Pepper. In spring and summer I wear Origins Ginger with a Twist (the same scent but with lime top notes). For special summer occasions (see: BFF's wedding above) I wear Burberry Brit. I love summer perfume!