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Today was the big move…10 hours, 3 people, 1 truck, and about as much stuff that could possibly EVER fit into a Chevy Avalanche. We started the trip at about 5:00 in the morning. One more load to fit into the truck and a crappy cup of coffee later, my dad, my uncle and I were off.
Today is the day that the excitement of graduate school and moving to Pittsburgh set in. All the stress, anxiety and nerves went away and I finally felt what I should be feeling for such an adventure. Right now, I am running off of two hours of sleep and pure adrenaline. It’s a cool sunny morning in Wisconsin with the promise of 70 degree warm weather in Pittsburgh.
I finally feel like I am getting started on all the big plans that I have always talked about. I finally feel like I am not just talk when it comes to my future and my career. I always knew art was to be apart of my life, but to actually find that passion and drive in what I do for a living is one of the greatest feelings in the world. I just cannot express how incredibly and undoubtedly excited I am for this opportunity. This year will just be the greatest experience I could ask for…and I am totally going to take advantage of it.
So, CMU…here I come. Pretty sure I am ready to rock it’s world.
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I was told that I need to get into the habit…
Funny, even though I know with the looming job of graduate school is upon me and all of the prep that comes with it, I have been trying desperately to get out of habits. Packing has been awful. I have fell to materialism. I have so much stuff it’s just not even funny. Why do I need three sombreros? Why to I need ten nick-nacks from the same trip…will I remember it any differently? It’s just amazing how my habit of collecting clutter has grown.
I blame by habit of shopping. I love to buy. It doesn’t matter what. As long as it’s new, in my taste, and sparkles…I will have it in a shopping bag toting it home. I have been “trying” - with some success - to not buy. Shopping has become looking. How’s it going? It sucks - don’t ask me again.
Now, getting into habits…that has been on my mind ever since I first sent my application for grad school. I already knew that. In a matter of a week-and-a-half my habits are going to change drastically. I believe it will be automatic.
Getting into habits…only time will tell.
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There are a million questions I have about this next year of my life. Some are about the physical distance I am creating between my life in my hometown and my new life in Pittsburgh. Some are about my professional choices and future. And some are just about finding the nearest grocery store to my new apartment.
There are also a million things that I can be sure of. The most important being: How lucky I am to have people in my life to miss dearly when I am away. I will be sad…there is no getting around that. But, I am so lucky to feel that way. I am not running away, I am following a dream.
As for my questions, answers will come in time. I will just continue to send my thoughts, my worries, and my hopes of the future out into the void.
“So good night, dear void.”
