The Grad Soap Opera II

Today is the 1 year anniversary of the creation of this blog! I must confess that blogging this past year has been... sporadic, at best. It seems as that stereotype is on it's way out, though, as I have been blogging faithfully for the past week or so. But enough about my blogging habits.

I can think of nothing better to do than create a sequel to "The Grad Soap Opera" on this day. One year ago, I was involved in a different dating relationship, I was just starting at a new school, I was packing up my room to move, and I could not completely comprehend the excitement of the upcoming graduation. Fast forward to today, and you find a girl that is now being courted by an amazing guy, quite settled and established in her school, plagued with messy room syndrome, and absolutely beside herself with excitement for her own graduation.

"Grad fever", as I like to call it, is almost at a climax in my little country school. Almost all of the girls have secured their grad dresses, and some are still working on their grad escorts. I have succeeded in obtaining both, although I think I feel a little unworthy of my wonderful escort. All that's left now between me and that diploma is 4 months of diligent studies.

The preparations for the day of grad are underway, and right now I am stuck in a battle to keep the decor simple and elegant. Building a big archway is definitely not what I'd consider simple, and lattice is not what I'd call elegant. Hopefully the "woman's touch" and attention to detail will prevail.

Graduating will be the end of a very long chapter in my life; the beginning of something completely new. I'm almost afraid to flip the page from the dress-rehearsal to the real performance, but I know that it's what needs to happen. I can only ask God to give me guidance and wisdom, because I have no idea where I'm going or what I'm doing.

Aren't you, my readers, so lucky to have a little insight into this transition?! Bear with me: it may be a bumpy ride.