Graduated!
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meitantei_cj3.712 GPA, graduated cum laude. And now comes the job search. XD; I have an interview on Thursday and got a supplemental question to answer from another application. The job I'm interviewing at Thursday has the potential to be a telecommuting thing, and health insurance is paid 100% by the company. I'd be helping arts organization clients with the company's cloud-based ticketing/subscription software. The hours are late (3pm-12am), but if I can be at home, that's awesome. If I have to actually go to the office (since I DO live in New York with the company), I wouldn't be hugely keen on leaving work at midnight, but if I had to, I'd do it. I don't know what the pay is, but I'll ask.
The ceremony was pretty short: A former graduate got an honorary degree and was our speaker, and there weren't a lot of speeches made. A lot of the ceremony was actually the conferring of degrees to students. I unfortunately didn't get a lot of pictures because I forgot--I had my cell phone with me (tucked into nature's pocket), but we weren't supposed to bring them and I didn't want to be rude. I should have told Sophie to take lots of pictures for me as she had my camera. ^^;
But anyway, I'm back in Brooklyn and super happy about it. Lots has changed this year. I finally came out to my dad (well, I said I was bi and I identify as pan, but close enough for someone who doesn't really understand things), and he took it well! I have not mentioned being genderqueer yet, but I don't think I need to say anything about that. Clothes are one thing, who I potentially bring home is something completely different.
I also need to get rid of some stuff. I have lots of t-shirts and books that I no longer want. Need to figure out what's the best way to do so, maybe make a little money. I have gotten some money from family and friends for graduating, so that's good. I was totally broke, and while Dad was giving me money every month, that's stopped now that I'm no longer in school, hehe. No more free money! Honestly, my parents are the reason I was even able to get through the last year--I did not get enough help from the school this time and even had more money put on me in the middle of things when they messed up my insurance. Mom had to devote an entire monthly check to the last payment, a whole $2100. I still feel bad about it and I probably always will, but she swears it was worth it. And I do have a degree to my name now.
Sophie's here with me until tomorrow. She's going on the China trip with some classmates, and seeing as she lives in Formby in England now, it made no sense for her to go home. We're taking her to Newark tomorrow to the hotel where she'll be meeting up with her class. She's currently trying to beat Wind Waker since this is the last time she'll have access to her file, at least for a long time. (She might end up coming here over the short breaks during the fall semester. We've told her she's always welcome here, which she is.)
It hasn't quite hit me yet. There were people who got really emotional at the ceremony, and people I asked how they were feeling said they weren't sure yet. I was too happy to feel that way. I think it'll really hit in August, when people on my Facebook feed are talking about going back to Juniata, and I'll be working.
The ceremony was pretty short: A former graduate got an honorary degree and was our speaker, and there weren't a lot of speeches made. A lot of the ceremony was actually the conferring of degrees to students. I unfortunately didn't get a lot of pictures because I forgot--I had my cell phone with me (tucked into nature's pocket), but we weren't supposed to bring them and I didn't want to be rude. I should have told Sophie to take lots of pictures for me as she had my camera. ^^;
But anyway, I'm back in Brooklyn and super happy about it. Lots has changed this year. I finally came out to my dad (well, I said I was bi and I identify as pan, but close enough for someone who doesn't really understand things), and he took it well! I have not mentioned being genderqueer yet, but I don't think I need to say anything about that. Clothes are one thing, who I potentially bring home is something completely different.
I also need to get rid of some stuff. I have lots of t-shirts and books that I no longer want. Need to figure out what's the best way to do so, maybe make a little money. I have gotten some money from family and friends for graduating, so that's good. I was totally broke, and while Dad was giving me money every month, that's stopped now that I'm no longer in school, hehe. No more free money! Honestly, my parents are the reason I was even able to get through the last year--I did not get enough help from the school this time and even had more money put on me in the middle of things when they messed up my insurance. Mom had to devote an entire monthly check to the last payment, a whole $2100. I still feel bad about it and I probably always will, but she swears it was worth it. And I do have a degree to my name now.
Sophie's here with me until tomorrow. She's going on the China trip with some classmates, and seeing as she lives in Formby in England now, it made no sense for her to go home. We're taking her to Newark tomorrow to the hotel where she'll be meeting up with her class. She's currently trying to beat Wind Waker since this is the last time she'll have access to her file, at least for a long time. (She might end up coming here over the short breaks during the fall semester. We've told her she's always welcome here, which she is.)
It hasn't quite hit me yet. There were people who got really emotional at the ceremony, and people I asked how they were feeling said they weren't sure yet. I was too happy to feel that way. I think it'll really hit in August, when people on my Facebook feed are talking about going back to Juniata, and I'll be working.
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Date: 2014-05-20 02:43 am (UTC)