the obligatory introduction post
December 17, 2008
hello from the center of the post-undergrad crisis!
My name is Sarah. I am the owner of a Bachelor’s Degree in Vocal Performance, three boxes of ‘stuff’ from high school I can’t seem to get rid of, and a closet full of clothes I probably won’t wear again but still keep in case I need them for Halloween. I graduated college in May, moved back home to Virginia Beach, starting working at a rarely lucrative, family-owned fondue joint, broke up with the guy I perpetually fought with and started dating the absolute RIGHT man for me (who is a junior at the college I just graduated from—I’m a Cougar in training! Just kidding—and also happens to live four hours away as is). Needless to say, I’m moving back to Harrisonburg.
I was lucky enough to find a girl who was subleasing a room in a relatively safe looking house in the more suburbian area of the town. Rent is pretty cheap…it could always be cheaper seeing as I’m moving in 12 days and still don’t have a job there, though. I’m optimistic that the right job (i.e. any place that is hiring) will be available to me seeing as the colleges in the city won’t be back from their winter breaks. I’m mostly optimistic because I’ve never lived on my own in the rent-paying sort of way and still posess that romantic attitute about “going out on my own!” and “being my own woman!” I think I’ll probably become slightly dismayed after my third 50 hour work week in a row. I mean, one can only imagine what happens when you tell a business that you want to work full-time.
Luckily, I’ve got this well-established friend base in Harrisonburg as well as the most tremendously enthralling relationship I’ve ever experienced. Oh, Robert! Who would have known two years ago when we met as freshman guy and junior girl that we would have been so in love at this point in our lives? It’s those kinds of twists and turns in the early 20’s that makes for a good memior. I hope I’m powerwashing the house with him in 25 years. If they even powerwash then…I mean, aren’t robots supposed to start doing that shit for us soon?
Anyway, I will be keeping this journal for this new point in my life and I hope to make many new accquaintances in the internet void. Talk to you soon!
-Sarah.
