wrap (up)

the christmas/graduation part of the holidays is over, and for the past few days i've been doing a whole lot of nothing. it's not too bad. i'm trying to somewhat vibe will crowley who, and i quote, "just spent a lot of time alone. which i like." we'll see if i can ever get there. i doubt it.
i feel as though there is not any coherent narrative way to wrap up these last few weeks, which in all honesty have seemed like months. so i guess a bulleted-type thing will have to do.

- i said goodbye to a lot of people. it was really sad, and i only really almost cried when i hugged my friend keith, drove jamie back to her apartment in pullman before she left for new york (i don't know when i will see her again), and when i hugged my freakishly smart and lovely volleyball player kimika and my favorite student-athletes of all time, michael willis and kendrick dunn.
i for real cried while i turned in my keys to work for the last time: walking out of bohler gym while the place was completely deserted and crossing by the football practice field by the library. i had walked that path to the elevator thousands of times during my time at wsu. and i still remember walking up those stairs to todd hall for my first HD 101 class of freshman year, panting and thinking, "my GOD how do people walk up these?" two weeks later, i discovered the elevator. success.
- i drank in excess only one time in my "sarah says goodbye to the palouse" time. i was carried home by my firefighter friends ted and jon. a fitting end, i suppose.
- i graduated. the ceremony was sweet except for the bitter seattle times owner complaining about his industry going down the tubes. andy's text to me during his commencement, "wow. this guy's a dick." couldn't have said it better myself. my father wore flannel and fell asleep during the commencement. my sister wore her Ugg boots and i still love her. my mother ironed my gown in the hotel room before we left. some things really never change.
- i packed my entire life in moscow up in 5 hours. i should have been better prepared.
- i wrapped andy's and brelin's christmas present in newspaper this year. a first. i say that i am helping the environment, but really i didn't want to get the wrapping paper from under my parents' bed out. pathetic.
-i watched movies and cried. the notebook on abc family by myself (because dementia is sad) and the curious case of benjamin button (because growing young/old and getting dementia-ish is sad).
- i drove all the way home from pullman with a broken thermostat in the snow. this means that the windows inside my car were freezing, forcing me to scrape my window so i could drive. thankfully i didn't have to change lanes very much.
- andy bought the john mayer live album for me and i found O.A.R.'s live album while packing. listening to them religiously.
-nancy bought me martini glasses. because graduation matters.
- i had a surreal experience while at the semi-annual sale at victoria's secret on monday- it was like that episode of friends where monica beats up the woman for the sample sale wedding dress. being there alone surrounded by dazed boyfriends and ravenous women looking for bras made me thankful once again for having a male twin. he might not be that nice to me, but at least i don't have to fight him for undergarments.
- i procured myself a date for my friends' wedding january 3rd-- my most favorite and attractive ex-boyfriend will. he will look nice if someone takes pictures and he's a hilarious dancer. i hope he doesn't back out on me. otherwise it's smith-- who doesn't really want to go. in fact, when i told him he didn't have to go with me he whooped. i have never heard him whoop before.
- i rescheduled my appoinment to shadow and then hopefully get signed on with Washington CAN january 6th. it's becoming real.

time to get geared up for the last eve-eve party i will be attending. a little sad.