Graduation was last night. Things went well. It was a bit of a snooze with all of the speeches, but I guess that’s just part of it. I was basically starving through the whole thing. I had to be there by six, so I didn’t have time to eat before. But afterwards, I went to eat at IHOP with my grandparents and Allyson, Mitch and Tori. By then I think I was so hungry that I just got filled up really fast. Then I came home, watched some TV and laid around. My back has kind of been bothering me. I’m not sure what the problem is.

Then we got a phone call at about four this morning. My grandpa’s sister, Margaret, died. She hadn’t been doing too well for a while, so it really wasn’t unexpected, but it still sucks. The sad thing is that just yesterday morning my grandparents went to a funeral for their niece. If it’s true what they say about death coming in three’s, then I feel like I need to go get a life insurance quote stat because it’s just as expensive to die as it is to live, which is just really pathetic when you look at it that way.

Anyway, tomorrow we’re having a small get together to celebrate graduation. I invited 5 of the girls from my classes. I couldn’t find one of them on MySpace, so I feel really bad about that, but I might just try sending her an email instead, if I can find her email address.

So I have a shopping list to write, so I better get on that now.

So I have my portfolio presentation today. It went well, surprisingly. I didn’t freeze up and completely lose my train of thought, which is a vast improvement from what happened at the practice presentation.

I cut my hair yesterday. I lost about eight inches, and when it’s straight it still doesn’t quite reach my chin, so it’s really short. This is my final week of classes, and I have one final down and three to go.

My grandma has also decided that I need to send out graduation invitation even though I know just the immediate family is going to go, but I guess I have to make them to send along with the open house invitations.

So once I finish classes, I’ll probably be swept up into cleaning like a mad woman to make the house nice and pretty. Now, I’m not kidding. My grandma goes crazy with the cleaning when people are coming over. The only thing missing are the steam cleaners, but I think that’s only for a lack of money.

But I guess I shouldn’t complain. I just hope I can talk her into addressing all of the envelopes. It’s bad enough I have to make my own invitations.

Okay, so my last post was a little ranty. Let’s start again, shall we? My last day of school is May 8th. I just have a lot of stuff to do before then. I just hope that nothing else comes up between now and then.

I don’t know if we’re doing anything special for my graduation. At this point, I don’t really care so long as I can take a break and breath.

I can’t believe that it’s already May. My dad’s birthday is a couple of days before my graduation. I still haven’t decided if I’m going to invite him to come. I just don’t know if I can deal. I doubt I’ll buy him anything for this birthday either. Maybe men’s jewelry in the form of a pill box. That seems about his speed, though, I doubt the pills would last long.

I hate being so bitter toward my own dad. It’s just really, really hard for me. As much as I want to like him or have a relationship with him, I think that there will just always be too much bad history.

Anyway, I’m not going to worry about any of that. At this point I just need to focus on my final projects and make sure I do well. Otherwise, it’ll put a real damper on graduation.

Argh, it’s been a long day, and it’s only 1:30. My grandma is about on my last nerve today. I don’t think she realizes how absolutely aggravating she can be. Sometimes I just want to tell her to shut up because it seems like she just never stops. My patience is thin enough as it is these days, and I really don’t need another reason to just snap at someone. It seems like she’s just dead set on making it happen. Then she’ll get upset and act like I’m the devil’s spawn or something.

Anyway, my mom came out last night to pick up Tori, and to my surprise she stayed for at least a couple of hours. Normally, she doesn’t stick around for very long. They were talking about this woman she works with. Apparently her dad is really bad about starting projects and not finishing them. I guess he started putting new cabinets in her kitchens and never finished. I asked why she couldn’t finish because she didn’t have the doors on the cabinets. What’s so hard about putting a door on a cabinet and adding some door hardware if it doesn’t come with the door already?

People are stupid. That is my general opinion right now, and I suspect as the next few days pass this opinion will only get worse. I just need to finish this semester and graduation and regain my sanity. Please.

Well, for once I’m not as stressed out as I had been. I still have a lot of stuff to do, but for some reason I just feel calmer than usual. Maybe it’s because I know that I’m about done with school. As of Thursday, I’ll only have a week left to go. I can’t wait for that. I’m so ready.

So, in a moment of insanity, I suppose, I signed up with this website that does financial reporting only to discover that I really don’t have any credit to be reported on. I guess it’s just as well. Stuff from my school loans did show up on it. Seeing the number I have to pay back didn’t help, but I don’t have to start repaying just yet, luckily.