Seems kinda crazy.
The graduation was great. We had our Baccalaureate Mass on Saturday evening, the Ascension of the Lord. It was a beautiful Mass-- Father's homily was excellent. Even my parents seemed to enjoy it.
Late that night I went out with my friends to the "Big Slide"-- which is exactly what it sounds like. It's a huge, thirty foot slide out in a park in the middle of no where. Technically it's closed at dark, so it's trespassing to enter there at night. But we've gone there for fun quite a few times over my time at the Mount. This last trip was epic. I finally made it all the way down on my feet (screaming bloody murder all the way down, mind you)-- they got a video of it, I can't wait to see it.
After we were slided out, we headed over to the merry-go-round. We were just chatting when I thought I saw flashlights, but everyone said I was crazy... until a few minutes later. They came a bit closer and everyone else saw them too. So one of the girls in the group yelled, "Hello?"
"Everyone get up here now!!"
"What?"
"You're all trespassing. Up here now!! This is the police."
Oh State troopers...
They were aaaangry. But they warmed up to us once they realized we weren't drinking and that we were good kids. They took our IDs, gave 'em back, and then told us to head out.
The actual graduation ceremony was beautiful as well. When I went up to shake the President's hand, he whispered in my ear "Let's hug." I was one of two that got a hug-- haha, it was so unexpected. But, I did work for him for a few years. He gave us (his senior workers) beautiful Mount frames for our diplomas (once we get them, of course).
Oh!! So, three of the sisters came to graduation. Sr. Joy, Sr. Victoire (she's a novice-- she went to the Mount last year, we were friends and I think have become even closer since she entered), and another sister. I had given them the tickets during the last pizza night.
Soo... funny thing. Apparently my tickets, which were for reserved seating, were for specific seats. Which meant, yup, the sisters had to sit with my parents.
Except they didn't know that. So I had to tell my parents to be on the look out for the sisters... which meant I had to tell them that they'd be there... which meant that my mom... well. I had just told her about a week prior the actual community so she could look at the website and what not. I had hoped that the seating wouldn't be together because I didn't want to put my mom on edge during such a happy time for her...
Well, everything went well, I think. Dad saw the sisters wandering around right before graduation and went to fetch them. Haha! And then we all chatted afterwards for a while-- Joy talked with my mom for a while, which I think was really, really good. She's so down to earth, I don't think I could've asked for a better first encounter.
We haven't talked about it. But I think it was good.
And now I'm home. It's been tough being home. I mean, it's been great-- I love seeing my family and everything. I got to see my nephews and niece and brother and sister-in-law.... it's been wonderful. It really has been great. I love those kids so much. It's just tough to transition from an atmosphere where I can go to daily Mass, pray, be surrounded by others seeking holiness, etc... to an atmosphere where none of that is really present.
But, like Msgr. said, I need to really work on a good "plan of life." Which I'm hoping I'll be able to put in place tomorrow when my parents go back to work. I'm thinking morning Mass at my parish, followed by a holy hour (sooo glad my parish has perpetual adoration), and then either to a coffee shop or the local library for a couple of hours to study (still trying to decide what I'm going to read... either VII documents, the Summa, or something else). Then I'll head back home to work on stuff (need to clean out my room and get rid of stuff, clean the bathroom, apply for summer jobs, household chores, etc). Exercise. Make dinner. Hang out with my parents. Repeat.
Should work out well until I find a summer job. I just applied for a teaching position in Upper Marlboro-- a friend of mine's father is the principal at the elementary school and she talked to him and he asked for my resume... so, we'll see. I'm a little nervous about how everything's going to work out. About my financial situation, about a job, about living with the Sisters come September... I don't know. I'm just worried. I really need to pray about it and I haven't been able to really pray for over a week now... which is killing me.
But all is good. It's a weird time for me right now. But all is good.
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