Okay, so updates! Just made it back to Long Beach after a long, crazy four years in Santa Barbara. Graduation went well. Pico Iyer was the commencement speaker for the Arts and Humanities graduation ceremony and I was super stoked on that!!! He was so eloquent and inspiring. He said those who are graduating with degrees that make money, like, say, NOT THEATER, may have the money, the houses, the cars, the "answers," but they are the ones who will be turning to us, the arts and humanities students for the REAL answers about life. It made me smile and made me think, for some reason, of my time on Semester at Sea. I wonder why? Maybe because SAS was the best thing I did in college and probably the best thing I've done, ever. And although many people chose to spend their time in school "getting ahead," staying behind, on a ship, was something that I think will get me ahead in the long run.
After graduation, me and the girls headed straight for Las Vegas. Of course. Joanne got this fantastic deal for a suite at the Encore hotel, so we jumped at it and found ourselves in a "King's Suite" on the 38th floor of the Encore with a huge bed, couch, nice bathroom and stunning view of the strip! The room was unreal. And destroyed by the time us 8-10 girls had stayed in the room for 3 nights. Utterly destroyed. We left a big tip for housekeeping!
And then, after thinking, as one always thinks to herself, or screams to her best friends in the car as she drives away from Las Vegas, GET ME THE HELL OUT OF LAS VEGAS, we made it home.
Now, I've moved most of my stuff back into my Mom's place in Long Beach and am unpacking my life as I start packing for Greece with Cambodia's packing-for-a-year in the back of my mind. It's all about the suitcases and duffle-bags and storage containers. Yup yup this is going to be an adventure... or a series of adventures...
Until next time!
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