So my first year of graduate school is over. It was actually over a month ago, but I'm lazy and just got around to writing this now. I don't really have a whole lot of thoughts on it that I feel like puting down this minute, but I'm glad it's over and can put school out of my mind for another few years. I'll be spending this summer getting ready for my stint out of country.

I had a nice week long break after finals where I went home to celebrate my birthday. Sure I spent the week trying to get medical documents together (due on my birthday of course) so I wouldn't get kicked out of my program, but I got to see my family and my girlfriend and I got to build a Naboo Starfighter, so it was still fun!

As a birthday gift, my Mom gave my girlfriend and I tickets to see Rodgers and Hammerstein's Cinderella. It was SO. GOOD. Definitely my favorite interpretation of the Cinderella story so far. Seeing the costumes in action was worth the trip all by itself. Some serious creativity and engineering went into those.

After seeing such a great musical I can't really complain about not being able to do a whole lot, though it would have been nice to spend my birthday celebrating instead of nagging the hospital to get my documents to me. One of them was late because they forgot to run a certain test on my blood when I visited back in March. Their fault. Not mine.

For now I'm back at school until the end of June because that's when my apartment contract ends and I can't get out of it early. In the meantime, to offset the rent costs, I'm working almost full time at a local museum. It's not what I would call a good job, and I'm not getting paid much, but it's an income. And it is nice to not have to worry about school and homework.

Once the end of June hits, I go home and hang out for a few months until I go out of country. I plan on having a lot of fun this summer!