might be missing Berkeley already…
definitely missing the shower in my old apartment… it hasn’t quite hit me yet that I’ll probably never return to Berkeley as a student again. I left really soon after graduation so I haven’t had a lot of time for it to sink in just yet. I’m sort of waiting for that sudden realization but it’s probably never going to happen, and I don’t see the point in waxing sentimental over these kind of things. It was bittersweet though – I finally crawled out of my hermit shell this semester and made a lot of new friends, especially in the last four weeks or so. But better late than never, yes?
I’ve mostly been bumming around since last weekend after my last final and grading for 3A (last grading session ever!) – cleaned up around the apartment, hit up the bars with friends, graduated on Thursday, then packed up and left Saturday morning. I’m seriously amazed at the amount of crap that I’ve accumulated over the last four years, but thankfully I’ve gotten over being such a packrat and managed throw out or give away most of my stuff. And the less that I can bring to Houston in July, the better. So yeah… right now I’ve transformed my brother’s old room into some sort of interim living situation – it’s slightly lame that I’m back at my parents, especially since I’m without a car too, but it’s very homey as well. And hey, SoCal means lots and lots of beaches – time to get my tan on.
Our (highly efficient) 130L lab group – Daniel H., Cyrus W., me, and Jared H.
