moved out of ithaca yesterday.. weirdest thing ever. the ith has been my beloved home for the past 4 years (summers included). i will miss that place like crazy.. already do. luckily i had a lovely last few days there..
besides being sick, i was able to do some TIOLI work, and have a potluck/game night at my house on thursday. friday i went in for my last day of work, and since juliet was the only other person who decided to come in, we didn’t stay long. i also was feeling slightly frazzled with having to pack and do a million other things that day. so afterwards i went downtown and met up with emily and rachel, and we got some bike repair help from larry on the commons (it was national bike to work day and there were fun activities). then em and i went to old goat. then we went back to my house and just sat and talked for a little while. then doug, his friend molly, and i went to see the sim redmond band, black castle, and the kambuyu marimba ensemble at the westcott in syracuse. even though i wasn’t in ithaca, it was a great last night seeing 2 amazing ithaca bands. the marimba ensemble was really cool too. also, i got an amazing super vegan burrito from alto cinco, right next to the westcott.
saturday i got up at 6 (after going bed around 2:30). i was having a moving sale at 9 and hadn’t packed anything, so i was frantic. i was also having a hard time processing thoughts because i was so tired. but i eventually had my moving sale in my front yard, during which i sold a good amount of my stuff, and made almost $100, so i was happy. a bunch of my friends stopped by to say goodbye or hang out, which was nice, but very sad. eventually i packed up the rest of my stuff and was waiting for my ride home in my front yard, hanging out with emily, victor, and devon. they were in good spirits which helped ease my anxiety a little bit (i was worried that i had too much stuff for my ride’s car). finally she got there, and she was rushing me because she was late, so i had to quickly say goodbye to everyone and then drive away sadly as they waved from my front yard. it felt like the longest trip ever, i guess because i was in such an emotional state. i finally got home around 11:30.
today was my graduation ceremony, but obviously i wasn’t in ithaca (i didn’t want to go to it in the first place), so i watched the live stream of it from my dining room. it didn’t look like a bad ceremony.. i was actually pleasantly surprised by the speaker’s address, which was actually entertaining. after that i biked to nancy’s house for her graduation party. i’m still in a really weird mood. and i miss ithaca a lot already.
i am done with college. WOOOOOOOOOOHOOOOOOOOOO life can carry on.
wow, i’ve been feeling so emotional lately. dunno why. might have something to do with the fact that i’m finishing my college career in a matter of days and moving on to other exciting things. but i’ve just been feeling such an intense love for everything around me; all the people, the trees, the rain, the air.. it might make me sound kinda “hippie dippy,” but i can’t deny how i’ve been feeling. here’s a poem by one of my professors that kind of evokes that:
Weaving Through Your Day
Find the thread of nature magic
Weaving through your day
Let the breezes bring your soul out
Let the trees uplift your way.
Keep an eye on the light
From sunrise to starry night.
See it mirrored in your inner play
Feel it in the love you give away.
Let your breathing and your walking
be a greeting, be a meeting
of your body and your place.
Come in early to your workspace
bring in a flower, let in the breeze
stretch till you’re feeling connected, at ease
Tired of eating on the run,
meeting, reading, all in one?
Make lunch a picnic, savor the view
feel how the elements each nurture you.
Pull some weeds in the garden
sip your tea in the tree
Change your pace and touch base
with your self and your place.
Re-use the scraps bike to the station
Feed into patterns of regeneration
As you floss before bedtime
Come step out and see
Moon, stars, galaxies
the big screen TV
Play the edge of connection
join the Earth–mending team
Bridge species and cultures
embrace our Big Dream.
—Elan Shapiro, 1986
weird ithaca weather event #20968430643. 80+ degrees, sunny and humid today, torrential downpour, huge hail, wind, thunder and lightning tonight.
and with that, i’m done with classes.. 3 final projects and i’m done with college. whoaaa
