So this is life... after graduation.

It's been an adjustment ending college and moving back home. I went from moving 100 mph to about 5 mph in the blink of an eye. The shock of having a tightly scheduled life almost everyday and then no longer having courses and being temporarily unemployed is taking a bigger toll on me than I realized. I knew that it would be tough setting into this new stage in my life, but not this tough. My cousin made a point to tell to take this time to focus on myself and do things for me while I look for a job and get focused. My uncle told me to use the time to enjoy myself, but put my studies to good use (whatever that means). I want to do all of these things and really dive back into life in Vermont. For the first couple of days I did just that. I unpacked and organized all of my belongings back into my parents' house then journeyed to Connecticut. 

Connecticut was a phenomenal time with Slolly and her family. I got to have one last hurrah to celebrate graduation and meet some great new people. I even got invited to a polo party next weekend in Greenwich where I was assured I would be able to find a nice starter husband. Ever since getting back to Vermont though, I've hit a block where all I want to do is lounge about watching old episodes of Frasier in bed with the curtains closed eating gourmet coffee ice cream in bed. Not exactly the plan I had for myself. Today I pushed myself to get up and going. After waking up at 6am and watching several hours of missed television on Hulu (it's been an adjustment getting used to cable again) I went outside. The weather was beautiful, somewhere in the high 70s and very sunny. With no real direction I started gessoing old canvases and digging in the garden. 

Between finishing up thank you notes and sending out job inquiry e-mails I am slowly figuring out how to have my first real summer since high school. I have some big personal projects in the works and with Moonrise Kingdom coming out next week I will eventually get myself on some track with my life even if it means only going about 45 mph while I'm relearning country living. 

Our party cake was dropped on the ground outside so we had to eat all the deliciousness before the birds and insects got to it.