post graduation thoughts

Dear world,
This is my new blog to keep everyone updated on life as I go through life post college. I have to admit, I'm looking at graduation pictures (my degree is 300 miles away in KY) and it all seems really surreal. I don't feel like I actually graduated. Centre has been such a part of my life that it's even hard to remember times before it. The people I met there feel like they have always been a part of my life, and I hope they will be a part of my life forever--well, not every single person at Centre, but at least the ones I care about. The ones already asking for money can go away. Maybe graduation will sink in when I don't return to campus in the fall. But right now, it just seems like life will continue as it always has.
It most definitely will not continue as it always has since I am heading for Germany in the fall on a Fulbright. I'm trying not to think about that yet and just focus on my summer. I'm in Atlanta, GA for the summer working at Georgia Shakespeare as the Assistant Stage Manager. So far, it's already crazier than anything I've done before. I'm ASMing 2 shows As You Like It and All's Well that Ends Well. We're in rehearsal for AYLI right now and then it opens on June 13. We run in rep which means by the end of the summer we will have 4 shows running--a different show per night in the same theatre. CRAZY.
I've been working 12 hour days already, but I'm learning a lot, meeting a lot of really great people, and earning Equity points. I don't know if I want to go Equity or not, but it's nice to at least have a leg up if I do.

There's a brief intro to life, and more details to follow...