it's been a busy week, and it's not going to be letting up any time soon. but that's okay, because the stress level is finally dropping. and it's been a long, long, LONG time since i've been able to say that.

to recap: last saturday was graduation, and on monday, dana, chester and i flew to arizona. tuesday was dana's birthday (happy birthday again!). wednesday morning, i met with the people who want to hire me and got the building and co-worker meeting tour (just need to have all my paperwork approved by the HR powers-that-be, and it's official). wednesday afternoon, we went and looked at a house that it looks like we will be living in (yay!). i flew out of phoenix at 6:30 this morning and got home at four (hey, who ate three hours of my day??), and i've pretty much been sitting in my comfy bowl chair with mexican blanket, surrounded by tissues ever since. i think i'm going to have to go to the doctor tomorrow, because i've been sick since monday and i felt like someone was stabbing me in the ears on the plane today. not fun.

looking forward: tomorrow, i have to go buy the ridiculously expensive paper that my thesis needs to be printed on, polish up the final edits, print it all out in triplicate, and then run around and get the signatures that i already got last week, but on the wrong, non-ridiculously expensive paper. tomorrow night, par-tay at april and mark's, where i'll probably end up crying because it's the last time i'll be together with everybody before i move. saturday is the pearl jam concert with rob (which is looking like it's going to be very, very soggy). sunday is a get-together at the 'rents. monday, the freight trailer gets dropped off for me to pack (which means that between now and then, i need to pack up my whole apartment). eek. next saturday...poof. i leave for arizona.

i swear, just yesterday i was saying "i can't believe i have a whole 'nother year of grad school." crazy. post-college life, here i come.