April 13th, 2005
a list of things I’m thinking about
One more day, and we get to go on VACATION!! I am SO EXCITED!!! I need to get out of town and think about something besides our house, our move, work, and everything else that doesn’t involve lying on the pool deck with a frosty adult beverage. Oh, and wishing my cousin-in-law well on her marriage, of course. 
Britney Spears is officially pregnant. I hope this means she’ll actually think twice before walking into a gas station bathroom barefoot. But I suspect it really means that, for the next nine six seven (?) months, we’ll just see more pictures of La Fed with her boobs and belly hanging out. At least she won’t have a half-smoked cigarette dangling from her lips at the same time.
After eight days of papal funeral coverage, I haven’t seen one bit of news about the cardinals’ Conclave. Nope, American news sources are actually more concerned about the move to canonize John Paul II. Because that affects global politics.
Mr. Angst and I are not the only ones going through transition right now. I found out this morning that one of our good friends is moving to a nearby city to pursue his Masters (and maybe a Ph.D., I’m not clear on that), and giving up a very cushy job to do so. Meanwhile, another set of good friends are planning to sell their house and get into a bigger one in the next three or four months. This whole “Mr. Angst and Kristine go to grad school” thing has been sort of weird to talk about with this group of friends, because these are the people we’ve sort of settled down with. In the last four years, everyone’s gotten married, almost everyone has bought a house—as a group of friends, we’ve sort of transitioned together from post-college life to “grown-up” life. And then Mr. Angst and I seemed to be interrupting all of that. It’s weird to look around now and realize we’re not the only ones going back to school, selling a house, moving on or up. This needs more thought.
posted by k at 10:13 am | just me |
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I had my 5-year college reunion last year, and it seemed like most of us were in the process of making major life changes — had just started school, or were applying, or were moving overseas or starting a new career. Maybe it’s that quarter-life crisis.
Have a great time on the cruise!