You know, the one where one day you're beyond ready to leave Souderton, leave high school and all of the nonsense that accompanies it, and the next day you're prepared to chain yourself to a blackboard* if that's what it takes to keep you there forever? They call it senior blues--and when I say they, I mean...well...I.
I asked one of my friends from my last trip to Africa, a seasoned high school art teacher, for some advice for life post-grad. She returned quickly with the following list, which I plan to follow down to a T (seeing as I totally trust Annie) :
1. Exhale
2. Inhale: friends, simple pleasures, stolen QUIET unplanned moments with loved/liked ones
3. Draw a self-portrait
4. Write a poem
5. Find a day to spend alone, really alone
6. Buy a roll of duct tape to pack for college (it is the one indispensible item you'll need for everything from hemming jeans to fixing book covers to making a wallet to replace the one you lost...)
7. Look in the mirror and smile
8. Take a bubble bath
9. Write another poem
10. Exhale...etc...
Isn't it perfect?
*not reccomended in institutions scheduled for demolition.
2 comments:
Hehe...you know what's odd, though? Sometimes, you train yourself so much out of school that its leaving isn't missed until it occurs. That's how it worked with me, anyhow -- I operated so much to the point where the institution was secondary to life that I didn't realize school was over until, well, people started going away for college...too much to do!
I do totally agree, though -- visiting with friends, just the ones or twos of us at a time, were highest on my list after graduating. Wish I could go see teacher friends more, though...one thing I do miss about this whole graduamacation thing...
i can feel my own senior blues coming on, my love. Annie's list is so perfect. We aren't alone. :)
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