The countdown to graduation has hit the teens... the number of classes I have left have hit the single digits. It's a legit reason to be excited and feel the need to party- or simply sit outside and not do anything constructive at all. That all might be why I recently did a series of sorts: Flowering Trees @ Albright College. Or it could just be that I haven't really taken photos of those trees yet and I wanted to achieve that goal before graduation. The world may never know.

In the meantime I'm looking up above my desk at the monthly calendar and at the fact that it now lists May. I have a huge red 'SENIOR WEEK' written across the second full week of May ending with a star filled block and a penned in 'GRADUATION!!!!' on the 18th.

So many of my friends- people who've graduated already or are graduating with me- are making big life choices and taking a step back to evaluate what they really want to do in life. I'm doing the same which is why I ultimately decided to take a break when I get out.

There is an assortment of vacations waiting for me after the 18th.
-Weekend trip to the Jersey shore with my roommate.
-A possible trip to NY for my friends brothers wedding (for a weekend).
-A possible week long trip to Maryland to visit my cousins and aunt.
-A weekend in California to visit Nick.

Nick, by the way, is the 2nd Lt that I have photographed in the past. I documented his Semper Fidelis tattoo (and came up with the font also) plus his pinning ceremony where he officially became a 2nd LT. Soon enough he'll be moving up to the ranks of first lt but in the meantime I'm going to visit him and while there try to capture some photos of California- seeing that it's my first time I'll be visiting.

It's funny, an old friend of mine (who I no longer speak to) and I had sworn to one another that he (Nick) would come back into my life eventually. Bully that he did.

In the meantime I'm changing my own life by weeding out toxic people, getting contacts, soon to go to the dentist, working out, and once I graduate going on a more vegetarian diet (no, I am not a vegetarian though). It's pretty sweet.

Happy unofficial start to May.