GrAdUaTiOn

I graduated! I am officially a Master of Violin Performance. I am so happy I am finally done with school. I have been in school my entire life and it's nice to be finished. Who's to say if I'll continue my education or not, but I definitely need a break from school right now. I'm happy with two degrees for the moment. I'd have to say the last two years have been the hardest two years of school. The graduate program at Rice is seriously intense. I knew going into it that I would basically be married to my violin (sorry Josh... I know you have a love/hate relationship with my violin). But man... I didn't know it would basically consume my life. I felt like I had a great balance between school, work and social life in my undergrad and I definitely noticed a huge difference in my masters. But I'm so glad I made it through and I'm thankful for my hubby encouraging me the whole way through. P.S. I think it's time that I finally say that Josh has learned how to play Twinkle Twinkle Little Star on my violin. I think he's secretly jealous that I play the violin because he always practices my violin when it's sitting out. Who knows... maybe we'll be playing violin duets soon. That would be neat.

Graduation took place on Saturday, May 14th. Thankfully it was a beautiful day in Houston because commencement took place outside. I got to wear the most attractive graduation gown that was navy blue and had owls sewn on the front.

After commencement, Mr. Goldsmith (my violin professor) threw all the graduates a party at his house. It was so much fun. He had a chef come and prepare a delicious meal for us.

Now that all the graduation parties are over, I need to figure out what I'm doing with my life. It's a hard transition from being a full time student to not being a student at all. It's kinda nice being done, but now I have to grow up. Am I ready for that?