So I was up at 5am this morning to go downtown to the courthouse (in the terrible weather, snow, wind and all) because my mom finally decided to take her citizenship test (after about 30 years of living in this country, no big deal) and this morning was her oath ceremony/actual certification. it was pretty rad, i must say (minus the judge that looked like dick cheney), there were about 70 people from all over the world (some brand new to the country, some having lived here for years) getting their citizenship and it was just awesome to see all these different people coming together for the same reason, forgetting their differences and just sitting together, congratulating each other, experiencing such a wonderful monumental day together.
Also another thing to celebrate: my dad
http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem_print.aspx?name=47781083
This is a hugggge deal for him. He’s been in the news for the past week, his paper just got published in Nature, which is a massive accomplishment, our phone has been ringing off the hook and he’s constantly doing interviews with people all over the place, he’s on TV etc. It’s exciting that after so many years this discovery has finally been made.
Anyway. I’m still pretty apathetic about things in general, relationships and people I mean, but I am definitely starting to feel the anxiety about this semester and life after college, etc. I wish I could be like some people and not really worry about it, but that’s what I do, I worry, I’m a worrier, always have been and am pretty sure I won’t be growing out of it any time soon. It doesn’t help that every five minutes my mother asks me things like “how do you feel about graduating?!?”/ “aren’t you soooo excited that this is your last semester of college!!!???” / “you’re graduating so soon!!!!” Mom, I know, stop! I’m so completely unprepared for life, I think.
