remember that one time

oh hey blog,

it's been a while. Cayla & I (Lauren) have been a little busy with a few things, like graduating high school & college, respectively. Considering our blog stats says this little guy is still getting some page views, I figured it was time to update it for whatever reason.

So, I graduated college a few weeks ago (a year early, thank you very much) with the ever-so-helpful degree of English Literature. And so began the age-old question: "What do you want to do after you graduate?". My usual response was something along the lines of "I'd love to write, probably for a magazine or newspaper. Something about food or travel." But really, the honest truth that I scream in my head every time someone asks me this question is

ABSOLUTELY NOTHING.


Obviously I have to do something, because I need funds and I don't want my brain to turn to dust, but to be completely honest, I'm tired. I've been taking honors classes since I was in third grade, and I just did college in three years, switching from biology to English. Keep in mind, that isn't a complaint, and I realize that just as many people do the exact same thing, if not more. But, unlike most of these super-motivated people, I've lost all my energy and will to do anything productive. I'd really like to just take a week and sleep. I'm not lazy, I just need a second to breathe. Or maybe two seconds, or five.

Unfortunately, I don't have five seconds, or even two. The main reason behind this is that it's now May, which means Arizona has turned into a fiery death pit of inexhaustible heat.

May in Arizona:

May Everywhere Else:

Last summer, I was blessed with the opportunity to escape the 7th Ring of Hell that is Phoenix in the summer and live in Boston. However, this was also a curse because I seemed to have forgotten how incredibly warm this little oven can get. It was 120 degrees when I picked Cayla & Madelyn up from school today. That is 100% too hot to sustain any form of life.

So, as I've been planning since I was 16, I have graduated college and am moving to Los Angeles. How am I doing this? I won the lottery!

 

If you don't get the reference, watch here. If you don't like The Avengers, go away.

Anyways, I obviously didn't win the lottery, so now I spend all my time applying for jobs in LA that I probably won't get because my degree prepared me for nothing! Hooray! Thanks ASU for being the longest, most expensive party I've ever been to. I loved you then, but the real world hates me now.

As for Cayla graduating, she can update everyone on all that fun stuff. She's off to the college Candyland fondly known as Arizona State University in the fall to hopefully (not) follow in my footsteps.

cheers,

lauren