It’s Friday, and I Have a Problem Named ULTA

• It feels so nice to be blogging. It’s like finally taking a deep breath when you didn’t realize you were holding your breath in the first place. Or something. I don’t know. I’m not good with metaphor. It’s just, I’ve wanted to blog all week, but I kept getting distracted by the things I thought were more important.

• It’s really starting to sink in that I’m done with my Master’s degree. Like, that’s it. I did it. Cross that off the list. All week I’ve had these experiences where the people I’m talking to seem more excited about this accomplishment than me, and then I feel weird and put on an extra big smile just to please them. I think it’s just that, as I told my step dad, you work toward something for so long, and then it ends, and the end is never as dramatic as you imagined, so it feels like it didn’t really end at all. I mean, I am excited and I’m not disappointed or unhappy at all, but it pretty much feels like any other day, and even though I consciously know I’ve completed something big, it’s like the rest of me hasn’t caught up with this fact yet.

• As a special reward for completing my thesis, I made a little trip to Ulta. That’s  a lie. I was already in the car going to Ulta when I began to justify the money I knew I was going to spend by saying it was a reward for my accomplishment. I know I’ve said this before, but I love Ulta. I am not a shopper. I like to get new things and spend money I don’t have, of course, but I don’t like wandering around stores and taking my time. I practically speed walk through the mall, and grocery shopping is a challenge to see how quickly I can whip through those aisles. That’s what is so magical about Ulta. I love to just go there and look at everything. It’s all so bright and pretty and colorful.

• As some of you know, I’ve been on a big nail polish kick for a while, but now I’ve made the dangerous turn back to makeup. Just this week I decided that I needed to try a new foundation, and really it is almost embarrassing that I use the same blush every day (the shame). So now I’m experimenting with cream blushes and some new colors. My standby Nars Orgasm will have to take a backseat for a while. I’m probably going to have to write a post about beauty items soon, because thoughts of them are polluting my mind!

• Thanks for your interest in the post about my thesis.  I’ve been saying from day one of this blog that I intend to write more about theology, and somehow it still rarely happens.  I don’t know why.  I like to talk about theology.  I think it’s interesting to other people.  I just . . . one of these days.

• I’ve really been enjoy reading and commenting on everyone’s blogs lately.  You keep being awesome.

• I’ve been listening to The Mighty Might Bosstones ever since Dicky Barrett was on the Adam Carolla podcast.  Reminds me of Clueless.

• We’ve just had some shakeups at work, but it doesn’t look like my job is threatened or will be threatened in the future.  Still, this economy really freaks me out, and we’re feeling it in academia.  Except, I think a lot of it is paranoia.  Schools have lost a lot of their investments, like everyone else, but their big concern is sustainability, and because they don’t know when things will get better, they’re tightening up.

• I should probably shop for a graduation outfit this weekend.  For every graduation before–eighth  grade, high school, undergrad–I’ve thrown an outfit together at the last moment, and it’s never gone well.  Maybe I can bust that cycle.  Or, maybe I’ll just drink and write blog posts instead.  Tough choice.

Okay, have a great weekend everyone!