What happens when your schedule suddenly opens up...

Excerpt from the life of Joy, August, 2013:

If my life was like a commercial: I wake up, completely refreshed, in a darling studio apartment in the city, put on my adorable pink sundress and heels, hop out the door and run out to the park where everyone waves at me and there are balloons. The ice cream man gives me a lollipop and I stop to pet a dog, then I meet my suited up fiancé for lunch on the patio at some boutique restaurant, then suddenly it's nighttime and I meet my girlfriends for sexy cocktails on the roof of some high rise building.

Reality: I wake up and try to calculate the amount of time I can spare to snooze without sacrificing a shower, then attempt to simultaneously make coffee and put my contacts in. I go to work, get off at 4, just in time to briefly text with my fiancé as he's leaving for work. I get home and my cat has barfed on the rug, and I sit at my computer till it's too late to really do anything else, trying to finish things I need to finish in order to graduate college. Which I'm doing at age 28.
I want balloons and a lollipop in the park.

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September.

I've since graduated.. just this last week  (Throws confetti everywhere, then sighs and goes to get the broom) and I feel like I'm suddenly busier than I was when I thought my head would explode from looking at my to do list. The truth is, I think I was actually doing the right thing to focus only on school to do lists, because now, the things I need to finish/get done/go do/etc., come from every direction. "Since you're done with school and have free time"... I'm getting dizzy. *deep breaths* :) Getting married and moving across the country aren't everyday things to be doing, and I'm sure I'll miss this. <3

Also, holycrapit'stotallyOctobertomorrow.

Happy Autumn! :)