don't worry, graduation's still more than 250 days away

i've entertained myself the last few days by making post-graduation summer plans. like, those long-lost goals that you always make and never actually have time to do. since right now my only idea of what i'll be doing after i graduation is a giant question mark (will i even be able to find a job teaching? etc.) and also especially since tommy is planning on doing an internship next summer, during which i will most certainly have nothing to do, i've started thinking about things to keep me busy.

these are all pretty long-term projects, but so far this is what i've come up with:

-road trip to new england! my graduation trip is going to be to visit boston/maine/upstate new york (ithaca!)--tommy and i decided this a year ago. this all depends on said internship, of course, but i can cross my fingers.

-taking classes at durham tech, the local community college--they offer photography, cooking, indesign/photoshop, a couples' massage class . . . i'm more excited about taking these than any of my school classes! (once we get back to durham, of course)

-brushing up on my indesign skillz* by compiling recipes into a cookbook (for my own use) and by making this blog into a book for posterity's sake

-making photo books of the pictures of the last few years (haven't settled on printing out the photos or using shutterfly to make an online book--i know the latter is easier but i just love having hard copies of photos)

-interviewing my g-parents and transcribe/edit their interviews, again for posterity's sake. also, finally getting around to helping them edit their already-written personal histories.

-taking piano lessons again

like i said, long-term goals. does anyone have any suggestions for me? i'm looking for ideas. it's more fun than working on the annotated bibliography i'm procrastinating.

*(i honestly cannot write skillz with an s any more. it comes from jokes with my roommates back in the day and i can't break the habit. and i love it. how annoying is that?)