Kim Priore

So…funny thing…I was really excited to be done with my finals.  I mean REALLY excited.  The volume of work I accomplished in the past 2 weeks surprised even me, and let’s face it, I don’t usually impress myself.  But man that was a lot of work.  So now I have this giant question facing me: now what?  Once again I am confronted by the fact that I tend to define myself by what I do, no matter how many times I think I’ve learned this lesson.  But without the stress and the workload and the papers and the deadlines, what am I?  I’ll tell you one thing, with too much spare time I tend to get lost inside my own head.  I learn a lot more about myself, but sometimes that’s scary.  (Let’s face it, I’m scary – just ask the drunk guy who tried to hit on me at the Burren last night.  Yeah thanks buddy, I really wanted to be your 4th choice.  Every girl’s dream.)  Things I’ve (re)learned, just in the past couple days:  1) Friendship and love are really more about listening than anything else, because no matter how hard I try I can’t protect the people I love from getting sick or getting hurt.  2) Your birthday is not always about you.  3) Just because someone says yes to hanging out with you, doesn’t necessarily mean they want to hang out with you.  4) Just because someone says no to hanging out with you, doesn’t necessarily mean they don’t want to hang out with you.  5) The early years of the West Wing are some of the best tv ever produced, and their greatness will never be paralleled again.