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By Sam Felder on May 22, 2003 1:19 PM | | Comments (1)

Graduation went well. Packing was hurried. The drive was long. Boxes are piled high in the apartment. We are getting a cat.

The two most important piece of information found above is the use of we. Yes, Julie has officially moved to Washington, DC. Still settling in, I am struck by how excited I am for her to be here. Yesterday morning, our first real day here, we got up at six and while she made breakfast I ran to get a New York Times. This morning was my turn and tomorrow they will start delivery to our building. I cannot describe how deeply relaxing it is to sit next to each other reading the paper as we eat breakfast. There is a deep sense of peace in that ritual.

To put it simply, I am very happy that she is here, that we are here. Now normal life can begin, no more waiting, no more expecting things to end. I can now make choices about the pace of my life and Julie and I can decide together where to go from here and what to do. We have talked about Peace Corps. We have both thought of grad school. I think often about starting a program in the evenings this fall if I can push myself to take the GRE in the coming months. So much is open right now. Years of feeling the doors shutting around me and the overwhelming feelings of sadness that have interrupted me of late have been broken. For now I am very happy. Thank you very much to all of you who wrote to congratulate me on graduating. I am very proud of my accomplishments and grateful for my friends.

I hope to continue making samfelder.com worth looking at for all of you. In the coming months I will implement a new design and hope to make available more information than before (particularly about my book and music collections). I have also acquired the AP style guide for work and plan to begin using it in my writing. This a weird bastard child of journalism so it won't hurt to follow some of the rules.

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Christina Powers said:

Go Sam! you are going to acheive a lot and I'm happy for you and I'm going to stop this before I sound even more like a sappy Hallmark Card.

June 16, 2003 2:15 AM

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