Lo Hicimos! Class of 2017


[ Valentina's POV ]

After four and a half years of the College Life struggle, I thought everything was going to be easier from here. Finally got that well sought-after piece of paper signed by my university that was supposed to land me tons of "opportunities" and ''open many doors". [Chuckles] All it left me was a $50K IOU to Great Lakes and Sallie Mae & twice-daily 11:11 wishes that something will GIVE. A JOB. AN INTERNSHIP. COIN? SOMETHING. Like, I spent my years in school making sure to earn nothing less than a B+ in all my classes because I was taught growing up that looking like me, you gotta work twice as hard to get half as much as... The rest of them. I worked my ass off, walked across that stage six months ago about fifty people after my best friend Nathan; we both had cords and stoles out the wazoo and matching 3.9 GPAs. I was sure that not even a month later the responses to my thousands of resumes being sent off and job offers would start pouring in. SIKE. Here I am now making $9.50 an hour working at a baby store.


Don't get me wrong, I count that as a blessing because I could be unemployed for real. The other blessing was that me & Nate were able to land jobs (bullshit jobs), stack our money over the summer, and found a cheap two bedroom, two bathroom rental property on the southeast side of town. We moved in here about a week ago and things have been great. We came up with a bill schedule, split groceries, and even got us an emergency save jar in case something goes wrong.

I honestly don't think my living situation could be any better. I'm in here just chilling with my best friend. A man I've known since we were hanging upside down on the monkey bars at recess. Neither one of us are pressed for anything (or anybody for that matter), handling our business and trying to make a good situation better.

***

 *Nathan walks into my room* 

Nathan: You got your room set up quick, sheesh! I haven't even started rearranging all my stuff yet...
Me: I told you I wasn't playing around. I wanted to get it done so I could REST.
Nathan: True. *looks around* It look just like your dorm on campus...
Me: I knooooow [laughs] I couldn't part with it. Had so many good memories in Room 307 man...
Nathan: I know. But now we can make even better memories in Apartment 410!
Me: Right!

 [There's an awkward silence as they just kinda stand there]

Nathan: You wanna do something tonight? You know... [clears throat] To celebrate moving into our new place?
Me: [Thinks] "Our new place". I love how that sounds!
Me: [Out loud] Cool! It's a cute lil art gallery around the corner, and a bar down the street! We could do a 'Buzzed' Gallery Crawl tonight!
Nathan: I like how you think!!! In the mean time I'ma go see what I can do with this room real quick... [Groans]

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