As some of you may know, I've been pretty busy recently. So busy that I missed a whole week of blogging! Last weekend I graduated college and that took up pretty much all of my free time. The whole weekend pretty much went by in a blur as it was spent with friends and family celebrating. I decided that it was important to not stress about providing blog posts for that week as I wanted to focus all my attention on this once in a lifetime event.
I went to two graduation events during the week/weekend: the Baccalaureate Service and my actual graduation! The Baccalaureate Service is something hosted by my school's interfaith center and the guest speaker this year was Justin Baldoni from the tv show Jane The Virgin! I'm a huge fan of the show so immediately after I saw that he was the speaker I reserved my tickets. I wasn't sure exactly what the event would be like, but I figured it was all worth it to see Justin Baldoni who is such an inspirational person outside of his show. I realized during the event that it was pretty religious (hence the phrase 'interfaith service'...) and even though I'm not really a religious person it was a nice break from all the graduation chaos. Justin's talk didn't focus on religion as much, but rather failure and realizing that there's more to life than being perfect. He spoke about being a good person and how that is the most important thing you can do for the world. Of course it was a little more eloquent than that, but those were his main points! Justin is literally such a beacon of light and his words were super inspiring.
Literally his inner light was so bright that all my photos with him were so overexposed that I had to change them to black and white, haha!
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My graduation was a few days after and was surprisingly quick! My college's ceremony was at 8am on Sunday and although it was rough getting up early, I'm glad we skipped the heat! I want to say the ceremony lasted about an hour and a half, and then I went to one of the main lawns on campus and took photos with some friends and professors! Below are my best friend/roommate and then one of my favorite professors!
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Anyhoo, the main point of this post is to point out the obvious...that I'm no longer a college blogger. *sad face* So this is my last official post as a true college blogger. (Even though technically I'm already a graduate, but we'll just push that little fact to the side for now...) Of course that doesn't mean that I'll stop talking about college things altogether, but like I've been trying to do these past few months, I will be transitioning more into a full fashion, beauty, and lifestyle blog. I'll still be writing college themed posts when they come to mind, but I just wanted to give you all a heads up!
Hope you all are having a great Memorial Day Weekend and are spending time with family and remembering those that have served and sacrificed for our country!
aw congrats on graduating! Yay for adulting :)
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Sarah Lindner
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Thank you Sarah! I don't know if I'm ready for the adult world yet, haha!
DeleteCongrats on completing Uni! Isn't it the best feeling?!
ReplyDeleteThank you!! It is, but it's also terrifying, haha! Now I have to figure out what to do with my life!
DeleteCongratulations! So exciting, all the luck to you babe!
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Thank you so much Lee! :)
DeleteAw yay congrats on graduating!! Such a wonderful accomplishment!
ReplyDeleteMaggie @ Polished Closets
Thank you Maggie!! :)
DeleteCongratulations! I think it's totally expected not to blog the week you're graduating college.Sounds like you took advantage of your time with lots of other exciting things.
ReplyDeleteThank you Erica! I definitely did, even though blogging is a priority for me family definitely comes first!
DeleteCongrats! So many amazing things ahead. I am 27 and I am loving life as an adult. College was amazing, but there are so many more gifts in the near future xx
ReplyDeleteThanks Kait! That's awesome to hear because I have no idea what's to come!
DeleteCongratulations on graduating !! Changes are always good :)
ReplyDeletexx, Melissa
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Thanks Melissa! And I hope the future comes with good changes! :)
DeleteCongratulations! On to the real world! I love your leis. Your graduation looks so festive.
ReplyDeleteThank you! My roommate gave me the flower lei!
DeleteCongratulations on graduating! these photos show how happy you are! Well done!
ReplyDeleteThank you Sydney! I am definitely a happy grad! :)
DeleteCongrats girl!!! I am so proud of you and Im so happy to be following the rest of you journey!
ReplyDeleteThank you so much Bella! I'm not sure what's to happen in the future but glad to know you'll be cheering me on! :)
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ReplyDeleteI just graduated as well! Congratulations!!
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Thank you! Congrats to you as well! :)
DeleteI can't believe you got to meet Justin Baldoni! That's so awesome! I love Jane the Virgin. Congrats on your graduation! I know it's so bittersweet, but there are so many amazing things to come :)
ReplyDeleteHe was seriously so inspiring (and dreamy, haha!) And thank you! :)
DeleteCongrats and best luck for your future!!!
ReplyDeleteThanks so much girl! :)
DeleteUgh so jealous you got to hear Justin speak and meet him- I'm a HUGE Jane fan!! Congratulations on your graduation Sami!
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He was so incredible!! Literally I can't even believe I met him! And thanks so much Annaliese! :)
DeleteCongrats on graduating! Love how happy you look in all of your pictures!
ReplyDeleteThanks so much Cameron! I am definitely happy to graduate! :)
Deleteomg congrats! That's so exciting!
ReplyDeleteThanks so much Annie! :)
DeleteI still can't believe you got to meet Justin Baldoni! And congrats on graduating!!
ReplyDeleteI can't either, haha! Dream come true to be honest! And thank you! :)
DeleteCongratulations, Sami! Sounds like you had a very busy and exciting graduation week!
ReplyDeleteI definitely did, haha! Thanks so much Amanda! :)
DeleteCongrats girl! Looks like you had a great graduation week!
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I really did! Thanks Alix! :)
DeleteCongratulations on everything Sami! I'll still read your blog no matter what you post!
ReplyDeleteAw thank you so much Anna!! :) Same with you, always love your posts!
DeleteThat's so exciting ❤���� Congrats on your huge milestone!!
ReplyDeleteThank you so much Jessica!
DeleteCongratulations on graduation! It is the best feeling ever, right? Getting up an 8am ceremony definitely would have been hard though! Goodness knows I struggled to make my 8am workshops!
ReplyDeleteHaha that 6:30am wake up was pretty rough! But worth it to stay out of the SoCal heat!! Thank you so much Kendel!
DeleteCongrats girl!!!
ReplyDeleteCongrats girl! :) You looked stunning!
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Aw thanks so much Samantha!!
DeleteHOLLAH - congrats on graduation girlie!!!
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Thanks so much Erica!
DeleteYay! Congrats on your graduation! Such a great accomplishment!
ReplyDeleteLiz
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Thank you so much Liz!
DeleteCongrats on making it through college - so exciting!
ReplyDeleteThank you so much! :)
DeleteCongrats Sami! Can't wait to see what this next chapter has in store for you!
ReplyDeleteAw thank you Kara! :)
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