Libraries & Beaches

It seems a funny thought that, after years of reading (I began at 4), I may end up pursuing a job as a librarian. Perhaps a nice small county library to begin with, and then eventually, director of some college library. Doesn't it seem so far off right now? Such serious decisions with the 10 yr. significance... One of my cousins has not yet been married a year and another one will be married this summer. The only other ones in my extended family (that are older than me) that remain unmarried are a bachelor uncle, another cousin, and a sister. I am only just completing my first year of university and already I feel that the future is rushing towards me. Do you ever have that feeling that no matter how hard you try to savor every moment, it will soon slip away and never be felt again in quite the same way? Poems and pictures and riddles have for years and years been written trying to explain this passage of time that, once truly considered, becomes both fleeting and elusive.
My second semester roommate has been a great deal of fun. Since it has been freshman year for the both of us, we both had similar priorities of setting aside time to study and also goof off. We are good friends and I truly do wish that I could pack her up in a suitcase and take her off to parts unknown when I study away from her so that I would not have to go through the trouble of breaking in yet another roommate. She alone knows the meaning of the MLTR song that, when heard or randomly sung, makes both of us crack up laughing for the memory when it was decided that it would be a theme song of a sort for me. I really ought to return the 'favor' and choose an immensely ridiculous one for her and her boyfriend!
This summer I'll be at a school that lies only 5 miles from several nice beaches and I really am looking forward to that, although it will mean an even greater and more extended separation from my family. Although I may complain about them on occasion (perhaps more than I should), they matter a great deal to me and I know that I will miss them very very much. In addition, I will have to miss my cat. She is at home with my family now and does not get appreciated as much, which could certainly be the reason that she chose me to own, because I love her no matter how pesky or mischievious she might be on rare instances.