Near-Distant Future -- Oxymoron?

I realize that I have yet to really mention my relocation to the land of the Alamo besides the bits and pieces I've already divulged. I miss El Paso terribly, but know that this move is right for me.

So this goodbye stuff--I'm not really good at it. And the whirlwind that I got caught up in left me missing things before I even left. Firstly, my friends and family, secondly, the weather, thirdly, all the cool stuff happening, and fourthly, my creative projects that I wanted to base in EP. One project had been forcibly put on hiatus due to research dilemmas I cannot perform in my new locale. It involves accessing El Paso's newspapers on microfilm (preferably every print available); a collection that I have discovered to be nonexistent in San Antonio and Austin. One day though, one day. So goodbye to that for now.

It so happens that it's also time for students to wrap up their spring semesters on campuses nationwide. Just today, the law school held a "Fiesta Farewell" in honor of the 3Ls who are donning their graduation garb in the next month. There were free fajitas and margaritas to go around and everyone at the law school and library were invited. It was pleasant outside and the mood was as it always is with people who are just about to reach a new destination. The soon-to-be graduates were confident, smiling, nostalgic, and a took on an air of hard-obtained wisdom. And some of them had cocky smirks on their faces.

I couldn't help but feel like they were moving on just as I was finishing my transition, since I'm not going anywhere anytime soon. However, deeply considering how free a master's degree will be now that I work here (such a perk!), I wanted to grab the opportunity to earn an MBA. Another graduation ceremony may be lined up in the near-distant future for me, yet.

The air is oh-so cliche-edly rife with the winds of change. Not really anything revolutionary or like the whirlwind it was to get here--the situation has taken on more like a mild, kind of muggy breeze. I have to get used to things. And no matter what I tell myself, I have many more things to plan for.