Feeling Pennsylvania

Recipe for Proper Celebrations of the End of an Era:

Two beloved friends and intentional conversation
Sushi boats and coconut milk
Sidewalk prayer for sending off
Making up history as one walks the mean (and suddenly park-less?) streets of Providence
Hugs tempered by humidity (New England, I still love you)
Planning visits to Japan
Writing lists like this
Reading things like this
Weekends that arrive ahead of schedule
Train rides
Laughing with first-year friends in between Rounds 5 and 6 on the steps of the ICA
New babies
Iced drinks and iPods
Being a third-party witness to other people's kindness
Thumbing through the spines of old, beloved books
Not wanting to read a THING for the first time in my life...
...but eagerly seeking book recommendations for next week, when such temporary madness will have passed
Cleaning rooms and making floors shine like the sea
Families that refuse to stop growing
Good news from afar
Road trips with my best friend
New music
Leaving the scene of the crime
Waiting.

The bar exam closes a chapter, and I'm taking some time off before the next one begins.