English follows Japanese (cover photo: my mom visited me for commencement)!

今日のカバー写真は、卒業式のためNYにきていた母とのレアなツーショットです！

さて、はやいもので、感動の卒業式から１週間がたちました！あまりにも学校生活が忙しかったので、卒業してやっと呼吸ができるようになった気分です。カレンダーを見直すと、あのハードスケジュールをどうやって生き延びたのか、今となっては謎です。

卒業式後すぐに、ジュリアードの仲間たちと近場の港町まで３泊の卒業旅行にでかけました。

みんなでごはんをつくって食べたり

野生のカメをみつけたり

景色の良い小さなコテージで、自然にあふれた素敵な旅でした。グループで旅行する際には、Airbnbの家を使っての旅、リーズナブルでおすすめです！

ちょっとした近況報告でした！

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Already one week has passed after the commencement! Now that I look back my puzzle-looking Google calendar leading up to the commencement, I have no idea how I survived the end-of-the-year mess. I am so happy I don’t need to tackle those school mess anymore! (I know, I have to deal with more complicated real world from now on…)

After the commencement, I went on a mini graduation trip with my close musician friends to a small town called Montauk at the tip of Long Island. We planned nothing except for renting a car, reserving a Airbnb house, and headed there.

It was FANTASTIC to be able to think about nothing for 3-4 days while I was there! We cooked together, finished many beer bottles, and sightread a bit of music.

I took a walk to a harbor,

went to a local brewery,

and rest of our trip was just on the couch watching a Japanese TV show.

Now I am going to plan my summer which involves a lot of booking flights and packing. Wish me luck…!

Cheers,
Sumire