I am graduating from College in 12 days.
12 days.
A lot of people ask me if I am sad.
A lot of people ask me if I am excited.
I can tell you this.
I arrived in Rexburg 962 days ago.
I was literally shaking with anticipation
as I unlocked the door
to my first apartment
at a University.
I decided not to take a semester off.
Ever.
I am completing a Bachelors program
in just under three years.
I have experienced every season
plus seasons that I dont think
even count as seasons.
(6 weeks straight of -30 weather is just pure torture)
I have met some wonderful people.
I have made friends
that are the friends
that your parents have
from college
that they still talk to.
You call them aunt and uncle
even though there is no relation.
Those are the kinds of friends I have made.
I have fallen in love.
The kind of love that I thought
would lead to marriage.
It didn't.
It led to my first broken heart.
I learned more than I ever thought.
I passed classes that were harder
than anything I've ever done.
(History 325 with Dr. Peck)
I have laughed a lot.
Cried a bit.
And experienced every range of emotion
worthy of an Oscar.
I didn't find myself in college.
I grew into the person
that I will be as a grown up.
Am I excited to graduate?
Hell yes.
