So Long, See You Tomorrow

It is a very odd feeling coming to the end of something. Thus far in my young life, I've only encountered beginnings. I have not really experienced a true ending. You end elementary school, but the end of elementary school really only means the beginning of middles school, and so and so forth. I guess that my ending today could be considered a beginning as I enter the work force, as everyone likes to put it, but really, it is an official end. Because I do not plan to go to grad school at this point in time, it is the end of school. Period. No more. No more classes, writing essays, listening to boring lectures, homework (omgosh). No more school. Its hard to wrap my mind around this concept. In fact, I have not gotten even close to accomplishing such a feat. For the past 17 years of my life, I've been in school. Its something that I understand, I function within easily, and that I am accustomed to. School is a comfortable nook in life, something that has consumed almost every aspect of it for the most part. And now, its over. Just like that.

I have to keep reminding myself that I have one essay and one final left to complete, yet the fact that today was my last official day of classes cannot escape me. I am looking at the end of schooling. It gives me a funny feeling in my stomach, but that could be because I've only eaten carbs today and the carb high is wearing off and now I'm hungry.

Now its time to start off a new stage in my life that I have previously professed to be inherently excited for. Now, I have to admit, I'm not as excited. The end to school is bittersweet, to say the least. Not that I'm going to miss homework or those pages and pages of reading, but I am going to miss the people, some of the teachers, and the simplicity that school brings. You know what your goal is. Its a clear goal, one that you can easily comprehend and understand. Its not evasive and you know exactly how much work you need to put in to get the desired outcome. Those days are going to be gone. That is something that I am going to miss. I'm also going to miss being in an environment where people are learning all the time. Granted, many college students resist this, but nevertheless you are in an environment where everyone is a sponge to a certain degree. How much they have already soaked up is another question. However, that too will be gone.

I'm hoping to be diligent once I graduate. I have a growing list of things that I told myself I'd do once I graduated, and I hope that stupidity like Bejeweled will get in the way of that. I'm not in a rush, but I am looking forward to not having to come home to more homework. That will be nice. Especially after being stuck in traffic for an hour.

So long, school. I will miss you, even though I know that I will probably enjoy this newfound freedom having graduated. I hope that you continue to prosper to give people as intense of an experience as you have granted in the past.