college

Wow. I’m really done. I graduated this past Saturday. No more classes, projects, group assignments, or exams. No more campus organizations, no more Strom, no more Thomas Cooper. No more coliseum. No more football games as a student. That is weird. and I am having a little bit of trouble believing that these 4 years are over. People said it would go by fast, but I clearly did not understand what they were saying. Honestly, I am very sad. and also glad. I was ready to be done with school. but I wasn’t ready to be done with college. and even though I was ready to be done with school…I liked being a student.  I liked walking around campus with a bookbag on, and sitting in the Russell House between classes. I liked going to the Library, and being a gamecock. I’ll miss those things. I’ll probably miss getting books for class even though I hated it. I’ll miss knowing what’s going on on Greene Street. I’ll miss the canteen in the coliseum where I basically lived the last couple years.  I’m sure I will visit and walk on USC’s campus again, (hopefully Shay and Logan will go here, too) but it won’t be the same. Walking on the Horseshoe, or into Starbuck’s in Russell won’t be the same now that I’m no longer a student. I won’t know USC like I knew it these 4 years.  This is definitely bittersweet.  I realized at our graduation party the other night, there are literally people that I will never see again. Friends. that I will never see again. and others that it will be longer than I would like for it to be. It is an odd thing to have a way of life..the college way of life..where you can go over to a friends at any time of the day or night, and know who can hang out when, and then thats suddenly gone. Suddenly some of my friends aren’t in Columbia anymore. and they aren’t coming back this time. That’s hard.  but I am thankful for the friends that remain here, and am looking forward to enjoying my last summer in Columbia. I didn’t realize the end of college would make me so sentimental. I have definitely been more emotional the past few weeks than I have typically been my entire life. haha. Anyway it’s funny how plans change. A year ago I expected to be here much longer. So, I’m sad that college is over. It really is a special time, and I am so so thankful for everything the past 4 years has brought me. It has been a hard, challenging 4 years, but it’s been so great. I have had so much fun, and grown so much, and learned so much, and met the greatest people. but as I am really sad that this time of my life is over, I am still very excited about where I am headed. College was a great 4 years. but I’m confident the best years are ahead of me.

My advice to anyone that it’s not too late for. GO TO COLLEGE. Move out of your parents’ house. Live on a college campus. Get involved in some organizations. Find a church FAMILY. let the Lord stretch you and shape you. You will be glad you did.