Today I went to pick up my graduation announcements from my college's bookstore...opened them up to read them and didn't even know what to think.
Right there it said my name, the degree I'm earning, and the time/date/place the graduation ceremony is at.
I'm really graduating in May
It really didn't hit me till I saw those. And I'm sure it's going to hit me even more when I pick up my cap and gown the first week of May
I don't know if I should be sad that it's happening and sad that a lot of the people I got close with over the last six years are leaving and I most likely won't see them ever again...or if I should be happy because darn it
I GOT A DEGREE!
Now granted I'll be back post grad to finish another degree (early childhood education) but that is until I get a full time job with benefits (I need to be a student to stay on my dad's health insurance until then)...right now I work at a daycare and there are no benefits at all
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And what years these have been...
I started college the same year September 11th happened (I started in August of 01) and remember sitting on the floor of my dorm watching this on TV thinking this was a movie...and then walking around campus seeing people crying and consoling each other...and then going to an appointment and then finding out the plane in PA had crashed....and then the lady walking me back to my dorm and then grabbing my things and heading home for the rest of that week.
And then here I will be graduating within a month of the Virginia Tech shootings. I start on a sad note, and end on a sad note (is everyone wearing their orange and maroon today? I must say it was an awesome sight to see so many kids here wearing orange and maroon today here in Ohio).
I can't believe it...it is finally happening
sorry...just had to write about it
