Guys, I have to tell you something. We graduate in a month and two weeks! I know I didn’t have to tell you, because all of you already know that. But really think about it; two months! That is so crazy to think about. I don’t even feel like a senior or an eighteen year old! I still feel like a kid! I remember when I was in second grade thinking that I had so long to wait until I graduate. I thought will I ever get there? Yes Alyssa, you did and it’s right now. Do I even look like a senior? When I was younger and I looked at the seniors, I always thought they look like seniors but now that I finally am one, I don’t think I look like one. I know it’s kind of silly, but true.
A few days ago, it suddenly hit me that I’m going to graduate and be on my own living my own life. My eyes suddenly opened! It was kind of scary and awesome at the same time. What do I do? I’ll be free! How do I get a job? How do I pay my bills? I don’t even know how to pay bills! Yikes! But hey, everyone does this and most of them survive right? I think I’ll be fine but it’s still super weird to think about. I’m supposed to go off in January. I’ll be far from home though. I’m not going to flagstaff or ever Phoenix or Tucson, but I will be going to Texas! That’s so far away from everyone. Luckily it’s only a year. It’s a Christian college that gives me college credits but when I come back and go to real college, I’ll only be a freshman so I’ll be behind all my graduate people. That means they can all give me advice about college. YAY!
I also think a lot about my friends that are in grades below me. I’ll leave them and they will still be in the high school world and I’ll be in the college world. I hear they are two different worlds. I wonder if I’ll come back and even miss it or not. I know I’ll miss my friends and all, but I think I worry too much. I make friends really easily so I know that when I go to college, I’ll make a lot of new friends. I was just telling my dad today that after baseball season I’m going to get a job but will they let me take a week or two off for important things? He told me that some places yes, but others may not. So when us young people go into the real world, we gain some freedom….and lose some freedom. I’m excited to grow up but I definitely am not going to rush into it and neither should any of you. Enjoy being young, enjoy your life and live to the fullest!
If this was Facebook, I would "like" this blog. Not because I'm excited about graduating, or leaving, but because. . .
ReplyDelete1) I hadn't even realized we only have that much time left!
2) I too still feel like a kid and don't "look like a senior"!
and 3) I am not sure either whether there are two different worlds or not, but if there are then we are definitely about to enter the other one!
. . . at this point i'm not even thinking about graduating! I've spent my whole educational life waiting to graduate, and now that I'm there I'm not sure I want to yet!
When you think of all the things you have to do after high school, the responsibility, the bills, the ... I don't really know but the everything, don't you just wish you could be a kid again? I know I do. I want to just sit back and enjoy a care free life. I wouldn't have to worry about anything because it all just got handed to me. I think it is so sad that we have to leave that perfect life and enter into one where we don't really know what to do. I also would "like" your post! Thanks keep it up!
ReplyDeleteHaha, i have to admit that i used to do that too, meaning look at the seniors and looking at myself thinking i dont look like one. But throughout everything, we'll all make it somehow:)
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