May 27, 2007 22:35
it hasn't really sunk in yet that my days at elmhurst are over. i still feel like i'll be going back there in a matter of months to start up a new semester. it just hasn't hit me. i'm sure it will in time. i mean, not like i'm never going to come back to elmhurst ever again. after all, it IS my second home, and my closest friends (besides the ones who also graduated today) are all still there, or at least living in the area. but it's just crazy to think that after five years of my life, it's all over. i'm going to miss that place SO MUCH. i'm going to miss those PEOPLE even more. i'm happy to be moving on and start my "new life," but at the same time, i'm so sad to leave this one behind. it's been AMAZING. especially this last year. it's been a crazy ride, and it's over.
what scares me the most is the fact that some of the people that i've seen almost every day for three, four, sometimes five years...aren't going to be around nearly as much anymore. i don't ever want to lose touch with these people, and i'm going to bust my ass not to...but i'm so afraid of losing some of them. i love my "ec family." and i hope that not one of them EVER forgets that. seriously.
but congrats to everyone else that graduated today. congrats to the class of 2007 at elmhurst. i'm so proud of you guys. it's been crazy, exciting, easy, hard, emotional, exhausting, uplifting, stressful, calming and absolutely wonderful. i wouldn't have traded it for anything in the world. :) i love you all. and major congrats to my three boys, b,g & j. i love you three SO FREAKING MUCH and i'm SO SO SO SO proud of you. i'll always be in your corners, no matter what comes tomorrow. :) i promise.