GOOOOOOO Gators!
I've recently had a huge turn around in my attitude. A complete change really, that I made no conscious effort to make.
Maybe it's because I'm absolutely loving the Anthropology classes - enough that I'm actually considering picking it up as a double major, and just sticking around for an extra year. Considering that a few months ago I was thinking: "God, two more years? How will I survive?", this is a huge change.
Maybe it was all the nostalgia from high school a couple weeks ago that made me realize that I was rushing through college without really realizing it. Without living life to the fullest. Without really appreciating this final time of fun before the real world.
Maybe it's the fact that a lot of my friends have graduated now, and urged me to stay in school as long as possible. Even Rachel, who is doing an internship in Arizona, told me last night: "I know we'll survive in the real world after college, but I'm in no hurry to get there."
Maybe it's because I completed Reporting and Economics, the two courses I feared the most. It was a huge relief to get those grades.
Whatever it is, it's effecting every aspect of my life. I'm feeling entirely optimistic again, more like my old self. I want to get super-active in Phi Sig again, like I was when I first became a brother. Considering that I'm officially an "old" brother now (there are only two pledge classes older than me, but there are three, soon to be four, younger than me), I feel a bit of an obligation to sticking around and sharing stories from my first two years to keep the history alive.
I think it's going to be a great semester. And now, Gator Football. First game tonight... Urban's debut. While I'm dreading the logistics of parking, walking to tailgate, etc. right now, I know as soon as I walk into that stadium and hear the fight song, or the first time I get to do "Gator Bait", I'll never want to leave.
*chants* It's great! To be! A FLORIDA Gator! I said It's Great! To be...
Maybe it's because I'm absolutely loving the Anthropology classes - enough that I'm actually considering picking it up as a double major, and just sticking around for an extra year. Considering that a few months ago I was thinking: "God, two more years? How will I survive?", this is a huge change.
Maybe it was all the nostalgia from high school a couple weeks ago that made me realize that I was rushing through college without really realizing it. Without living life to the fullest. Without really appreciating this final time of fun before the real world.
Maybe it's the fact that a lot of my friends have graduated now, and urged me to stay in school as long as possible. Even Rachel, who is doing an internship in Arizona, told me last night: "I know we'll survive in the real world after college, but I'm in no hurry to get there."
Maybe it's because I completed Reporting and Economics, the two courses I feared the most. It was a huge relief to get those grades.
Whatever it is, it's effecting every aspect of my life. I'm feeling entirely optimistic again, more like my old self. I want to get super-active in Phi Sig again, like I was when I first became a brother. Considering that I'm officially an "old" brother now (there are only two pledge classes older than me, but there are three, soon to be four, younger than me), I feel a bit of an obligation to sticking around and sharing stories from my first two years to keep the history alive.
I think it's going to be a great semester. And now, Gator Football. First game tonight... Urban's debut. While I'm dreading the logistics of parking, walking to tailgate, etc. right now, I know as soon as I walk into that stadium and hear the fight song, or the first time I get to do "Gator Bait", I'll never want to leave.
*chants* It's great! To be! A FLORIDA Gator! I said It's Great! To be...