Reflection.

Dec 12, 2006 15:13

I'm DONE!!!! The semester felt like it would never end, but it's over now. I took my last exam at 8:00 this morning, though I'm sure I did horribly because my brain doesn't do math that early and only on 5 hours of sleep.

So I'm officially done at tech. It felt a little strange leaving today. For the past 2 years or so I've felt like I've lived there, and then there's all the memories made at that campus back in 1996-1997 when I had my first (short) stint in college. Sometimes I go through the whole "what if I never left" thing in my head. If I had never met John and moved out and subsequently dropped out... where would I be?

I always come up with the same answer though...

It doesn't matter where I'd be, what matters is that I had all the great (and not so great) experiences that I DID have. Yeah, I wish I would have gotten college done earlier, but the memories I have from those years are ones that I revisit quite often. They're things that seem really stupid to other people... but they mean something to me. Memories of being in Ridgeway at the train tracks across the street from the house with all my closest friends, laying near the track while the train flies by. It was as if in that moment you were in the center of everything, and just to be near something so powerful was exhilarating. And then there were the super soaker fights with Stefan, Daniel and John... where nothing (even the roof of the house) was out of bounds. And going on our "expeditions" around town exploring abandoned warehouses and dreaming of finding the entrance to the underground that eluded us for so long. There were plenty of bad times too, but when it was good, all that seemed to matter was our little corner of the world. It was my youth. And though sometimes I wish I would have done things differently, deep down, I'm glad to have lived as much as I did.

No regrets.

So, goodbye tech... you've been fun, but I must move on. ;)

Oh, and can I have my grades now? kthanks.
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