GRADUATION.
I can't believe we're all graduating. This day seemed forever when we were kids but now...we'll all be graduates by tomorrow night. I never really had imagined myself as a graduate. I don't know why but when I was younger my dreams skipped between high school to when I became a powerful business woman. But now that the day has come, I can't imagine life without attending college. Well, P.S. I'm walking across stage tomorrow, Sunday, June 19th, 2005: Father's Day but I won't officially graduate from University of California, Davis, until September, after summer school.
This day seems too unreal. I didn't even realize that I was graduating until this morning. It hadn't hit me. I know when it does, I'll be truly sad. These two years in UCD has really impacted my life on more than a superficial level. When I first transferred here, I didn't think I would like the town. I mean, coming from San Francisco, Davis looked like another town that we would pass on the freeway. But this place has been my life. My first life away from home...and I truly do love it here. I mean, when will you ever live in a place where your friends are, at most, 15 minutes away. Or that when you walk home trashed at night from the bars, when else will you have a friend that lives down the street for you to crash at? Or when can you go jacuzzi-ing at 1:00AM, when can you just chill, when can you have the freedom to do whatever you want without any real obligations. Like things are set in college. We have a daily schedule that is managed by the structure of school. Even though school was a pain in the ass; finals, midterms, and homework, I didn't mind learning or going to an institution that was full of kids of the same age. That's not going to happen anymore. After college, we are throw into a world of 20's, 30's, 40's, 50's + somethings and we won't be able to relate to each other anymore. Well, not on the same level anyways. We won't be able to say "Dude, I got so trashed last night at blahblah's party" and get "Ohh, yeah. That was such a fun party. I was so wasted." ..etc. After college, the conversation will be "Good morning blah, did you have a fun night last night?" "Yes blah, I just had a drink with coworkers." LAME!! If I ever become that boring, PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE come and get me out of that environment.
This day seems too unreal. I didn't even realize that I was graduating until this morning. It hadn't hit me. I know when it does, I'll be truly sad. These two years in UCD has really impacted my life on more than a superficial level. When I first transferred here, I didn't think I would like the town. I mean, coming from San Francisco, Davis looked like another town that we would pass on the freeway. But this place has been my life. My first life away from home...and I truly do love it here. I mean, when will you ever live in a place where your friends are, at most, 15 minutes away. Or that when you walk home trashed at night from the bars, when else will you have a friend that lives down the street for you to crash at? Or when can you go jacuzzi-ing at 1:00AM, when can you just chill, when can you have the freedom to do whatever you want without any real obligations. Like things are set in college. We have a daily schedule that is managed by the structure of school. Even though school was a pain in the ass; finals, midterms, and homework, I didn't mind learning or going to an institution that was full of kids of the same age. That's not going to happen anymore. After college, we are throw into a world of 20's, 30's, 40's, 50's + somethings and we won't be able to relate to each other anymore. Well, not on the same level anyways. We won't be able to say "Dude, I got so trashed last night at blahblah's party" and get "Ohh, yeah. That was such a fun party. I was so wasted." ..etc. After college, the conversation will be "Good morning blah, did you have a fun night last night?" "Yes blah, I just had a drink with coworkers." LAME!! If I ever become that boring, PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE come and get me out of that environment.