2006 » commencement
adieu, all-girl's school. adieu plaid skirts and knee socks, adieu red neckties and dormitory study parties; adieu annie wright. perhaps i'm supposed to say something profound now, about how i'm ready to take on the world and make the most of my ambition. perhaps i was supposed to cry when i hugged my friends for the last time, maybe i should have cried up when the headmistress shook my hand and said, "we're all so proud of you, kelsey." but i can't and i didn't; i'm still in a state of shock. a few of my classmates looked at each other and smiled, saying, "our lives are actually beginning! now we're in the real world!" but that isn't true. we've all been living in "the real world" for a long while. now is simply the start of a new chapter, and a "to be continued" has been written on the bottom of our page. my experiences in high school were tumultuous to say the least, and i feel like i should have reached some sort of "conclusion" but i haven't. the mystery of the unknown is still lingering above me in the airspace but i've started to realize that this is okay; i've come to embrace the uncertainty.
i don't know where i'll be for the next few days [weeks?]. i know i've been a bad livejournal friend [not commenting, not responding to emails, etc] but i need some time to figure things out. i do however want to wish everyone a good start to the summer holiday and of course, congratulations to the class of 2006; we made it.