Home Stretch

Coming back to Stony Brook after spring break has brought me a new feeling that I never had before throughout college - the next time I move out of my dorm room here on Long Island, I will be a college graduate. I won't ever be moving back in here. With this in mind, I was excited to come back here. One of my good friends and coworkers, Henry, keeps calling it my "last hurrah" and I have definitely noticed myself taking the time this semester to appreciate the amazing people I have met and become close to while here. In the past, I had a difficult time allowing myself to let go once in awhile and pull my head out of my notes and textbooks. I'm still doing well in my classes this semester (and plan to study even harder over the next 5 weeks!) but I feel like a more well-balanced person. I know that graduating college will be similar to graduating high school, and that the majority of relationships made here will be nonexistant or dwindle away after May...BUT I also know that the most important people I developed close ties to here will keep in touch in some way and will be in my life somehow even if it is just an e-mail every now and again or a weekend meetup one time each year. And I'm perfectly okay with that. We all know I don't do well with high-needs friendships. Haha.
So really, all I wanted to spew out of my brain was that I am excited to absorb as much here as I can until May 27th when load up my car at Stony Brook University one last time.