So I said that I was not going to post until I was finished with finals, and though I started working on this one during a reading day, I have just come back to it so here is my brief moment of excitement, “I’M A SENIOR!” Also, we just updated our blogging software so I am exploring all of the cool new features… I’m really liking the fact that the behind the scenes stuff is orange and blue now!So… what now? The residence halls are empty and I am jealous! You see, as a summer resident I don’t move into my new room until a week after graduation (which was yesterday).
I was an usher for graduation and so I was very close to everything that was going on. There were about six Sarah Elizabeth’s in their graduating class and every time I heard that name I imagined it being me and my excitement has mounted. I cannot wait. But at the same time… I most definitely can. I mean, I shouldn’t wish away my time, right? This is the first year that I approached graduation with a bit of hesitancy. Some of my most wonderful friends are leaving Rhodes to start lives in new places and I am, needless to say, going to miss them terribly. On the bright side, I have a lot of neat places I need to visit now like Alaska.
I don’t really believe in good-bye’s, but I feel like they are an important part of life. I guess I don’t like them because saying good-bye feels so final. Sure, it is probable that I won’t see most of the graduating seniors ever again, but I hope to keep in touch with my closer friends. So I think it’s best to say, “See you later!” or “Have a great summer!” or “Keep me updated on where life is taking you and we will try to run into one another!” That latter one is a mouthful!
For instance, while I will be here over the summer Stephen will be home in North Carolina. And then, next semester, he will be in Washington D.C. visiting American University as part of a semester long journalism program. I would hate to think that as he gets ready to leave tomorrow that I am saying good-bye. At some point in the summer, he will visit me and I will visit him making this yet another one of those see ya later moments.
The end of the year is bittersweet. It is much different than highschool where we said “Have a good summer!” and then the following weekend, we were all at so-and-so’s house bored out of our minds together. But that’s okay. I have some great and fun memories to get me to the next semester… and I’ll be at Rhodes all summer doing research so that has to be fun.
Anyway, I’m going to leave you with a picture from RA fun at the zoo. I took this from Regina Simmons’ (ResLife) facebook pictures.
Anyway… Happy Summer! Questions about graduation, RA’s, pretty much anything Rhodes? Comment here!
Peace,
Sarah
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