I still remember the days of Freshmen year. Going to class and never really knowing the names of my classmates. Feeling very scared and shy and very much out my comfort zone. Then I managed to get comfortable enough to start stealing people's "personal" seats. Our class was very much a thing of routine our freshmen year. Everyone had their favorite spot and that's where they wanted to sit every day. Too bad for them that I liked a change of scenery every now and then.
Yesterday though our class much shrunken in number sat in our very last classes ever. Now people sit wherever they please most of us have moved beyond laptops to pen and paper. Some in our class sometimes even find the freedom to drowse during 4th hour.
When the bell rang at 12:25 pm it was official. Never again will any of else hear that bell ring and breath a sigh of relief that we finally have a break.
It was over.
Our class sat around the table yesterday licking our fingers covered in pizza grease. We talked about many things, but inevitably the conversation would lull and we would look at other say "we are really done"! The sheer relief is amazing of not having in any homework. The problem is I can't shake the feeling of maybe there is something I forgot to do. I guess the habit is a little hard to break after three years. I'm pretty sure though I can make myself comfortable in the no homework mood quite easily.
I won't the miss the homework, but I will miss the people.
Two days and we will sit in a row of chairs together listening to our commencement speech. We will turn our tassels together and stand in a greeting line together and that will be it. After May 5 there will be a split and we will head our separate ways and yes I may even shed a tear or two.
Thank you class of 2012 for some great memories and yes thank you even for the not so great ones. You don't even know how much of impact you have had on my life and I'm grateful.
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