At our college’s graduation commencement this year, I was honored to be our school mascot. I went around and high-fived as many people as I could and posed for the audience. Students hugged me, cheered for me, took selfies with me. But the awesome-looking job did not come easy. Here are some behind-the-scene things that every person under the mascot suit can relate to.

1. You have limited vision. Kind of like Brock from Pokemon.

2. You have limited hearing too. Want a picture with me? Yell hard.

3. It is hot in the suit. Very, very hot.

4. The suit is not the only thing you wear.

Padding is sometimes necessary to keep your figure big.

5. The suit stinks.

You better scrub yourself hard in the shower afterward.

6. You cannot speak in the suit.

And people will ask you a bunch of questions.

7. You must exaggerate every movement.

Because, you know, it's hard to make your movement visible in that giant suit

8. You probably need to relearn how to walk because your shoes might be five times bigger than your feet.

9. Kids love you.

But you might accidentally slap them in the face due to your limited vision.

10. You lose all the popularity once you hop out of the suit, but you enjoy every minute when you are in it.

Oh, you get featured on your school's Instagram and Snapchat too.