Where I am now, is not quite where I expected myself to be a year ago, but everything happens for a reason,
When high school ended, we all graduated from a place that felt like it would never end. Graduation came and it was a strange moment to realize that the last four years where we spent writing papers on books we didn’t read and taking tests that we studied for the night before, were finally ending. This ending was welcomed, but also feared. The amount of change that came with graduation was unexpected, but welcomed. We said goodbye to long-time friends, held on to those we loved most dearly during the summer, and then gave the big hurrah with a push and a shove as we embarked on our next adventure.
For the majority of us, this next adventure was college. Let’s talk about a drastic change. We began with moving miles away from everything we knew and loved, to a place that held large promises with little familiarity. There were those last moments being dependent on mom and dad, then as they pushed us out the car door and yelled their goodbyes as they drove away, we were completely free and independent. This freaked me out probably more than most.
Moving and starting college ranks in the top three of biggest changes this year.
By the time I thought I had settled in (aka October) and things were on the right track— I had found some great friends, a steady schedule, activities that I enjoyed doing— and then before I knew it, there I was laying in the middle of the practice field during the middle of our intramural soccer game with a dislocated knee cap wondering what in the world was going to happen next. Never would I have thought that I would be having to deal with this issue for the next four months, but now as I come to the last leg of recovery, after x-rays, MRIs, physical therapy, and surgery, I sure did learn a lot. I can now handle (almost) all of my medical issues on my own and I became quite independent from this injury. While this taught me more than I thought it could, you can’t sugar coat it with a life lesson or deny that it didn't suck, but like all things, something was learned.
As we embark on all the adventures that 2016 will bring, 2015 will be on my mind. Between the change and the growth this was a year that will shape all the future ones. I look forward to second semester knowing that there is more to come, I am excited to see what it will bring, all the good, bad, great, and crazy, as it all plays some role in the big picture of this crazy thing called life.
