Everyone around me talks about how sad and flustered they are to be starting their senior year of college. Everyone except me, of course.

Between switching majors my sophomore year and transferring schools my junior year, I got pushed back and I'm now on the 5 year program. So instead of getting ready for my senior year of college with all of my friends, I'm getting ready for the year before I go back for a victory lap.

So here's to me, and everyone else, who isn't getting ready for senior year.

As I have to sit back and watch my friends get ready for the second-to-last sylly week, last homecoming, final formals, and all the other "lasts", I'm getting ready for just another year.

And that's okay.

I'm not ashamed that I have to go for an extra year. I know that extra year is just a representation of the fact that I changed the path I was on in order to pursue a different path that would make me happier.

I'm not sad that I have to wait an extra year to cross the stage and receive my diploma and enter the real world.

Hell, that extra year means I can put off actual adulting a little bit longer.

And that's okay.

There's nothing wrong with being the person going for their victory lap and having to wait a year longer than their friends to start preparing for their senior year.

I'd rather take that extra year to enjoy college, anyway.