With my senior year of high school coming to a close, I am filled with a range of emotions. Happy, sad, anxious, excited, nostalgic and just about everything in between. Soon it will be all of our last days together. The last time sitting in class with some of best friends. The last time listening to my favorite teachers lecture. The last time all 189 of us will be in the same building together.

It really is true what they say. High school sure does fly by. I feel like last week I was panicking about my first day. How I was going to navigate this new huge school, who I was going to sit with at lunch, if I was going to like my teachers. But now its 4 years later and I'm reminded in class with a big ole count down on the white board. Ninety days. Sixty days. Twenty days. There are only twenty more days until the most important day of my life thus far is here. Graduation.

Before high school, I never really viewed graduation as much of a big deal or a success. Almost everyone graduates, ya know? Boy, was I wrong. These last four years have definitely been a lot harder than I had anticipated (especially senior year, but I'm going to blame the senioritis for that). But I know once I walk off that stage with a diploma in my hand, all the stressing, studying, and all nighters will be worth it. The tassel sure will be worth all the hassle.

With graduation comes the next chapter...college. I have never been more excited and anxious about anything in my entire life. I'm not even sure if there is a word to describe the feeling. I've dreamed of going to OU since middle school and now in less than 4 months it'll be a dream come true. I've had some of the best (and worst) years of my life in high school. I've met people that I now couldn't imagine my life without in high school. And as sad as I am to see it all and everyone go, I'm even more excited to see what this next chapter has to offer. And I wouldn't rather do it anywhere else but Ohio University. So out with the old. In with the new. Goodbye Buckeye. Hello OU! (p.s. Go bobcats)