Within the next month, college students everywhere are heading back to school for yet another year.We're packing up our cars, kissing Mom and Dad goodbye, and hoping the money we saved up is enough to last us the year. For me, it will be my third year at the most beautiful university in the world, Georgia Southern University. I've waited three long months to be back in the boiling heat, sipping drinks at happy hour, and spending memorable nights with my best friends. However, while most people are probably so excited to finally be an upperclassmen, my heart aches at the thought of it. My heart hurts because I am two short years away from having to leave my favorite place in the world.

I know two years seems like a long time, but that's what I thought going into freshman year... and here I am as a junior.It feels like just yesterday I moved into my dorm and ate every meal at the dining commons. Now I have to cook to survive, and actually eat decent food, besides Easy Mac and Ramen. So much has happened in the last two years that I haven't really come to terms with the idea of graduating in the next two years. Not only does graduating mean going into the real world, but it means that I will no longer live in Statesboro. I will no longer be able to sit at El Jalapeno during happy hour, or go to Gnat's for happy hour. So many things have already changed within my time at Georgia Southern, from Rudy's, Rum's, Retriever's, and Fuzzy's closing, however it feels like just yesterday I was at girl's night with my friends. With the blink of an eye, Christmas break will be here and junior year will be halfway over. And with the end of junior year comes the last summer before we are freed as adults, a scary but true thought. Maybe I'm getting ahead of myself but Junior Year seems like something that will disappear at the blink of an eye, just like freshman and sophomore year did. Even with the time going by so quickly, I will cherish every memory spent at the place I get to call my home, Georgia Southern University.