Training For The Race I Never Thought I'd Complete
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Training For The Race I Never Thought I'd Complete

"And at last, I see the light!"

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Training For The Race I Never Thought I'd Complete
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The race I never thought I'd complete: college.

Here I am registered for my last semester of classes. I will be taking the last 18 credits I need to graduate in Spring 2018. I have done my senior check, and have registered for graduation. I will have completed all of the credits I need (and a little extra because I'm indecisive), and now I just need to make sure my gown fits.

I remember looking at Degree Works when I transferred to Creighton. There were little to no blue classes, meaning I had completed it. There were some yellow classes, meaning I was in the process of completing it. Mostly, there were red classes, which meant that I wasn't close to completing it.

I thought that I would never be able to complete these and be able to graduate in a good amount of time. Well, I did it. Everything is now blue and yellow. How do you ask? Well, you too will think it's impossible, however with the semesters just happening, you will have done it.

Here I am having triple majored in Advertising, News, and PR in the Journalism Department. Here I also am on Pinterest looking up graduation cap ideas.

Soon, I will be sitting in the Century Link Center with lots of people I don't even know, walking across a stage and shaking hands with people I don't even know, and lastly, here I am trying to think about what shoes and which dress I need to go buy for graduation.

I want to thank Nebraska Wesleyan University for giving me the best freshman year I could have ever had, and for giving me some of my best friends I will ever have. I want to thank Creighton University for accepting me right when I came, and for pushing me through the 3 years I attended. I cannot wait to graduate from Creighton, and I am so excited to be able to say that I graduated from there.

How am I going to take 18 credits and do internship coming up? Honestly, no idea, but I have gotten this far and there is no stopping me now. Believe me that anything is possible.

One day you're going to be tired and worn out. One day you are going to want to give up. One day you are going to fail. One day you are going to question if you can even do it. These are the things, that at the end of the day, make you a winner.

I don't have any idea where I'm going to be working at in the future, but I know I want to do big things, and I know that those things can happen. Thank you, Mom and Dad. Now I can finally buy a dog. Thank you, Gerry Kuhlman. You're the best advisor ever.

Thank you journalism professors, especially Carol, Jeff, and Peggy. Thank you for teaching me everything about this field. Thank you, friends. Thank you for all the laughs and memories I have now and will continue to make.

It's been a long run, but it's been a good run. I'm ready to start training for the next race I'll never think I'll complete.

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