A few days ago, I made my schedule for next semester for the last time. It didn't fully hit me until I was talking to one of my best friends about it.
After four long painful years, I am finally about to graduate.
At first, I was extremely happy about that. To never stay up late stressing and studying for another exam or making a perfect essay that's worth 50% of my grade in the entire class. I was ready to get the hell out of this campus and never come back.
Then I started thinking about all the things I would miss about being in college. Because as crazy as my freshman self would think I am being, there was A LOT of good things that have happened while I was here.
I will miss being taught new things every week. I learned so many fascinating things about this world and the people in it. So much about what it meant to be black and a woman. Even things that I thought I would never care about in my history and science classes actually became very important for me to know.
I will miss walking around my beautiful campus. Even back when I was a lazy freshman, I would still love to feel the sun on my face and wind on my skin as I walked the grounds. I loved exploring all the different buildings and finding out which major they were dedicated to. I would also feel at peace walking back to my room after a long stressful day of classes.
I will miss so many things about being in college but the thing I will miss most is my friends/roommates.
We will continue to be friends after we leave college but living with those crazy girls was the one thing that kept me going every day. There was never a day we did not laugh or play jokes on one another. We always talked late at night or early in the morning about any and everything under the sun. On weekends we would play karaoke or binge watch movies or drink until we threw up.
Those girls are what made my college experience better than I could've ever imagined. We've had some bumps along the way, but we've always stuck together.
I feel so bittersweet about all the things I will miss but because of this school, I have had so many wonderful opportunities and have met some incredible people.
I am scared shitless to start the next chapter in my life, but I can end this last one happy with no regrets.
