I’m a senior who’s not counting down the days until graduation. Yes, shocker, we exist. There are three months left in what most people call a prison. Three months left to put up with these teachers you’ve seen every day for four years, study math formulas or significant dates that you’ll never use again, and three months left of living under your parents' roof. All reasons to count down, right? Not necessarily.
We have three months left of putting up with teachers who really only want the best for us. Who will make time to help us no matter what. Teachers who will test us on what they taught and not what we should’ve read.
We have 12 weeks of coming up with reasons why we didn’t do our homework and relying on the late rule to get partial credit. 12 weeks to wing it on every test from here on out because we will die before we ever finish a study guide.
We have 92 days left living under our parents' roof. 92 days left of having our laundry done, bed made, meals cooked, and room cleaned. We have a limited amount of days left of being lazy.
We have 2,208 hours left to spend with our best friends. 2,208 hours left to have late night dance parties, last minute Starbucks dates, and hours to waste away in our enos. Only 2, 208 hours left.
We have 132, 480 minutes left to spend with our families. 132, 480 minutes left to create bonds with our siblings and show our love for our parents. Minutes left to do what we’ve been putting off for 17 years.
We have 7, 948, 800 seconds left to appreciate the town we live in. 7, 948, 800 seconds left depending on our knowledge of the area to get us to places instead of Google Maps. A small amount of town to appreciate the roads we know and our “usual go-to’s”.
In six months everything will change.
I’ve been dreaming about attending LSU my entire life, but until September I’m going to enjoy what’s left of being young right now. I’m not scared to leave or start on this new adventure. I’m just not in a rush. It will be there waiting for me and I will be here waiting until I get to spend the next chapter of my life on my dream campus. Though for right now I’m going to enjoy this chapter because it’s almost over. And I know a week after I graduate I’m going to be wishing it wouldn’t have gone by so fast.
So I am still not counting down the days until graduation.
