I was walking past the music building last night at a time where on a normal Monday on a normal day in the semester would be fluttering with practicing ensembles or people practicing alone. There would normally be many lights lit in the building as us music majors would bustle around in our own little world.

In a way, we are still in our own little world as we prepare for end or the year juries or senior recitals. There are only a few rooms lit at night even though it seems that so much is going on. Ensembles are over because we had the last concert last week. It seems unreal that everything is coming to a close. It seems unreal that that once bustling music building will soon be mostly empty until the fall. It seems unreal that I just took my first final.

It seems as though it was yesterday that my parents were saying goodbye as they helped me bring stuff into my room. It seems as though it was yesterday that I was getting to know two strangers that I would spend the rest of the year with (or so I thought). It seems as though it was yesterday that I was sitting down to my first college class, terrified of what the year would bring.

Now all of that is over, the music building is empty, everyone is saying goodbye as finals are taken. Some people are leaving campus, some are staying. It is terrifying to know that my first year of college is coming to a close. It is terrifying to know that time is going to go by quicker and quicker. Though it is terrifying, I am ready to see what the next three years will bring.