I moved out of AOII tonight, you know- it was quite bittersweet. I really do feel like an era of my life has ended- an era that I did not always appreciate, because I am impatient and want my life to go faster, but I am also nostalgic. And that is a lethal combination. I think it hit me when I had moved every item of mine out- and it looked so empty.
The room I shared first with Becky, my "little sis," and then Kate- who is family that I didn't know I had until two years ago.
How strange it will be to go to sleep tonight in a room without someone else. Someone to talk to, and say at the end of a deep conversation "good night. love you" and hear "love you too" back.
Emily Kate's post got me thinking, and so here is my comprised list for all the blogosphere to read. Since this era is truly ending:
What [I loved] about college:
•Making/creating my own schedule. Getting up late, oh I love my sleep!
•Living "on my own" with friends
•Alpha Omicron Pi (everything about it)
•Taking boys into "the green room"
•Walking into the mall on a crisp fall morning
•Wearing AOII yoga pants 7 days a week
•Painting my nails in the basement while watching movies with Karen and Alicia
•Staying up really late
•"Getting coffee"
•All the boys (after 4 years of all girls high school!)
•Black Tuesday
•Student discounts
•Formals (all six of them)
•Eating meals with tons of people
•Gigantic holiday breaks, 4 month long summer breaks
What [I disliked] about college:
•Tuition 50,000 for the first year (SLC) 10,000 for the next three (plus dues!)
•Moving (12 times. *$&#@)
•Not having a car/walking in -30 degree weather or at night. in an urban environment
•Finals. research papers.
•How "long" it felt
•The Dinkytown Singles Ward (shudder)
•Trifling boys
•Living with (just 1) crazy people (sophomore year)
•Drunk, loud people outside my window, waking me up at night
•Riding the bus
•Ugly furniture. bad matresses.
•Living in not-so-fabulous neighborhoods
•4 extention cords. 2 ethernet cords. cords.
•Making big, often frightening decisions
•Feeling worn out from school, tests
With all things, you must take the good with the bad. I choose to remember the good. You can't hold on to something ugly and bad forever.
That being said, let me get on my soapbox here: I am so glad I went to college. This was always expected of me, and I am glad I was able to finish school in four years and graduate from a good University. I believe good mothers must also be intelligent. I went to college, so I can be smart and a good mom someday. Also, C's do get degrees! College is also not the best place to go husband hunting- trust me, I tried, and it I finally found someone good by the last year. In the last semester. But college is a GREAT place for finding future bridesmaids and godmothers. You'll at least get a couple freshman year. College is exposure to lots of different people: happy, sad, sick, healthy, crazy... I only ran into a few bad apples (Lindsey) but cannot even begin to count the gold of friends I found in school: Claire, Anne, Dan, Emma, Kate, Karen, Katie, Alicia, Zane, Becky, Joy, Malyia...
All in all: fabulous experience. Time to close the book on this one.
