College Classes Are Over

Friday officially ended my college career. That is if we are characterizing college by going to class. As I sat in my Elementary Latin course (and yes, I am the only senior) I felt an overwhelming sense of that "now what?" feeling. If you aren't close to being done you might not know exactly what I mean. It's that, "I've fulfilled my purpose in life, I've received an education, now I'm supposed to go and do something with it? Are people expecting a great deal from me? What if I mess up in the real world, what am I going to do without college parties, my girlfriends and our weekly dining hall brunch to gossip about the night before? Did four years really go by this fast, oh my gosh I'm getting old, let's just go back to freshman year and do it all over again" type of feeling. Confused? Yeah, me too.

Without having to go to class and do homework, what am I going to do all summer? Then when I start work, if I get home at 6pm, what do I do until bed? Watch tv or maybe read the newspaper, perhaps some exercise? All this free time with nothing to do? Well, I guess it's kind of like second semester senior year....I'm sure I can figure it out.

As for the summer, do something fun with your friends if you don't have to start work right away. I'm going to Europe to travel for three weeks. After all, I'm going to be working for the rest of my life. Try to do things you've always wanted to, this is your last chance! Take that job as a lifeguard and sit by the pool all day, who cares if you're only making minimum wage. If you're lucky your parents might keep you on the payroll through the summer.

So, though classes are over, college isn't. Fortunately I've still got finals week and beach week to make some more memories. Even though I won't have boring classes or tedious homework anymore, I'll take it if it means going out on Thursday night and being able to sleep until 11am on Friday. So next time you find yourself complaining about class or homework, just think about waking up at 7am everyday and be thankful you're still in college because pretty soon, you won't be.