11 Years Ending…
Poser May 5th, 2009
18 Days, until I walk across the stage at CSU Chico and get handed my (placeholder) Diploma. Jeez, its taken forever but I’m finally graduating, and so ends the Era of School for me.
Yes, I’m finally getting my Bachelors and finishing school. What am I going to do next? I have no idea. Most likely move back home and start the scary process of growing up. I’ve been in “college” for a long long time. I was privileged enough to be a part of many of your lives as you went through school and did your learning thing, and I want to thank everyone of you who was there for me during my school career. It’s been really rough at times, and having friends and family like you has made the whole experience so much more bearable.
I wish I could have every single one of you there at my graduation, celebrating with me when I’m given my collegiate pink slip (diploma) and sent on my way. I want you all to know that when I do take that stage and look out towards the crowd of graduates and their families, I’ll not only see my peers and my family, I’ll see all of your faces too. The many faces that through the years have given me the assistance and encouragement that has helped me plow on and pursue this goal of mine.
I’ll be brutally honest; I never thought I’d make it. Seriously, I always figured I’d drop out and just quit. There were times when it got REALLY hard to focus and do anything productive such as homework, or studying for a test. I can count a handful of times I was going to really really quit, and mostly it was because of money problems or not enough time. Then I’d realize it really wasn’t all that much time, and more money would come after I finished school.
For those that weren’t aware, I’ve been up in Chico, CA attending CSU Chico for the last 3 years. The move up here was one of the hardest things I’ve ever had to do. I uprooted myself from a very comfortable place and took my first steps towards actually growing up. I believe I’ve learned more lessons in the 3 years since I came to Chico than probably all of the 26 years I was alive before. Some lessons were more difficult to go through than others, but all of them as a collective have changed me quite a bit. Changed for the worse? I hope not. Changed for the better? I’d like to think so.
Enough rambling and being melodramatic, the point of this post, besides an emotional brain dump, is this:
Thank You.
Thanks to you my friends, who shared your school experiences and wisdom with me to help me cope with the endless hours of, well, whatever it is you do while you’re in college.
Thanks to you my family, who has been there to aide me when I needed it. It’s taken me too long to realize how much God has blessed me with a family that will be there for anything.
Thanks to you Mom, who more than anyone has supported me beyond all anyone can expect from their parents. Everything from not pressuring me to do anything but be happy with my choices, to giving me all the time and space I needed in growing up and figuring out my life. And then there’s the financial support, where I cant even begin to imagine how much you spent on me. Sorry. 
Thanks to God, who has heard and answered my prayers when I’ve needed it the most. Unexpectedly to me, you’ve delivered many blessings to me when I thought I wasn’t deserving. Pleasant surprises by which I’ll always worship you for.
All of you, Thank You.
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