The Last One

Wow. I cannot believe that I’m done. You all have no idea how fast this year has flown by. I knew last week that I would be moving out of my dorm today, but when I got into the car today (after some intense moving out), it was the weirdest feeling. It has been a great year, and I am so glad that I was blessed to be a part of it.

I came to UM last August with no idea what to expect. I was so nervous that whole first week. I tried so hard to play it cool, but I know that all that the only thing at anyone who saw me was “Yep, he’s a freshmen.” In all honesty, I really did not like it for the first little while. I just knew that I had made the biggest mistake of my life by going off to school. It’s not that I had bad experiences. The thing is that I just didn’t know that to expect here. And what if I didn’t succeed here?

I think that most people go through something similar to that when they first make a big change in their life. And college is quite a change. The great thing is that after a week or so you begin to meet some of the most amazing people that you could possibly know, and you realize that it wasn’t such a mistake after all.

The entire first semester seemed so long. Not that it was a bad thing, it just took it’s time ending. I had so many great experiences last fall, and I would never trade them for anything. The Relient K concert, the beach, Saviour and other school productions like Godspell, late night Wal-Mart and Sonic runs, and plenty of other things like watching “The Princess Bride” three Saturdays in a row (you think I’m kidding).

Then spring semester came. I began my new job as an RA, and then I went to bed that night, and woke up and it was Spring Break. I blinked and it was Spring Formal. By the way, if you come to UM, make sure to go to Spring Formal. If you had bad experiences at Prom, don’t worry, it is a million times better than Prom. I know. Trust me. I got in a car accident on my Prom night. Spring Formal is nothing like Prom. So go. Actually, if I could give you any reason why you should come to UM, it would be because you can go to Spring Formal if you do. So come to UM.

Anyway, the point is that spring semester just flew by. I was so shocked when I realized that what I had been told all my life had finally become true: the older you get, the faster life goes by. When I was in 6^th grade, the gap between Christmas break and summer seemed like forever. School just couldn’t end fast enough! That continued on until I graduated from High School (Go Central!), but when I figured out how fast that this year was going to end, I wished that It would stop trying so hard to get over with and that we all could stay longer.

My freshmen year was great, everyone. I love UM and am so very happy that God has blessed me with my time here. And thank you so much for allowing me to share my experiences with you. I hope that you have been able to get a glimpse of what life at UM is like through my blogs. I am a bit sad that this will be my last one, but hey, don’t worry, I am trying to talk the PR office into publishing our blogs in a book. We could call it “The Year Book” or “Memoirs of Freshmen” or “This Week at UM” or something else. That book probably will not ever be published, but if it does, you can buy it and I can get the royalties for it. I have to fund the education somehow! May God bless you all, and I hope that you have a wonderful day.