Three down, one to go

In 2 days, I will be leaving Farmville for the third time. Then, in August, I will return one final time to wrap up my fourth year. Wow. How did it all go by so fast? I remember moving in that very first August. I felt like I was coming to summer camp. And indeed, for those first few days, it felt like summer camp for semi-adults with the planned activities during the day and kegs and solo cups at night. Of course, that time only lasted for a few day and I was quickly reminded that I was here to learn. So for the past 3 years, that's what I've (mostly) been doing. But I learned much more than the courses that I enrolled in. I really grew up these past three years. I made decisions freshman year that I would never make now. I learned from mistakes, I gained friends, lost friends, kept friends. I got more and more comfortable with Longwood, and now I'm kind of sad to leave for the summer.

It's bittersweet that I'll be starting my senior year in the fall. In some ways I wish I could just graduate already and continue with nursing school so I can learn things I know I'll use and be able to have a job and be a real person. But then I think of the responsibilities that come with being a real adult, and not an adult-in-training, the way I think of myself now. Well either way I guess I'll find out in a year.