Monday Memory #4
I was trying to think of a happy memory for today, and the first one that came to mind was the day I took my last college final.
I can remember walking on the quad afterward, going back to my dorm room to pack up and leave the University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana FOREVER. The sky was a brilliant, cloudless blue on a beautiful day in May. I was so happy to be done with four years of college and ready to get on with my life. I already had a job waiting for me at Big Asshat Insurance Company where I would end up slogging away for 10 long years before coming to my senses.
I specifically remember stopping on the quad and turning in a circle, looking at the sky and the buildings I would never go into again, telling myself to enjoy the moment and to remember it forever. I felt elated, joyous, and relieved.
Do you remember how you felt when you finished high school or college?
I can remember walking on the quad afterward, going back to my dorm room to pack up and leave the University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana FOREVER. The sky was a brilliant, cloudless blue on a beautiful day in May. I was so happy to be done with four years of college and ready to get on with my life. I already had a job waiting for me at Big Asshat Insurance Company where I would end up slogging away for 10 long years before coming to my senses.
I specifically remember stopping on the quad and turning in a circle, looking at the sky and the buildings I would never go into again, telling myself to enjoy the moment and to remember it forever. I felt elated, joyous, and relieved.
Do you remember how you felt when you finished high school or college?
posted by Katherine @9:31 AM
7 Comments:
Oh yes I remember! I took pictures out of my old dorm room, took pictures of everything... so many wonderful memories. But I remember feeling sad as I drove away... happy sad, but sooo many great memories from college!
I was scared out of my mind....cause I realized that I had to go out and make a living now and support myself. Major eye-opener! My Monday Memory is up.
I remember my last day of grad school, going out to lunch with the most gorgeous man on campus!
I was so excited to get a job. I had a one year old to support. I can still remember the day the letter arrived in the mail... I passed the state boards and was an official nurse. Loved the pay increase, too!
I got pregnant in high school and I remember the sadness and shame of NOT being able to finish. I had always swore I would rise above my situation and triumphant and of course things didn't turn out that way.
HOWEVER, I do remember when I finally graduated a year or so late and the feeling of having accomplished that, and having my 2 yr old daughter with me. It was a great memory, bittersweet but great.
Ihaven't graduated yet, but I'll let you know how I feel once I do. :) Great memory.
I walked the same quad--and was delighted to be done. But as you learned, life was really just starting over. And so many people I never saw again.
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