Saturday
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Last Night at Home
Saturday, August 23, 2008 at 09:17PM
Time has once again brought me back to this time of year: back to school. Looking at it, it's a little surreal to think that this time next year, I will no longer be preparing to go back to school. For almost my entire life, August has brought on the awkwardness of going back to school, but after this year it will no longer bring back that nervous sensation. I'd be lying if I said that I wasn't a little sad about that fact. It is kind of hard to explain. When you've been doing something your entire life and all of a sudden that routine changes, it's always a bit disturbing.
I'm kind of looking forward to this change though. Going into this semester, knowing that I have two more classes to take for my Bachelor's Degree, gives me a lot of motivation. After all, if I can earn A's in those two classes, I will have achieved a 3.75+ GPA for my undergraduate studies. Unfortunately going into this semester, I also realize that since it's my last time going to school in the fall, it also means that my time here at home is limited. It's quite scary to think of a future in which I am not coming home to Mayfield in my time off. All the while through my college experience, I have relied on coming home to my grandmother, my dad, and the rest of my family. Pretty soon it will be time for me to make my own path and it looks as though that path might not lead to Mayfield. Mayfield may not be the most ideal place to live and it may not be the coolest town in the United States (hell, it's probably not even in the top 50 cities in Kentucky), but it's my home and I think that it will always hold a special place in my heart. So much so that I hope that one day I will return to it to live, but for now it's a hard pill to swallow when I realize that my days in Mayfield are numbered.
Anyway, before I drag everyone down with this post, it's a time for celebration. After all it is my last fall going to school. It means I've finally grown up… or at least it means I've got to start growing up soon.
I'm kind of looking forward to this change though. Going into this semester, knowing that I have two more classes to take for my Bachelor's Degree, gives me a lot of motivation. After all, if I can earn A's in those two classes, I will have achieved a 3.75+ GPA for my undergraduate studies. Unfortunately going into this semester, I also realize that since it's my last time going to school in the fall, it also means that my time here at home is limited. It's quite scary to think of a future in which I am not coming home to Mayfield in my time off. All the while through my college experience, I have relied on coming home to my grandmother, my dad, and the rest of my family. Pretty soon it will be time for me to make my own path and it looks as though that path might not lead to Mayfield. Mayfield may not be the most ideal place to live and it may not be the coolest town in the United States (hell, it's probably not even in the top 50 cities in Kentucky), but it's my home and I think that it will always hold a special place in my heart. So much so that I hope that one day I will return to it to live, but for now it's a hard pill to swallow when I realize that my days in Mayfield are numbered.
Anyway, before I drag everyone down with this post, it's a time for celebration. After all it is my last fall going to school. It means I've finally grown up… or at least it means I've got to start growing up soon.
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