Changes

I'm sitting here in my new room, staring at unpacked boxes and fighting back the tears that persist in coming. Tonight was senior farewell. I didn't expect it to be as emotional as it was. I knew that I would cry, but I didn't expect it to hit me with such force. We were saying goodbye to our graduates, Laura Lynch and Jessica Lucas.

Laura was the President of both MTS and SAI, and I served under her on both executive boards. Needless to say, I spent a great deal of time with her this year, and I came to admire her as a person and a leader. She is one of the kindest strongest people I know. I am thankful for her friendship, and I will miss her very much.

Jessica has become a best friend over the past year that we have lived together. There are friends who know you, but some friends just GET you. There are friends who are friends and friends who become family. Jessica is in the last category, and I can never thank her enough for what her friendship has meant to me. More than anything, I wanted to walk back into the old apartment to find my roomie watching the same Food Network program for the hundreth time. Or to stick in a random movie just because. I'm going to miss her so incredibly much, but I'm not afraid of losing contact. If we plan on being part of each other's weddings, we at least have to keep it up until then. ;-)

I love my girls.

Whew. Anyway. I'll try not to be so emotional. Just had to get that out. Today was the last day of classes. I don't think I've ever been so glad to see a semester come to an end. I wish life could stay the same minus classes, but then we would never grow. I'm still unpacking, which is monotonous, and I'm diligently working on final projects, but at least there's the knowledge that I can sleep late. I think I might grab a latte, a container of cool whip, and a good movie.

This is one of the moving out photos from this weekend. David helped haul the really heavy stuff.

P.S. If that last photo didn't give it away, my hair is temporarily red...