DAY FORTY ~ 8.23

doesn't forty look wrong? i feel as though it should be spelled fourty. because that's actually got four in it. i'm just saying.

now that i have both my diploma and official college transcripts, i feel absolutely no different. i mean, both are just composed of pieces of paper, so it's not like they should be all that earth-shattering. i'll tell you what made me feel entirely different though, being merely a bystander in the feverish excitement of back to school. this is the first year in the last 16 years of my life in which i have not bought ANY kind of back to school gear. no new binders, pens, or notebooks. no new tennis shoes, jeans, or the latest trendy clothing. no overpriced books, dorm room essentials, or RA supplies. and what feels even weirder than not going back to school, is not going back early for RA training. the last two years of my life have been dedicated to 80 girls who have touched my heart. most of the best and lasting friendships i have made in college are with other ResLifers. and that's just what we are. lifers. i know that for sure right now, as the feeling of missing out on something creeps up on me with the start of a new school year. but i know that what is coming for me is much better - a real life with the friends i've made, the support of my family, and aided by the skills i picked up along the journey. thanks, ResLife, for the couple years of lock-up.