so now the title really makes sense...

Well. It's over. College, I mean. It's leaving me with a lot of feelings, not really sure what to make of them yet. I had a conversation with a friend recently, and he told me graduating is a good thing. I said, "Really?" and he replied, "Yes, because now you get to start living. College is an experience but it isn't actually living."

I can definitely agree with that statement even though I haven't any first hand experience to back it up at all. Maybe one day it will all make sense. All the mistakes, the heartbreak, the triumphs, the exhilarations, the intoxication, the accomplishments that seem to fall to dust once you cross that stage. I think that I will somehow find my way through this tangled web we weave. All I know is that as lonely and complicated as I feel, I have a huge arsenal of friends to back me up when I get too weak to stand. Not in the sentimental, aw, wasn't that fun? kind of friends, but the kind that will go to bat for me, take a hit for me, sling me over their shoulder and drag me through the problems I can't bear to look straight in the face. If I haven't gained anything else from this experience (besides thousands of dollars worth of loans), I'm glad I at least have that.

Here's to you Class of 2009. And here's to you LaSalle. It's been one hell of a ride.