The Duc Pond

Just got back from a very long day. Graduation, while rainy, was very nice and made me all warm and fuzzy inside. I’m too damn tired to recount the day’s events right now, but I will say that I’m extremely proud of all the graduates and that I felt total true happiness for them during today’s ceremonies. It was just a good feeling to take in everyone’s accomplishments and see the culmination of their efforts. It’s just a ceremony, but it’s representative of a job well done, and for that it deserves all the pomp that goes with it.

Of course, every silver lining has a cloud, or something like that. I’ve only ever known my friends as students. And this is the second time that it has smacked me in the face that this all going to change. When Jon and I and the rest of the class of 2002 graduated it was sad, but I still had a hold on college life through friends like Catherine and Melissa. That hold is loosening all the time. It’s OK. Life changes and that’s fine, but I really do miss college. I may have graduate school, but it’ll never be like it was.