Wow

I will be walking across the stage to receive my diploma holder in about two days time.*

OH!!!!!! MY!!!!!!

I can't believe this time has finally arrived. After all these years of waiting and longing for this day. It is finally here. The hard work and long hours have paid off because I've achieved what I wanted to achieve in college Here are some goals I set for myself, and I was able to achieve (not in any specific order):

1. I'm going to graduate with a degree which will get me a job and make me independent. This is why I picked an education degree even though I didn't have a desire to teach at the time.
2. I'm going to graduate with honors. My goal was to graduate Magna Cum Laude, but somehow (and I honestly don't know how), I'm graduating Summa cum Laude.
3. I'm going to graduate without ever having pulled an all nighter. I never saw the need for an all nighter as I believe if you work hard up to a project you rarely need to pull that night where you don't get any sleep. I have had nights when I only slept for three hours, but I still went to sleep.
4. I'm going to graduate with a multitude of friends I made through the years. P was always so sure that I would find great friends in college, and I have.
5. I'm going to graduate on time. Very few education majors are able to graduate on time, i.e., four years from when they started. To achieve that goal, you have to fit all of your coursework into seven semesters, so you can student teach in your eighth semester. It took many hours of planning and sacrifice on my part in that school had to be my priority. And again, I'm not sure how it all worked out.

God has been good to me these past four years. I've grown by leaps and bounds. I've learned greatly in many areas. Even though I'll be walking out with some debt (not my plan), I know the Lord's hand is in that too. Though, I didn't want to go to my college, and I struggled with going back every year, the Lord kept me there, and I know it was the best thing for me at this time.

It's been a good four years. I wonder what the next four will bring.

*I say my diploma holder because the diploma will come in about a month and a half's time after I complete the last five weeks of my student teaching. Yes, it will probably be a little anticlimactic on Monday.