The Wild midWest
Some people backpack the globe to find themselves. I moved to Wisconsin.
Today was my last day of classes; I am two papers and one final away from being an official senior. A large group of my friends are graduating in just days from the big CWRU (with Katie Couric as their commencement speaker. How cool is that?) and its freaking me out just a little that I have one year to go until I’m a real-live person!
Joanna and I were talking about this last night, how we don’t know if we’re making the right decisions, if we’re going to be good at our chosen paths, and how three years of college has totally changed our priorities. Our normal anxiety with the whole growing-up process is compounded this week as we’re about to head home.
Arriving back in the states is going to be so surreal. This experience has definitely changed me, but not in ways I can really convey just yet. My life has been happening in my absence over the past semester, and I feel like I’ve lost a big chunk of time. Studying abroad is like treading water; you can’t really set down roots, you can’t really stay in touch with your “real” life, and you’re trying like hell to do as many things, see as many things, and experience as much as possible. You’re just in the moment, and no where else. I’m going to go back to the states, back into my old routine, but I’m not the same person I was when I packed my bags in January.
However, this whole experience has given me some focus. I’ve remembered some things I forgot in the fast-paced world of Case, and I think my priorities are a bit more in line.
Psychoanalysis aside, I have to say I am incredibly bummed to be missing the graduation of so many of my friends, the Theta seniors especially…Case isn’t going to be the same without them. It helps that three of them are off to live the dream, Megan with her Fulbright, Rebecca to the Peace Corps, and Emily to TFA. Its so crazy…and as a semi-vain side note, my sorority is awesome.
Anyway, off to celebrate the end of classes with Sasha at Tivoli! Good things its freezing cold AND raining! <3 Copenhagen.
