Within the blink of an eye I’ve completed half of my college career. Where did the time go? I went from a nervous freshman student to a comfortable upperclassmen. I used to walk around with my planner in hand and class schedule descriptively written out, but now I’m a month in and I still have no idea what time Nutrition ends. Freshmen year was spent taking part in every new experience I could, sophomore year was spent exploring Europe, and who knows what possibilities are ahead of me this year.
This year I’m not quite sure what I want to do. I thought I would be an RA, but I’m not. I wish I could study abroad again, but then I may never graduate. I’ve spent the past two years planning out the details of my college life, but now I think it’s time I just enjoy it the way it is. I’ve come to realize it doesn’t take much to live an extraordinary ordinary life, and all I need to do is be open and willing to accept what comes my way. The scariest part of becoming a junior in college is knowing pretty soon I’ll be leaving. Pretty soon I can’t rely on meal plans to feed me or financial aid to pay for things, but I’ll have to grow up. And in growing up I won’t have Loma anymore.
Loma holds a special place in my heart, and every day I grow more and more comfortable with that. I feel at home and that home is Loma. Yet in two short years Loma won’t be home anymore. I won’t be living doors away from my closest friends. I won’t be sitting in the cafeteria having great conversations with the people around me. And where on earth will I find a better place to capture the sunset than here? So this year I just want to take it all in. I want to linger after chapel. I want to study out on the lawn. Most of all, I want to love the things around me as if they were already gone, because pretty soon they will be.