So... we're starting a new life....

Sooo...university eh? kinda scary, without a doubt. But kind of exciting right? I know I wrote this as note on Facebook, but I think it's very true and I think more people will read it here anyway. I know... this is going to be very different from what I usually write here (it's actually going to be something heartfelt; which, in itself is something very new to me)

Grade twelve is unlike any other. Here are a few things you should know.. It won't hit you when you wake up for your last first day of school. It won't hit you as you walk into the school for the first time as an official senior. It won't hit you when you cheer at your last football game. It won't hit you as you go to your last school dance. It won't hit you when you get all stressed about prom and realize the night passes by way to fast . It won't hit you as you do absurd amounts of work to try and get into College or University. It won't hit you as you write that generic essay letter that you try to use for all your applications. It won't hit you as you celebrate New Year's with the friends you have known since childhood. It won't hit you when you write your last highschool exam and everyone gets their party on! You won't feel it when you are having the time of your life at your last spring break in Dominican Republic with the best of people. You don't realize it at stag and then go to school drunk the next day.  You begin to realize it at Grad party when you look around and realize that you will never see half of these people again. You will begin to see it more over the summer when everyone is getting their roommates, class schedules, and going to orientation. It still hasn't fully hit you when you are sitting in your room packing up the past 18 years of your life, laughing with your best friend about all the stupid stuff you've done. You might feel it the morning you leave for college as that it is the last time you will see your room, your parents, and your best friend for like 3 months. It will finally hit you when you are sitting in your dorm room with a perfect stranger, that you have to live with for the next year. Please, Please, PLEASE make every moment of your Senior year count, you only get to do it once. College or university will be a lot of fun, but in the meantime, jump at every opportunity you get to do anything that you have ever wanted to do. Spend as much time with friends as possible, for it will not be long until you meet new people and inevitably grow apart.