I have less than two weeks till graduation day, but yet I have found myself being troubled about what to write about in my last blog. There's so much going on in my life right now and so much on my mind, it's hard to know where to start. It's hard to concentrate on school work when I am worried about moving everything out in my apartment, being sad about my last weekend working at the Comedy Club, and how I am going to fit in seeing my best friends before I move to Chippewa Falls.
Beyond what I have learned in the classroom the past four years, I feel as though my time at UW-Madison has definitely made me a different person than who I was when I moved into old Ogg 4 years ago. The biggest lesson I have learned, especially in this past year, is that I can't allow toxic people into my life. There will always be people in your life who you believe are your best friends. But, when those same people turn on you, it can really cause some damage. I have learned this year who my true and loyal friends and those people I hope to keep close for the rest of my life. However, I won't allow those people who bring nothing but drama, anger and sadness to my life around me anymore. When I leave these four walls I am living in I am leaving behind who I believed was my best friend, but has turned out to be someone I do not plan on talking to for probably the rest of my life. In the words of Lauren Conrad, I want to forgive you, then I want to forget you.
Anyway, that probably got way too personal. But these are the type of things that make graduation so bittersweet. Move out day will be a big release of tension off my shoulders, but that doesn't mean I am not sad to leave. Madison has become my home and I will miss so much about it. I still can't believe I have reached the end of this part of my life. I have no idea what the future holds for me besides a life with my amazing fiance. UW will always be the most important place in our lives, as graduates, but also as the place we met. It's funny how switching my major to Comm. Arts and being forced to take a foreign language (Italian) would change my life so drastically. I always figured switching to Comm. Arts meant a future in Los Angeles or New York, but it actually has made me stick around Wisconsin--at least for now. I never thought I'd meet my future husband in Italian 101, but that's life I guess.
To all those graduating in 2 weeks: Good Luck! To all those who made UW-Madison the best 4 years of my life: Thank-you!
