April 21-22
Hello tumblr,
I’ve been so MIA recently and it sucks because you bring me a lot of laughs during stressful times in my life. So just wanted to blog about something that happened yesterday and today. Yesterday and today was the Cal Poly Grad Fair for the class of 2015. Just to give you a little background on myself, I will be walking in commencement in June of this year, but wont be done with my undergraduate in December 2015. I have two more classes to take, which is a total of 8 units, which allows me to participate in early commencement. So I wont hear back if I was approved for ECP until May 4 (but I’m pretty sure I will be, so anyway I went to the grad fair just to see the packages (since today is the only day you can actually save money if yo purchase one of the packages) and get more information about commencement and graduation. I walk into the bookstore and WOW. It’s crazy in there, there are tables lining up the entire building that range from announcements to ordering bouquets and lays. I’m not going to lie, I did get a little sentimental filling out the form for my cap and gown. And I did get a little anxiety because it was so overwhelming. Graduating college is a HUGE thing, especially for me since it took me an extra year. At the fair I honestly felt like I needed my mom with me because I needed to know do I need announcements? Do I need my picture taken right then and there for photos for my announcements? But one booth I knew I wanted to check out was the class ring booth. I’ve always wanted a class ring from my college not high school. Something about having a college class ring was always something I aspired to. So it was a lot to take in yesterday seeing everything I did get emotional but I made through it, I was with Kelley and Cynthia so it was nice sharing that experience with them. Today I met my Big at the Grad Fair and again I was looking at the rings and there was this guy next to me looking at the same table, but he was looking at the announcements and the sales rep asked the guy if he had any questions, he asked the woman “What are these?” I was shocked at the question. The woman replied with “Well these are your announcements!” Then he quickly interrupted and told the woman “Oh, well I’m the first to graduate college in my family.” And ohh did my heart sink a little. What a strong powerful statement. She went on to tell him the nature and purpose of the announcements and by the time all my questions were answered he had purchase some. And I could only imagine the feeling he felt when he purchased those and the excitement and pride he had being able to send those out to his family members of his accomplishment. But yeahh ahha anyway it was a weird past couple of days lots of stuff going through my head and realizing that it’s all slowly coming to an end.
i get weirdly emotional during these life-milestones