graduation

so yesterday i took my last college final - whoa dude - and i will be walking the stage in a little over 24 hours. its so surreal. i can remember the first time i stepped foot on the campus of UTSA, it was the first day of orientation. i remember being completely overwhelmed and wondering how i was ever going to get to the point that i am today. when school finally started my best friends from high school, monique and melody, drove with my parents to come move me into my dorm. my roomate had already moved in a left so our room was empty. i remember saying goodbye to them was so hard and then i was all alone. alone in a new world that i would have to maneuver on my own. no longer would i be relying on anyone other than myself to make it in this world. i had the worst experience that very first night. i went to walmart to basically get out of the apartment and while i was there it started raining - hardcore raining. when i got to my dorm i tried to get in using my student id and it did not work. i was stuck outside at around midnight in the rain all alone. it wasn't for about 30 min later that i finally got let in. i cried myself to sleep. all i wanted was to go back home. years later i remember calling lee and telling him i was on the fourth floor of the business building crying after an organic test that i was sure i had failed. i would cry to him that i just wasn't smart enough, that my dreams were never going to come true, that i wouldn't be graduating, but i am - i made it! 2 apartments, 7 roomates, 18 all nighters, 2 withdrawn classes, 1 breakup and endless amounts of time loving every minute of UTSA here i am! done! and not wanting to ever leave....

PS: once again i will post pics from my graduation if other people give me some :)