10 Days til Departure: Tigertown Take Two
Well everyone, here we are, 10 days til move in. 10 days til college becomes reality again. 10. days. It doesn't seem real. There is no way that this summer is already basically over, no way it went that fast. I mean that's crazy! This summer has been a complete whirlwind. I don't feel like I have done anything, but at the same time feel exhausted from doing so much. Doesn't make much sense does it? Well, as I sit here on my bed, surrounded by schoolbooks, listening to music, unable to sleep, mind going to the moon and back about Lord knows what, I find myself wrapped in a strange sense of peace. Which if you know me is just ridiculous because I don't ever slow down. EVER. My summer classes end on Wednesday (technically tomorrow since it's after midnight, but you know semantics) and after that I have about a week or so to prepare and get everything for school squared away before packing up my good 'ole SUV Forest and driving the gorgeous back-roads and interstates that take me back to Clemson. The roads that take me home. (Sorry momma, I have two homes now). First day in the apartment with what is sure to be filled with deafening silence broken only by the sounds of my guitar strings (and all the things I am sure to drop and me singing at the top of my lungs) and another adjustment to a new form of reality, a new normal. Enter August 16. Freshman move-in day. Its crazy to think that just a year ago I was one of those wide-eyed (not so bushy-tailed) freshman taking it all in. Jaw hanging about three and a half feet towards the ground, doing a proverbial 360 spin in an attempt to absorb all of the awesomeness that was "college life." Yeah, lets just say I am not so naive anymore. Clemson is home, but before last year I had no idea what that was supposed to look like. Now I have my own memories. Home is running all the way downtown with your roommate because you want some Chipoltle, or walking amidst a sea of orange on game days and having dance parties with my block at the top of Death Valley, home is meeting my best friend (and brother) at our favorite coffee shop to just hang out and do homework. Home is that campus wide snow party that we had...for 3 days...those awkward moments in the laundry room when your clothes don't actually get all the way dry in the dryer, or when you're so slammed with school work you end up just getting Wendy's for dinner. Home is sunday lunches after church and kayaking (and trying to paddle board) in a freezing lake. Home is those rare days when your friends gather at Y beach and play beach volleyball and spike ball, home is dancing the night away at DCF with my best friends Brooke and Parker, home is lots of things. Last but not least, home is that delicious Buffalo Chicken Wrap from Hendrix. Can I get a witness?
Yeah, I am not being serious about this, but for real you guys. Clemson is a fabulous place to be, a joy to call home. I cannot wait to get back there. I didn't understand just what everyone meant when they at first talked about the "Clemson Family" but from the brief time I was on campus before enrolling, I could feel it. Clemson really is a family. And to all you freshman who may be reading this, welcome to our family! I am so jealous that you still have a full 4 years at the best place on earth, and hope you cherish every second. Now since joining the family, it just feels even more like home.
On another note, there are an uncountable number of people that I am going to miss like crazy this year. There are several that I just know I am going to cry when I see y'all for the last time before leaving. Its kind of crazy too, because several of the people that I am going to miss are the ones that I have really only known for like 3 months. The Lord brought some pretty rockin people into my life this summer, and they have helped me grow, shown me my shortcomings, and in general given me some great memories and I so look forward to "doing life" with them for the next handful of years.
I don't think it has actually hit me yet that I leave for college again in 10 days, I don't think it is actually going to hit me until my mom and dad get back in my mom's van and start to drive home. Leaving me. Leaving me on my own, trusting me to make them and my Lord proud. Let me say though, I am so excited for what the Lord is going to do this school year. I am so psyched to get back there and meet with all of my friends and just fellowship and grow together as we grow closer to our Savior, because let me tell y'all, I have a group of friends who sharpen me like iron. And I am so looking forward to joining them in community again.
So all you friends from Columbia, I want to see and hang out with as many of you as possible before I leave, so if you want to get together hit me up! All my friends from Clemson, spread around the state, and a couple around the world, get ready, cause its about time for Tigertown Take Two!
Yeah, I am not being serious about this, but for real you guys. Clemson is a fabulous place to be, a joy to call home. I cannot wait to get back there. I didn't understand just what everyone meant when they at first talked about the "Clemson Family" but from the brief time I was on campus before enrolling, I could feel it. Clemson really is a family. And to all you freshman who may be reading this, welcome to our family! I am so jealous that you still have a full 4 years at the best place on earth, and hope you cherish every second. Now since joining the family, it just feels even more like home.
On another note, there are an uncountable number of people that I am going to miss like crazy this year. There are several that I just know I am going to cry when I see y'all for the last time before leaving. Its kind of crazy too, because several of the people that I am going to miss are the ones that I have really only known for like 3 months. The Lord brought some pretty rockin people into my life this summer, and they have helped me grow, shown me my shortcomings, and in general given me some great memories and I so look forward to "doing life" with them for the next handful of years.
I don't think it has actually hit me yet that I leave for college again in 10 days, I don't think it is actually going to hit me until my mom and dad get back in my mom's van and start to drive home. Leaving me. Leaving me on my own, trusting me to make them and my Lord proud. Let me say though, I am so excited for what the Lord is going to do this school year. I am so psyched to get back there and meet with all of my friends and just fellowship and grow together as we grow closer to our Savior, because let me tell y'all, I have a group of friends who sharpen me like iron. And I am so looking forward to joining them in community again.
So all you friends from Columbia, I want to see and hang out with as many of you as possible before I leave, so if you want to get together hit me up! All my friends from Clemson, spread around the state, and a couple around the world, get ready, cause its about time for Tigertown Take Two!
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