Graduations...Endings...and New Beginnings

(Humming "American Pie") This will be the day that I die.... Okay, perhaps that statement is a bit exaggerated and overtly morbid, but the reality is fairly close. With four days left until our annual extended leave from WRHS penitentiary, I must say that the walls are closing in. The amount of work I still have left to do before finals is overwhelming, and the report card is not going to be pretty. But I have decided that I no longer care. Grades are so arbitrary and fleeting, and in no way are those seven letters of any importance to my future life or the scope of eternity. (Perhaps the Administration should think about this!). The seniors left us on Monday, and part of me wishes I were gone with them. School seems empty and pointless and all real learning has, at this point come to a screeching halt. It's like the calm before the stressful storm of finals that we will all weather for the next few days. I walk around school thinking, "Oh, where's ...?" and then I remember that they have gone, and except for a few parties and commencement on Sunday, I will never see them again. Thank you, class of 2006- you all have influenced my life in so many ways, and I'll never forget you. Saying goodbye is truly hard to do, but the saddest goodbye we all had to say this week was to our dear Susie. She is the choir program's acccompanist/ master musician extraordinaire and after eleven years she is leaving us. Even the most macho guys in the bass section were reduced to tears as we sang her our farewell song, secretly rehearsed just for her, on Monday night at the final concert. We also ordered white t-shirts that read 'I love Susie' in black letters which we donned before the final song. When the curtain opened to our suprise, she said "This is the best night of my life! It's just like a movie!" What a cutie. It is hard to believe that we have arrived at the wonderful days of summer, after nine months of darkness. There is nothing in the world that makes me happier right now than the knowledge that, in just a few short days, I will finally be free. It's difficult to even comprehend. What will I do with my spare time? Oh wait..it's nonexistent! Currently, I'm looking at a day job as a nanny, a possible night job as a clerk at Dillon's (if my app. is accepted), camp, DC 2006, several road trips, Summer Blast, and so much more. It will be exhausting and thoroughly amazing, I can't wait. Today, class of '07 we are SENIORS!! (can you believe that we actually survived the past 12 years of our education and are finally here??) Man, it feels good to be queen!