How is it that with all the excitement of graduating early there is still the pain of leaving everything behind? I have never been more ready for anything in my life, leaving everything and moving on. I’ve been ready to grow up for quite some time now; one could say I have a serious case of senioritis.

No matter what I do I can’t help but feel as though I’m cutting ties with many people that I’ve known since middle school. It’s hard not to wonder about the possibility of never seeing some of the people I’ve grown to be so close with.

We have all grown up and changed over time, the only glue holding us together has been the common ground of the same high school and the same general friends. There’s only about two weeks until the end of the semester and after that I won’t be returning to Lewis-Palmer as a student which is a very odd phenomenon for me.

Having grown up in Monument we have all made very close relationships. It’s impossible to go to Wal-Mart without seeing a familiar face.

Now that I will no longer be a high school student it is time to define myself as an individual, something that everyone should strive to do at some point. No one knows for sure who we’ll stay close with after high school but I hope that the friendships I’ve made during my time here in Lewis-Palmer have affected more than just me in a positive light.

All of my friends have been like family to me and saying goodbye is going to be hard to say the least. My time in school district #38 has molded me and made me a very strong-willed person.  Early graduation will be one of the best choices I have ever made and I’m more than ready to start my life in the real world. Here I come.