Hugs and Handshakes

Be it long nights in a good friends basement or friendly wagers on the practice green of a local golf course, this summer was a time to remember. I wish it could have lasted forever, but I wish that with just about everything these days. I know I’ll be thinking the same thing when this school year concludes in the spring. The reason being that I am getting older, and I don’t want that to happen. I wish that I could be frozen at this time and just live out the rest of my days like this. Seeing all of my friends while at home was an awesome experience, being at school with only one of them makes the times at home with the rest of you all that more enjoyable. Not seeing someone who you are close with for nine months of the year makes the three months that you do get to see them awesome. It’s funny how that works, isn’t it? To my friends, you will be missed.

As usual, some new faces crossed into my world this summer and those were some of my highlights. I love when I meet someone who I get along with. As many people know, I’m not the most outgoing person on the planet, so when I am outgoing it usually means that I really enjoy the company of the person I am speaking with. To the new faces, you will be missed.

It’s a scary year for all that are my age. Juniors in college. Where has the time gone? This great experience is halfway over, and with each day the real world inches closer to becoming our reality. I’m looking forward to it, yet in the same way not. Who wants to leave college? Nobody. It’s something that we all have to come to grips with eventually, but I am not ready for it yet. Hopefully I will be in two very short years.