So many lasts. I have recently realized that my time here, and all of the seniors for that matter, is coming to an end. I feel like this year just started but in all reality it is so close to being over. To be completely honest I am so ready to leave Pleasant Valley High School, the school sucks and my grades are slowly deteriorating. But at the same time when I stop to take a minute and look around me in the midst of these finals days I find myself realizing all of the lasts. Last sports games against that rival team, last high school dance, last time getting pulled out of class by Mr. Teymer. I would love to be able to say that I am sad these days have come to an end, or that these past four year have been some of the best in my life but that would be a lie. I cannot wait for the future.
Although I will not be sad to see PV in my rearview mirror on the day of graduation I am sad that I will be leaving all the memories and (some) of the people behind. I’m not good when it comes to goodbyes and so beginning to realize all of this is coming to an end is really getting to me. I am ready for “the next chapter of my life” to begin but I am not ready to leave all this behind. My tightly knit group of friends, my talks with Musal in gym class, my mom complaining every time I ask her to call me out of school because “I don’t feel good”, all of it.
Saying farewell to my girlfriends is going to be the hardest goodbye. The endless giggles, the wild late nights out, the tame girl’s nights in are truly going to be missed. It is so weird to sit here and think that I really will have my last night out with the girls or late night McDonald’s run. I really will not see them at least twice a week I really will meet and have a whole new group of friends. Am I really prepared to leave? Am i ready to put this life behind me? I didn’t know “adulting” came upon you so fast!
The latest Spartan Shield has really given me nostalgia, all of the pictures the articles and the funny senior superlatives (which I may have or may not have won), really hit me. Reflecting on this year, I just couldn’t believe how fast it has gone bye. I truly can’t believe it. I have begun to get sad about leaving all of this behind, you may be thinking “but she just said she can’t wait to leave” while this is also true, I’m sad to see my peers and friends move on. I guess I really never expected everything to go by so fast. Feels like just yesterday that I was under the Friday night lights, or preparing for a senior cookout, or dressing up for spartan spirit day!
So for all of you who still have years left here at PV may you remember to cherish all of your lasts when the time comes. Don’t procrastinate too hard, try not to get too lazy and definitely remember to make memories with the members or your class. Just because it doesn’t seems like these days will never come, may I just warn you they will and it will be sooner than you think.
I would just thank the class of 2017 for letting me create so many memories and for sharing so many moments that I will never forget. But I cannot wait to get out of here and start the next adventure of my life.
