Graduation weekend just passed and it is now time to start life I guess. I pulled into Antigonish on Friday picked up the hood and gown, checked into res and began the grad activities. We had a sweet party in the Mac lounge Friday night, it was a super chill atmosphere and I ended up getting obliterated, something I don't really do anymore. Once our pre-drink finished up we rolled over to the inn where i had the best time at the Inn of my undergrad career at X. So many things made it a great night. Great start to grad weekend.
Saturday night was pretty fun as well. The family made the trip down and we all went to Boston Pizza and feasted. After dinner we all came back to Mac and drank a little bit. I took my parents to the inn for the first time. It was pretty weak though. We basically went in all bought one beer and stood in a stationary position and drank it. Once the beer was done, we left......Kinda plain but it was still a good day and i was really glad that my family was with me.
The next morning it was bright and early for graduation at 8:00am. Ceremony was long and the people that spoke at the ceremony were awful, especially our grad class speaker. But i received my degree and all was well. Went back to Mac and had a nap, skyped a dear friend and then went out for dinner in New Glasgow. Dinner was awesome and my mom had a special graduation dessert ordered for me. We got back to Antigonish and went to the graduation Gala. I met some new people at the gala said some congratulations, danced and had a great time. The after party at the Inn was also pretty good. Danced socialized drank, it was all good.
Overall, it was a great weekend. I am going to miss a lot of my friends dearly and X was a really great experience that you could get no where else in the world. I made a lot of friends, went through a lot of difficult situations and grew a lot as a person. I now know a little something about pretty much anything in this world and I feel as if i can take on any challenge. I want to continue my education, I still don't feel ready to start working and begin my career but given the debt accumulated with my undergrad it almost seems necessary. I want to do dentistry badly so i will pursue that to its fullest extent.
It was weird because i woke up this morning and it almost feels like i no longer have a security net, and that I'm just out there now. Its tough because if you think about it, i just went 16 years of life in the education system. It is literally all i know. It's scary to think that I, as of right now, don't have that anymore. I'm would be lying if I said i wasn't scared.
So lets reflect on the last 4 years of my life in university.
Negative:
I had my heart broken on 3 separate occasions, i faced academic hardships, I faced severe amounts of rejection, felt like giving up numerous times (vert phys/ biochem day), was deathly ill at one point and had a friend pass away.
Positive:
I overcame all of the negatives, received a degree, received an x-ring, am on the brink of attending dental school, bought my first car, made some life long friends and grew.
Regrets:
Living in Macneil, not saying things to people that i needed to say (specifically with lady friends), not doing better in third year and to build off that, not learning to study properly until 4th year and lastly procrastination.
I always say, never have any regrets, but whats done is done and i can accept that. All i can do is learn from the things i regret and make the appropriate changes in my behavior.
Lets start life.
