Cliche end-of-the-year post
In 8 days I'll be done with my first year of college. Never thought I'd see the day. I've had the roughest year of my life and could not be more grateful for that. Sometimes when I realize how much I've grown in the past 9 months I am in utter disbelief. I still have a long way to go until I'm the person I truly want to be, but I've come an awfully long way. I'm so utterly happy for the first time in my life, even on my worst of days. I think that's all I can ask for.
When I left New Hampshire in September I was an immature little child. I cried out for attention constantly. I was selfish and everything was always about me. On the 3rd of November I found out that my mother was in fact dying of cancer. That is a day I will never forget, and a day I wish I didn't have to remember. Winter break was the last time I ever got to spend with my mother, and we had a quiet December and a not-so-lavish Christmas. I was glad. I wish I'd spent more of my time with her, though.
Almost at the end of my 2nd term at school, on the 26th of February, I received a phone call that my mother had (basically unexpectedly) passed away. She was expected to live about another year, but her chemotherapy indirectly caused a fatal bloodclot in her lungs/heart. That's also a day I'll never forget. It took me a really long time to catch up academically with leaving right in the middle of finals, but I (mostly) did. My school still screwed me by not allowing me to apply for scholarships until I caught up, which I did, the day after scholarship applications were due. Oh well, though.
April and May have been spent finding out who I really want to spend my time with, and I have figured out who that is. Linda and Alice are definitely my best friends here at SCAD, followed by Tony who I've been just recently becoming closer with. And so basically, that's a nutshell version of my year... hahah.. maybe a coconut rather than a walnut or something. I'd like to share my year in pictures, also.
September (before college)
Apples To Apples; Eric, Megan, Skippy, Kim, me
Peace Out Party; Crit, Tony, Amy, Sarah, Megan, Traci, me, Danielle, Craig, Fabez, Kim
Last Boston trip of the summer; me, Kim
September (first weeks of college)
Don't ask; Rob, Tom, Brendon, me, Jacob
The Covington jerk. We still make fun of him for this photo.
October/November
Gender Bender Ball; Ali, me, Alice, Jacob
Halloween; Covington, Jacob, me, Alice
Stephen and Ali
That kid Josh sure is a huge dick.
Goofing around/strung out during finals 1st quarter.
It was like 5 in the morning. Alice, me, Jacob
Second quarter (January-March)
My birthday party!
Ali's birthday party!
Picnic: mere minutes after I talked to my mother for the last time. =(
Picnic @ Forsyth.
Chasity took this picture of me.
The "date" I won in the Date Auction. Not pictured: Alice, Laura, Linda
Third quarter (late March - June)
Rock Star party; Sweeney, Laura, me, Lora
Trip to visit SCAD-Atlanta: Do-Re-Mi (Korean) Karaoke Bar.. hilarious.
Covington's birthday/Cinco-de-Mayo bash. The girls.
Hey, when in Rome... er.. Mexico.. uh.. SCAD.
Picnic. Jonathan. =)
Soccer! Yeah, I did something!
Picnic @ Forsyth.
Sam in Tony's clothes
Tony loves chocolate syrup
Flynn Jones. Hero.
Beach. Girls. Alice, me, Maggie, Linda
Beach. Boys. Nick, Tony, Sam
Beach. Everyone. Great times.
When I left New Hampshire in September I was an immature little child. I cried out for attention constantly. I was selfish and everything was always about me. On the 3rd of November I found out that my mother was in fact dying of cancer. That is a day I will never forget, and a day I wish I didn't have to remember. Winter break was the last time I ever got to spend with my mother, and we had a quiet December and a not-so-lavish Christmas. I was glad. I wish I'd spent more of my time with her, though.
Almost at the end of my 2nd term at school, on the 26th of February, I received a phone call that my mother had (basically unexpectedly) passed away. She was expected to live about another year, but her chemotherapy indirectly caused a fatal bloodclot in her lungs/heart. That's also a day I'll never forget. It took me a really long time to catch up academically with leaving right in the middle of finals, but I (mostly) did. My school still screwed me by not allowing me to apply for scholarships until I caught up, which I did, the day after scholarship applications were due. Oh well, though.
April and May have been spent finding out who I really want to spend my time with, and I have figured out who that is. Linda and Alice are definitely my best friends here at SCAD, followed by Tony who I've been just recently becoming closer with. And so basically, that's a nutshell version of my year... hahah.. maybe a coconut rather than a walnut or something. I'd like to share my year in pictures, also.
Apples To Apples; Eric, Megan, Skippy, Kim, me
Peace Out Party; Crit, Tony, Amy, Sarah, Megan, Traci, me, Danielle, Craig, Fabez, Kim
Last Boston trip of the summer; me, Kim
September (first weeks of college)
Don't ask; Rob, Tom, Brendon, me, Jacob
The Covington jerk. We still make fun of him for this photo.
October/November
Gender Bender Ball; Ali, me, Alice, Jacob
Halloween; Covington, Jacob, me, Alice
Stephen and Ali
That kid Josh sure is a huge dick.
Goofing around/strung out during finals 1st quarter.
It was like 5 in the morning. Alice, me, Jacob
Second quarter (January-March)
My birthday party!
Ali's birthday party!
Picnic: mere minutes after I talked to my mother for the last time. =(
Picnic @ Forsyth.
Chasity took this picture of me.
The "date" I won in the Date Auction. Not pictured: Alice, Laura, Linda
Third quarter (late March - June)
Rock Star party; Sweeney, Laura, me, Lora
Trip to visit SCAD-Atlanta: Do-Re-Mi (Korean) Karaoke Bar.. hilarious.
Covington's birthday/Cinco-de-Mayo bash. The girls.
Hey, when in Rome... er.. Mexico.. uh.. SCAD.
Picnic. Jonathan. =)
Soccer! Yeah, I did something!
Picnic @ Forsyth.
Sam in Tony's clothes
Tony loves chocolate syrup
Flynn Jones. Hero.
Beach. Girls. Alice, me, Maggie, Linda
Beach. Boys. Nick, Tony, Sam
Beach. Everyone. Great times.
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