They always say that these four years will fly by fast, and they weren't wrong. How am I already half way done with college? The reality of it is really beginning to sink in. School has gotten harder and reality has begun to set in. You showed me that college isn't just for parties and goofing off, you've got to work hard too. Classes got harder, the work load got bigger and the responsibilities were piled on. I made a bunch of new friends, lost some and got even closer to the ones I already had.

You showed me that I don't need to hang onto friends that don't share common interests with me or that bring me down, it's all about having people in your life that will better you as a human being. You taught me to save the drama for my mama and to keep things positive at all times. I thank you for that because we can not get these years of our lives back so we really need to appreciate it all and make the most of it. Thank you for bringing so many new experiences and life lesson into my life. Like the fact that I can't eat ice cream every day, even though dining hall lettuce can be scary sometimes, I've got to eat healthy. Especially the motivation to go to the gym and use the things we have accessible to us at all times, don't pass up on that "free" gym membership. Thank you for bringing me into a different dorm space, with different peers around me. New people, new experiences, new stories to be heard, it's all so great.

Thanks to you sophomore year. It's been a great year and I hope I can make it through finals week. I learned that we don't get these years back so I've joined every on campus clubs I can, I meet as many people as I can and I have a blast while doing it. Junior year here I come!