As I am graduating in a few weeks, I still have very mixed emotions. Today was the day that we received our caps and gowns. I am happy and very sad at the same time. I am happy because I feel as though I am entering a new part of my life, but at the same time I am closing another one. I am a person that is terrible at letting things go. Ursinus has been my life for the past four years and I am really sad to see it go.

I think my girlfriend put it best, graduating college is like beating a video game. There were four levels and I have completed them to the fullest. Graduation is like beating the final boss. Of course you will miss playing the game but it’s getting old and you need to move on from it. Life after graduation is like getting a new, better video game. It is upcoming and it’s shiny and it’s new and it’s something you should look forward to. I think that analogy that I think fits perfectly on what is going on. I am excited to move to the next stage of my life but at the same time I am going to my UC family.

As I walk across the stage on mother’s day 2017, I will be considered to be an alumni of the college. I go and start working in the real world. I am one of the lucky one who have a job lined up for after graduation. I will be working at Walt Disney World in Orlando starting in September. So I have a good reason to look forward to working at the happiest place on earth. I am more worried because it is only a temporary position. Technically I only work until January and then I wait for them to either let me go or offer me full time employment (which I hope they do).

If they do not keep me on full time, so be it. I will move on to the next thing. So that is another reason why I am sad. I guess I just want there to be a concreate thing for my future and I really don’t have that yet. Once I figure that out, I will be in a better place.

So for now I have mixed feelings, and the only thing I can do now is sit and wait.