When I graduated from college this Spring, I felt a myriad of emotions: relief, accomplishment, and pure happiness, to name a few. I can easily describe college as being the best time of my life. I made the best of friends, lived on my own, partook in a party or two (or more!), and made memories to last a lifetime. But, I was excited for college to end. I was over going to class, absolutely done with doing homework, and might I say, you could not have paid me to write another 10-page research paper.

Nevertheless, as I watch my younger peers journey back to University of the Pacific, I can't help but feel a little jealous. But...why? I have a college diploma, I've partied my little heart (and liver) out, and Lord knows I don't need yet another student loan! Even though it seems this chapter of my life has closed and I'm moving on to bigger, and maybe even better, things, I still look back at how much fun my peers and I had together.

A major part of my nostalgia stems from me missing my friends and missing all the good times. Now that we're "adulting," we actually have to set aside time in our schedules to see each other. It was so easy when I could walk across campus, or even down the hall, to gossip, watch a movie, or do what college students are 'supposed' to do and study. At least now we're not all broke college students and actually have some pocket change to do things!

All the fun events like Homecoming, basketball games, and even sorority dances are over for us, but I sense new adventures are upon us.

It's crazy to think I'm now the adult I'd never thought I'd become. Maybe it's Peter Pan Syndrome, but I thought I was going be a kid forever! It's insane how fast time flies. It feels like yesterday when I moved into my first-year dorm and cried as my parents drove away. Now I'm in my first few months living back at home and I'm crying to my parents that I'll never find a good job. (Kidding!) Jokes aside, I'm grateful for having gone to college and I'm grateful for Pacific.

College was the best, toughest four years of my life. I gained a lot of knowledge, but most importantly I learned a lot about myself and what I am capable of. Yes, I miss the once in a lifetime college life opportunities, but onward and upward is the way to go. Can't wait to see what's coming next