Thursday, May 15, 2008

Graduated

It's true. A Bachelor's of Science in engineering physics (should ep be capitalized? guess it shows that you still don't know everything after college) has now been earned by THIS. I also have a car now, which is cool. It's a '97 Saab 900s, nice and small and sporty (although no turbo).

The last week of class was the IV Senior send-off gathering. It was a lot of fun to think back on all the good times that I've had over the last four years. I didn't know until a couple minutes before that I had a chance to soapbox for a few minutes so I didn't say much when it was my turn. If I'd had more time to think about it, I'd have said something about spending one's time wisely. That the biggest thing that I regret about graduating is all the people that I know that I haven't had time to really get to KNOW. I wish I could be around next fall to welcome the new students and continue to lead a Bible study and be a witness in the EP department. But that responsibility now falls on those that are still there.

As classes and projects wore down, I had a little urge to just wander around campus and think about my college career. I didn't do it because I just didn't quite have the motivation to do it by myself. But then on Tuesday after I had everything packed up I went to noon prayer (since Tuesday was the day that I had noon free this semester) and we went on a prayer walk. So I had a chance to wander past the student's center, the PAC, Otts, and McGregor, the buildings that I spent the most time in while I was a student. I had nothing to do but think and pray and listen to the prayers of others and it was great. With each building I was able to think about all the things that I had done and the people that I knew and pray about those things. It was great.