I hosted a prospective student last night, which I haven’t done since freshman year.  It was funny to think about how different I probably was as a host then, when I’d only just begun to find my way around and get to know Geneseo myself.  My student, Munira, was a high school senior from Erie and a really nice girl; she was game for anything, had tons of questions about what Geneseo is like, and most importantly was a coffee-drinker!  It was interesting, though – having someone else suddenly thrown into my own routine made me realize how completely settled I am here now.  I know where I am, I know what to do when I have free time, I know almost everyone I pass on or off campus… naturally, it made me very nostalgic and sad about graduation.  It will be strange to leave a place of so much familiarity.  But I guess it always is, eh?  There are definitely many things about graduation that I’m very excited for, and overall I think I’m ready, but hosting someone who hadn’t even started their college experience yet made me wonder how my own went so quickly.

On the other hand, I’ve been feeling lately like graduation can’t come soon enough.  It’s not really a constructive wish, because I really don’t want to miss my last bit of time as a college student, but all the fun that the next two months will contain is definitely tempered with a lot of stress.  My honors thesis, the GREs, and countless job applications are constantly weighing on the back of my mind, and I’ve found myself wishing that a friendly bear would teach me how to hibernate.  Just go to sleep, wake up in eight weeks and have someone tell me, “Congratulations!  You made it!”  That’s realistic, right?  One can always hope…