This Spartan has Graduated!

After 3 years of classes, sleep deprivation, and poor nutrition college has finally come to a close and with it, I am turning the page to find out what lies ahead.

The last few days have been hectic to say the least and I am very happy to be finally sitting down for more than ten minutes at a time, although I unfortunately cannot say that my to-do-list has decreased much in length. (It is going to be a very busy summer, and rest of my life I suppose.) My family arrived on Thursday and the whirlwind of graduation activities began. 

Each night I had a dinner planned with some of my close friends, as my parents were eager to meet some of the people with whom I had surrounded myself for the last 3 years. These were all a lot of fun, but tinged with sadness since they were in a way a punctuation to my time spent at MSU. Friday and Saturday were my graduations, which were quite the surreal experience, as even now the reality of graduation has not fully hit me, and I am not looking forward to when it does. Now if all of this, plus getting the most of my last evenings as an undergrad, resulting in very little sleep, wasn't enough, I was voiceless for the entirety of the weekend, and am still only now starting to regain the ability to speak. So squeaking and croaking, I went through my final days in Michigan as an undergrad, saying my "See You Later's" and getting caught up in all of the excitement. 

Now, having unpacked the last box, and settled back into life in NY all I can do is smile thinking of the last 3 years. I am surprised and pleased to see how much I have changed since I first set foot on MSU’s campus. I have made some amazing friends, had some truly crazy times, experienced things I never would have imagined, and made memories that I will never forget. While I have never been one to have a lot of school pride--I can count the number of MSU sports games I have attended on one hand--I know that MSU and the people that I met during my time in Michigan will be a part of me forever. While I stumbled upon Michigan State purely by accident, it was the place I needed to be and I cannot thank everyone that I have met enough for taking the naive girl from Long Island who walked in Emmons Hall in August 2009 with a very twisted view of the Midwest and turning her into the person that I am today.

Thank you MSU! I am and will be a Spartan for life! GO GREEN!