Time Flies

So I just had some interesting feelings tonight ...

I read through this paper I wrote my sophomore year for an English class. It was called "Living in an Ant Hill". It was about my adjustments to college life as a freshman. It was interesting to read through years later...I went through this period our freshman year when I really felt like I was lost in the crowd. The only faces I knew at Utah State were those of ambassadors. I remember stopping on the Quad one day between classes and it just hit me that I was a tiny dot among thousands of students and no one knew me or cared about what I did in high school. I felt overwhelmed in my biology classes that were full of pre-med, pre-dent, and pre-vet students. I felt like I was drowning in an ocean of overachievers. It was just weird to read over those feelings because they seem so distant now. Now I feel like Utah State is my home. I feel at peace on campus, ya know. I know most of the people in my classes (or at least I recognize them from classes over the years). I miss it when I go away. On my walks between classes I see tons of people I know.

Then tonight I was just reading through my journal from my freshman year and looking over the fall leadership manual. It got me feeling really reminiscent. I can not believe how fast time flies! I was just a freshman, I swear. It's so weird. I'm not sure if you're aware, but I am a SENIOR in COLLEGE. Holy junko! I feel so crazy right now. I guess looking over all of these things made me feel like a freshman again, and yet so much has happened since then. Hmm...

Good thing we still have eternity to look forward to, because I am starting to see how a lifetime can just fly by.

What?! How did this happen?

Today I registered for my last classes as an undergraduate at Utah State University. I don't know how this happened. All of the sudden I'm going to graduate. I, Kelli Mitchell, am going to be a college graduate. It feels like just yesterday I felt so old because I turned 18 and was going to go to college.

I do my student teaching next semester. I should get my assignment pretty soon. Speaking of student teaching, I had a funny little experience. I am doing my clinical at a middle school right now. So I go observe a class every week. They had this science fair thingy and I was walking around talking to students. Well, I was talking to two ninth grade girls about their robots and one of them asked, "So, are you an eighth grader?"

Hahahaha! I tried not to laugh. I haven't looked like an eighth grader since fifth grade. I suppose when I do my student teaching I should dress professionally so I don't look like a student.