Today is my last day

[McGoddess09]

of High School.

Tomorrow, I go with my Honors English class to breakfast and go to school at 1 for graduation practice. Then between 3 and 4, my dad will get here. When my sister gets home from school, I have to help her get ready for her dance. Then around 6, I have to go pick Plaidman up from the bus station.

How do I feel about this? Well, I am happy,sad,excited,scared, and accomplished. I'm happy because I am onto the next big phase in my life. I'm sad because I became familiar with everything and everyone and made tons of friends and memories. I'm excited and scared because I have no idea what hte future holds for me. I feel accomplished because I broke a vicious cycle in my family. My family has a tendency to become pregnant or get a girl pregnant before graduating. Then they have to abandon all hopes of going to college and their dreams that they were more than capable of doing. That isn't me. On Saturday, when I look up at the stands, I will see my friends, my mom,my sister,my grandparents,my aunts,and my cousins. I won't be looking up to wave to a child nor will I feel a kick in my womb.

So, for today, I made a s'more cake for the class I student aide for. I'm packing tissues because I already started crying last night.

[draggar]

Congratulations and good luck!

I hope you get that yearbook signed!

[SengaKitty]

Congratulations honey! We're all proud of you, and I know your family must be too. It can be a hard thing to do, graduating. You're leaving a life you know, the life of a child/adolescent, and moving on into the world of Adult. Let me tell you, that can be a scary world to look into. However, you've just taken one of the biggest steps toward success. You're graduating high school, and that alone will give you a step up over a lot of people when it comes to jobs.

So congratulations my dear, enjoy these last few days of "kid" world, and welcome to a beautiful young lady from the Adult world

[Jester]

Enjoy the next couple days.

I can tell you with complete honesty that, with as crazy as my life has been, with all I have done in the (holy shit! has it really been that long!?!?!) 21 years since I graduated high school, I have never forgotten that day when I graduated. (June 2, 1988.) I can remember some of the most trivial things, and some of the most humorous.

And, of course, the post-graduation parties. For three days. In which I set at least one record.

Hell, that whole week was crazy for me. In six short days, I graduated high school, moved out of my parents' house, watched as my family moved 2,500 miles away, and turned 18 (in that order). It was a very interesting week!

So congratulations, and enjoy. Savor everything about it. And if anyone tries to bring you down or take any of the joy out of it for you, don't let them. (And just point me and my Louisville Slugger in their direction......)

[taxguykarl]

on your graduation.

So what are your plans? Or are you still thinking?

[tropicsgoddess]

First off, Congrats McGoddess! It's gonna be the first day of the rest of your life and I will say this: enjoy your days as much as possible, savor every moment, because it'll fly by in the blink of an eye. I could never forget the day I graduated high school almost 7 years ago (June 8, 2002). It was a proud, happy but also bittersweet moment. I made a big step and accomplishment and that I made into the rite of passage of adulthood, but the bittersweet part was knowing that all things familiar to me would go away. But the best part is that now that you'll be starting a new chapter in your life, you'll embark on so many different adventures and meet new faces. I wish you nothing but the best of luck in your future and much success to you !

[Giggle Goose]

Oh wow, I feel like the only person who was not sad at ALL! I felt sad for all the people whose whole lives revolved around high school. That was 5 years ago
(2004), but there's some people I know who are STILL stuck in those days! (Not that you are that type AT ALL, McG, but I'm just saying a lot of people have a hard time with it because they don't know how to adapt)!

But still, CONGRATS!!!!!! This is a huge accomplishment, and I come from a family with similar issues. Not only did I graduate from high school, but I graduated from college on time almost exactly 1 year ago. (You might still be able to find my posts). Remember to keep in touch with your favorite people. Even though I couldn't wait to get out of high school, it's still fun to reminisce (sp?) about how ridiculous things were. The best years of your life are yet to come, so embrace the unknown.

Remember, YOU SURVIVED!!!

[Shards]

I was sad to graduate, but not because of the memories I'd be leaving behind. I went to high school in the middle of a college town, could've walked to the campus, spent half my summers there, so even now that I'm into higher education, everything is still very familiar. I was sad because of my friend S, and knowing seeing him would be a rarity from then on.

The rest of my group, R, Ch, C, M (the at-the-time-fiance), E, everyone I cared about who was my own age, were all walking out the doors of our graduation to walk right onto the same college campus together. All of us except for two. BP, who was a friend I didn't spend as much time with as M did, so I joke that she won him in the breakup, and S, who had been my best friend since I was six years old. I met him within a month of moving to town in elementary school, and for twelve years he was always either a very close friend or the best friend I had. Heck, I even tried (and failed) repeatedly to convince his sister to go out with me, and he was OK with it, despite being protective of her, because he figured it was better it be me than someone he didn't know.

Not only did he go to a different college than the rest of us, but he went all the way down to FL, while the rest of us stayed in PA. Not a huge gap, by the standards of most high school's college spreads, but he was the only member of the group who left. We all just feel kinda empty without him around, like there's a spot at the table that should be filled.

He's been gone for a year now, and he doesn't get a summer break, so we only get to see him on Winter break and Spring break, and we still haven't quite gotten over it.

[Shards]

Holy crap! I got so caught up in my nostalgia I forgot to say congrats!

Well, there it is: HUGE Congrats!

[Amina516]

LOL @ shards...


McG....Have fun, celebrate and remember the good times. Its amazing to have reached such a milestone. Be proud. And rock that mortarboard....lol. Its ok to cry. I sure as hell didnt. But I, for one, WAS waving to a child in the stands..which made me even more determined to do more when I graduated that day.

CONGRATULATIONS!!

**On that note...who the hell invented graduation caps..? They must be one of the ugliest things known to man. Who actually wants to wear a square on their head? lol. I only say this b/c i have to wear one tomorrow.

[blas]

Back in my day, the school year didn't end until at least the first week in June.

I'm jealous!

[sarasquirrel]

Back in my day, the school year didn't end until at least the first week in June.

I'm jealous!

i think i got out like june 21st or something lol

[AdminAssistant]

Congrats, McGoddess!!!

Yes, I'd like to know who invented mortarboards (the funny hats), but even more than that, I'd like to speak to whoever invented those funny hood-like things. They're darn near impossible to keep straight!

[McGoddess09]

Back in my day, the school year didn't end until at least the first week in June.

I'm jealous!

We are the only school in the area to get out early. That's because we go in in August. Everyone goes in after Labor Day and gets out in June.

Today, I cried my eyes out. After I passed out the smore cake that I made for the class I student aided for, i made a speech to them,telling them that they need to do well and graduate and if they didn't, I would make the three hour drive down and whoop their butts. My Spanish teacher gave us all little mementos and a picture of the class. My Government teacher gave us cupcakes.

It's all surreal right now.

[SG15Z]

McG!!! I remember when I graduated 3 years ago. I was happy yet sad. I only see one person from High School these days and that's it. I miss everyone else, but I love all the free time I have now. In school I was so stressed out with school and work, having only work is kinda refreshing.