When I look at a calendar I often find myself thinking "what was I doing one year ago today?" Well I did that this morning and I realized, I was taking my last round of finals for College. So this week one year ago was not a fun one. Then I got to thinking about the end of my college career and what It meant to me. That's when I suddenly started missing a lot of things.

At Purdue, they wait a week between finals and graduation. Its a week called "senior week" when there's not a whole lot to do other than pack your belongings and say goodbye to friends. I had a lot of good friends in college. My roommates were great and I had a lot of good times with them. I also was in a very small class of 12 people. We were more than close. We were like a large family.

During my senior week I spent a lot of time with these people. We had something to do everyday. We played softball, ate lunch at our favorite establishments, and even made it down to Indianapolis for a Indy Racing Practice. Going down to Indianapolis was the most fun because there was a rain delay and we had to take shelter at my place where we played pool and ate pizza for hours.

The week was a blast and it was capped off on graduation day which was that Saturday. From the moment I walked onto the campus that day with my family I had tears in my eyes. It hit me out of no where what I was leaving behind. My roommates and I were all really close, my class was moving all across the country, and I was going home where I didn't have a ton of friends. I was lucky in the fact that my two best friends from Meteorology, Becky and Jen, were not moving far away, but I wasn't going to be able to do the random college things that always seemed to happen!

I miss being in college at times. There's a lot that happened during the four years in West Lafayette, both good and bad. It was mostly good and I miss the learning too. However, every time I talk to someone who is still in college, I'm glad I'm done!