Back to Blogging for the Last Time

I will be graduating from Trinity in less than a month. I just turned in my thesis for Political Science yesterday. A full year's worth of work is now done. I have a couple more assignments and then I am officially done with college. I promised to blog during my entire and I was good at that during some points than other. This academic year had its stress that went beyond the academic work and I had to spend the second semester taking care of that. I made it and I am ok. As I promised my sisters and people back home, I am here one more time to finish what I started. I will keep you updated until my graduation on May 17th when I say good-bye to Trinity and Hartford.

Here is something I wrote when we were having the crazy blizzards this winter:

Wake me up when spring comes. Please call me when the sun is out or there’s rain coming and I will gladly join you on the streets of Hartford.  I can’t take another day of snow. I can’t stand another snow day. After going three weeks of not having classes on Monday because of snowstorms, I have begun to ask why I didn’t apply to colleges in California. When you add the fact that I look like a fool trying not to fall on the ice, you can begin to understand why I wouldn’t mind staying in my apartment until winter ends. I can keep going because I know that that snow is actually pretty and other cities in the Northeast have it a lot worse than we do. Plus, I made the choice to come here. I survived the blizzard from two years ago and had a great time sledding with Quest Scholars. There are friends who accuse me of secretly enjoying the snow because I don’t complain about it every day. All I know is that I could be living on this side of the country for a couple more years and it makes no sense to depress myself about something I can’t change. Winter will come. Snowstorms will happen. My job is to make sure I have enough food and toilet paper in the apartment. In the same way, I am graduating. In less than 100 days, I will get my degree from Trinity College and continue living this gift of life we’ve been given. I am excited. I am nervous. There are too many emotions going on and it’s not like senior year of high school where my focus was getting into college. There are too many unknowns, but that’s life. Before that can happen; there are theses to write, homework for textile chemistry to complete, an independent study project to put together and college life to enjoy. Since this blog was about connecting with those who helped me reach this point of my journey, I am back at blogging. A lot of things got in the way this senior year, but I am here to finish what I started and to share the last few months of my life as a Bantam. 

Photo: This is from the blizzard two years ago. It came and it went. This year, the snow just kept coming every week.