Second-Semester Senior

      Happy Tuesday! Today was pretty great; I was wearing a cute outfit, people were pretty nice, I wasn't assigned too much homework, and the weather was perfect. So I'm currently a second-semester senior in high school, and I can't believe I only have 95 days left until graduation, but I also can't believe I have 95 whole days left until graduation. As I was telling my (hopefully) future roommate yesterday, I feel so conflicted about leaving high school and going off to college because I could not be more excited to go to KU and go through rush and every other part of the college experience, but I'm also incredibly nervous and a little sad to be leaving my school, which I've attended for nearly sixteen years.
      I've never not been a student a my school and I feel like it's defined so much of my life and who I am so it will probably be a little harder for me to leave high school than most students. When I was younger I used to want to go to college super far away, but now that I'm going to be in college in a matter of months, I couldn't be happier that I'll only be 40 minutes away from home, where my mom can make dinner for me and my dad can fix anything that's broken :).
      If any high school students who aren't seniors yet are reading this, I feel like I should let you know that the second semester of your senior year is not as easy as many people will probably tell you that it is! I have to do this crazy senior project where I write a ten-paged paper and give a 20-minute presentation about it at the end of the semester in front of a bunch of teachers, parents, and other students and it's incredibly stressful. Just keep in mind that you have to finish your last semester strong! I can't wait to be finished :)

Carpe Diem,
Brooke