Moving Forward and Reflecting on the Past

In the past week I have closed out my last show of the summer, said goodbye to my beloved roommate and friends, packed up my life, and drove across the country in a truck. Everything all happened at once and I have finally had a few days to let things calm down after moving into my first real apartment.

I've had some time to reflect on everything this week between riding in a truck through the mountains and just sitting and staring at nothing from pure exhaustion. The road that lead me here was long and I did not see the end coming until everything was already set in place. None of my choices that I made involving college happened by chance. I was placed very specifically in the exact right place at the perfect time. Had I stayed at home for a year and gone to community college I would never have ended up where I am now.

You see, I did not apply to more than one college for my undergrad. I toured two and I did not even want to go to the second after touring at Anderson. I felt that it was the right place for me and I never considered a backup plan. I had made up my mind that what was meant to be would happen and I was not going to try and change it. If I could go back in time and talk to my seventeen year old self who was starting to doubt her choice as everyone kept asking more and more questions that she had no answer to I would say "It all works out and you will not believe how things turn out. Just keep going." Though I would tell her to not go to a 9pm dance audition second year and to avoid the last step on the spiral staircase in Belk at all costs (My right ankle is still swollen after almost three years from the fall and I have permanent scars and damage to my left Achilles from the steps).

But after all is said and done it was a good four years with some amazing friends and professors. I wouldn't change it for the world and I look forward to what the next three years brings.

Cheers.