As We Go On, We Remember...

Hey friends, remember that time we all graduated from college and got real jobs and then our souls died a little bit?  I just keep reading facebook post after tweet about the upcoming graduations and how sad life is.  Leaving roommates, leaving friends, leaving town, leaving Kinard.  It's all sad.  But it's funny how for 4 years you do nothing but complain about school and how much sleep you lost and how much you hate it, except for when it comes time to peace out.  Then you realize college was the best years of your life, you met the coolest people you'll ever meet, and that exam really didn't matter that much.  A year ago today, I graduated for the second time and I remember feeling like I could breathe again.  I was so proud of myself for literally just surviving those two years and glad that somehow the chair of the department found my thesis worthy of graduation (truth is, she probably didn't. She just likes me).  Still a year later, I never want to see another scholarly article on sports law again in my life.  What I've noticed lately is the typical american/human who can't wait to get it all over with but then cries for days after it's over.  I remember thinking that the real world couldn't come soon enough.  And when the real world slapped me in my face with bills, no job, and no roommate, I wanted college back so fast.  I'm pumped for the kids that are graduating in the coming hours/days.  And I wish I could stand up at graduation and tell them that the real world is scary at first (job or no job) and that you more than likely will be more poor than you were in college but mostly everyone survives.  And to all the parents out there, don't go spend all your money on a beach house in Florida on this big day.  That college grad will still need your wallet for years to come.  Not that I'm speaking from experience or anything.