A whole lot of emotions rolled into one...

I'm graduating tomorrow afternoon. We're leaving for Grahamstown around 8am, because I still need to collect my tickets & gown and check into the hotel. Everything's sorted out...my outfit etc... but I'm feeling so anxious. My friends who graduated last year say that the feeling is perfectly normal. I think my parents are just as excited, if not more than me!
The ceremony is at 14:30, afterwhich my parents will travel back home. My brother, JJ and I are staying on. At 17:00, there's a tea at the Journalism Department. And afterwards...not quite sure what we're doing, but I intend to have a FANTABULOUS time on Friday night! All my friends are going to be there - there's so many people to see and meet, I have no idea where to begin. But I'm just going to go with the flow. Over-planning isn't fun, so I'll just see where the wind takes me.
Saturday afternoon there's a garden tea party for all graduands, and then afterwards we travel to PE. Not really sure what we're going to be doing, but again - I just wanna have a good time & a very memorable week-end. Sunday - also just arb around in PE & head home to good ol' East London.
Feeling all kinds of things right now - excitement...nostalgia, a bit of sadness... sadness cause it's kinda like an end of an era... excitement cause it marks the beginning of a new chapter in my life.
Will blog more after the week-end. Have a stunning w'end, everyone xxx
yeh, i guess what you're feeling is 'perfectly normal'.... but then again, its not every day that you graduate so 'normal', i can imagine, is a bit of a strong word for it all!
ReplyDeleteplus you gotta remember that not EVERYBODY in SA (or the world over...) gets the opportunity to graduate so in actual fact, you're making up a certain percentage thats fortunate(and smart enough...) to do so!!!!.... what an achievement!!!
i'll be thinking of you...
CONGRATULATIONS LADY!!!!! x x x x x
Sikose
ReplyDeleteThanks so much for the lovely message! I know what you mean, and I feel extremely fortunate to be part of a minority. You'll be hearing from me soon. Chat soon, hun xxx
It's true, it's true, graduation is really special! Enjoy it and congratulations!
ReplyDeleteI will be graduating pretty soon too...soooo sad to be leaving college...
ReplyDeletebeth
ReplyDeleteHello :) how are you doing? Thank you so much for the message & wishes...
ganesh
Hello! I know, grad is a sad time, but also loads of fun - just enjoy it and don't go with too many expectations :)