Saying goodbye

I bawled all the way home from my exam Thursday night.

It was a perfect example of how somehow you manage to miss the forest for the trees. I was so focused on stressing about my exams, that I forgot to worry about something else. Well, not worry exactly, but I forgot that I'd have to say some good byes.

I didn't make all that many friends amongst my own classmates but there's a score of really special people a year behind me. I will miss them so much, joking before class, swapping notes, soaking in the bonding glue of shared daily experience. They won't be at commencement, it's a small venue and capacity is tightly monitored.

I made a special point of saying adios to the folks I wasn't sure I'd see again. Exams are over tomorrow. I had the last timed one this afternoon.

Tomorrow I'll change the cartridge for my printer, and then I'll print out the results of my take-home exam. I'll drive to school, making a point to allow for traffic delays so as not to arrive after the registrar's office has closed. Then I'll be done [koff*there's still a matter of a little academic paper*koff]. End of law school. Amen.

Then I have to vacuum the living room. La, la-la-la, Life goes on.