Good Bye Time

"The sun goes down The stars come out And all that counts Is here and now My universe will never be the same I'm glad you came"

-The Wanted "Glad You Came"

What a difference a year makes. In August as I was driving to Canyon, I really didn't want to go back. I was dreading this year but returned because I just had eight months left before I walked across the WT stage with my diploma safely in my hands (really, it's a diploma holder but same difference). But oh how those eight months changed my life forever.

I originally got involved in a ton of stuff this year to make the year go by faster. But what it brought me was a ton of friends and memories. Who would have thought a house warming party for one of my first real WT friends would have started the MCOMM craze that led to all sorts of wild hijinks. And who would have known that spending extra time at school would be some of the highlights of my year. Yet both these things pushed my year from "just getting by" to "never want to end".

While I had an amazing time at WT all year, it wasn't until my journey home that I realized just how great it was. About the time I hit my second day of traveling back to Washington and got a tweet saying "Come home!" from one of my best friends did I realize that I do think of Canyon as home now. Washington may be the place I grew up and called home for 22 years, but Canyon is where I grew and where I had the best year of my life. And it's still hard to think that I won't be moving back any time soon. 

After a chat with one of my "home dogs" on this subject the other night, even though Canyon is my home now (and probably will be for a long time to come), in the coming years I will be moving a ton and will probably go through this "withdrawal" every time.

I honestly had this blog all written in my head and it was supposed to be extremely long but there are no words that can describe this last year, especially the last few weeks, so instead, I'm just going to end it with a picture and a reference to the lyrics at the top of this post "My universe will never be the same" thanks to the awesome MCOMM people that I'm proud to call my friends. This isn't good bye, it's just see you later.