Final Countdown

I am graduating college in ten days and I could not be more excited.  I know there will be parts of college that I miss, but I am so ready to start the next chapter of my life.  I want to learn what surprises the rest of my life has in store for me.  Growing up is going to be good for to me, I just know it.

Of course as I prepare for the real world I am also remembering the past four years.  There have been some good and some bad memories that formed my college experience.  So this is my final countdown of ten things that I could have never done without Austin College.

Honeygrove and Concerts and Musicals. Oh my!

All of these things didn’t happen because of the education I received at Austin College, instead it is more from the location.  However if it wasn’t for Austin College I would of never moved near Dallas.  When I was looking at colleges I had an imaginary line that I didn’t want to move past.  So I only looked at schools that didn’t pass the line, AC was about 3 ½ hours past this line.  However when I came to Kangapalooza my senior year I fell in love with the school, it didn’t matter where it was located.  Not only did it turn out to be the best school for me but it was the perfect location.  I got to do so many amazing things.

This year alone was full of moments that I thought would never happen.  Moments that will stick with me for the rest of my life.  I have been in love with Maroon 5 since I was a freshman in high school and I got to see them live this past year.  I was able to meet the Starkids at the S.P.A.C.E. Tour where I touched Joe Walker’s hand, it was a magical moment. I got to see my favorite show HAIR for the second time, and I got to take my sister and let her see why this show has changed my life.  I also got to go see In The Heights and American Idiot, shows that I fell in love with on the internet and never expected to see live on stage.  I was able to see one of my Broadway babes, Matt Doyle, in a show and hear him sing live.  Little things that might not mean anything to anyone else, but are things that mean the world to me. (I mean, I cried during at least 3 of these things).

I also got to go to Honeygrove, the sweetest town in Texas.  This isn’t the reason I wanted to visit here; instead it was because it was featured in an episode of One Tree Hill.  For a year Kellan, Stephanie and I always talked about going to Honeygrove and recreating the scenes from the show.  However we never went.  There was always something else to do and we would say we would go another time, but before we knew it she had graduated and moved to Ecuador.  I had resolved myself to never visiting Honeygrove, because it wouldn’t be the same without Stephanie.  Her Ecuador trip was cut short though and when she came to visit we decided it was now or never.  We just got in the car and went, and it was magical.  It was a perfect adventure that I was able to share with my best friends.  I will forever hold that day in my heart.