This is a blog about time, college, and change

In case you don't know, I'm in college. And if you remember that but managed to forget, it's almost summer. As in, I go home tomorrow. Dang; first year of college, pffow (is that the sound of "gone"? I don't know.) - it's gone. I theoretically only have two and half years of college left; some of my friends are even less. [You know I'm talking to you, overachiever.] So, the verdict?

College is possibly the most fun, confusing, and stressful time of my life. Granted, my ancient age of 19 is not much to compare to, but still, I've experienced things high school never could have given me. I would never go back; I've met people who said they would, and while I can understand them feeling that way, college is so liberating that you simply can't go back. Granted, this liberation comes with responsibility, the part of the equation that a lot of college goers fail to acknowledge.
I've made so many good friends at college and I am legitimately sad to see them go. For most of them, I'm sure I'll see them next year; for those that aren't returning, God will dictate if you're to stay or not, I'm not too worried. I've also realized how much I miss my friends back home. Seriously, it hurts sometimes. We have so many shared memories that we HAVE TO be friends forever. Seriously, it's inscribed in stone. Take that, society! We didn't even have to all sleep together to get this close.
Point being, I'm super-excited to get back home for a few days of R&R, catch-up, and then begin work. Yay real life. :P

New friends give new experiences. We learn from all of them, fun, sadness, mistakes and all.

Old friends become something new.

Friendships from before hopefully will remain after.

But what if they're all different? For a few friends, life is completely different. One is states away, another has a kid. Life will never be the same way again, so should we even try reverting back to the old normal? Or can we adapt to our new experiences and lives and make our friendship even better? My bets are on the latter, because it's like awesome friendship 2.0. It'll be awesome!

So, till next year Carroll, and hopefully Barcelona. I'm going to go enjoy the warm weather you seem to enjoy witholding from us till May.
Oh yeah, speaking of that. No more of this "snow in May" thing. I'm serious; I'm going to start complaining to the boss if this performance keeps up.

Jacob