Tess Explains It All

Tonight I was going through my super old email address that I never check anymore and I came across a few journal entries I had written back in 2008. I used to email them to myself so I could later print them out and paste them in my journal. (Once everything started being done on computers, I realized how much faster and easier it was to type my thoughts than to write them by hand)

This is an entry I found that I had written the night before I graduated college. About 3 1/2 years ago. I’ve kept journals since I was in the 4th grade. I wrote in them consistently my whole life until I moved to LA. I’m not sure why I stopped writing when I moved here…but I did. Maybe one day I’ll pick it back up again.

“May 16th, 2008
10:01 pm Friday 

Well this is it….tomorrow I am graduating from college. It feels so surreal even writing those words. I really never thought I’d make it. I still can’t believe tomorrow I will walk across that stage and receive my college diploma. I have never been more proud of myself. Not everyone goes to college and finishes it. People are not forced to go to college the way they are elementary school through high school. So I am very proud that I did it and I’m walking away with a wonderful degree in Business Administration – Finance. I’m waking up super early…like 5:45am and getting ready then Jess, Alyssa, and I are driving together to UNR. It seems like just yesterday me and the girls were driving to our high school graduation and I started to cry because I couldn’t believe it was all over. And now….5 years later…tomorrow morning I’ll be driving to my college graduation. I can’t help but smile. I’m soooo excited! Tomorrow is going to be a wonderful day!”