From Tiger to Tarheel!
Well, I finally graduated from good ole Fred T. Foard. Will I miss it? Yes and no. For there is so much that has happened in those white and blue walls. Lots of people say time has passed way too fast. In my opinion, not really. Time for me has always been on my side. It's just how you use it. You have 24 hours every 365 days a year to accomplish something whether it's paying it forward with a nice gesture or aiming closer to your goals. You have a chance everyday to smile, laugh, cry, or mourn. So, I don't try to waste my time thinking how fast it has gone. I just look forward. I look forward because it's the only way to go. There's no time machine to slow things down. Why need a time machine to slow things down anyways. You just have to embrace every moment that comes by and keep going.
Looking forward, I'm embracing these last few weeks with my family, friends, and myself before I'm headed to the big UNC. I'm happily ready to have some serious bonding with everyone as the calendar reminds me of the next transition in my life. Yes, I do think it will be a little strange not attempting to make swim practices each week, preparing for MPA, and driving my car around Hickory, North Carolina. But you can't discover anything new about your strengths and weaknesses until you actually take a chance and let the norms change.
It is okay for me to reminisce once in while but I can't physically change anything to go back and relive those times whether they were good or bad. But for now the past and the future are here right now with the present. I'm ready to spend my summer with my family, soak up the sun, swim twice a day, and even work at my first job (can't tell anyone exactly yet but you'll find out eventually)!
While we might be sad that one book in our life is coming to its conclusion, there's always another waiting to be written. A book waiting for a new introduction and beginning. So, here's the first sentence of my new book: With the past behind her, Kirsten Nicole Zaldarriaga Consing threw her graduation cap into the air and watched it soar into the plethora of blue caps that sailed into the air excited for the opportunities and challenges awaiting for her outside those ceremonial doors.
May everyone else have a happy summer and embrace every moment! Because time never flies too fast.
