That's a wrap, folks!

And like that Fall quarter is over! I can't believe I only have two more quarters left at Cal Poly. Where has the time gone? I feel like it was yesterday my RA's were reminding me not to run up the stairs in Trinity and now I am a senior and still run up my stairs! It's hard to believe that there are only two quarters left.

The past three weeks were insane and I am so glad to finally done with my last final, math at that! It's funny, even if I don't get fabulous grades, I am just so thankful to be done. Sometimes you're just over it, 19 units later and I sure was!

Lately, more and more I have been thinking about graduation and leaving SLO. It's such a weird concept for me. I can't imagine not going to school here anymore. I always thought I would get my credential here which would give me more time. But that's not happening anymore! The more that time passes, the more that I have been thinking about the students at Cal Poly that I have come to know. It may be my best friend or that kid I only had a few classes with. But they sure are on my mind.

I sure am going to miss these people. 

I don't understand how you go to school with people for such a long time and then all of sudden, it's just over. Maybe I'm slightly dramatic, but it's scary. I love these people. I don't want to leave them. You could say the same thing happened in high school. Maybe back then it was dramatic for me graduating high school, but it's no comparison to this. Being in college, you start to realize who you are and what you believe in. You learn a lot in four years being away at school. 

And I think about all the little things. The little things that make the most difference. I do not think I giggled as much in the past week as I did yesterday when I saw Katie after not seeing her for a week! How stressed I was last week and the last thing I was doing was giggling, and yet as soon as I was with her again yesterday I laughed and laughed and laughed. 

But that's the thing, when will I laugh again with Katie after graduation? I don't know! And I know I am making this sound really depressing, but in a way, I am writing it to make myself THINK. Thinking about this concept helps me to realize how truly BLESSED I am for all of the relationships I have made at school. 

I think about how many people I constantly say hi to while I am on campus and how I can pinpoint how I know them and you know that makes me happy. I am so thankful to have known so many great people and to know how much I have learned from a lot of these people. 

And so when I think about graduation in the spring, I am reminding myself to stop while on campus and give that person a hug, take the time to write a love letter to someone who needs it, and to tell people I love them as much as I can. Because you know, people liked to know that they are loved and I love telling people I love them. 

Yes, in reality, it will be a very interesting change when we graduate, are out of school, and not running into people everyday, but in every transition God brings JOY, He brings LOVE, He brings BEAUTY, and He brings FRIENDSHIP. And so, it will be okay. It will always be okay. 

And there will always be love. Because there may be distance, but there is always love. It might come in a letter, it might come in a visit, it might come in a snap chat, or it might come in a boutique of flowers, but there will always be love. 

So, you, beautiful person reading this, if I haven't told you I love you in a while, know that I do. Really. 

Whitney Rose