Little Moments

Do you ever have one of those moments where you are doing something mundane and simple and then all of a sudden you have an "ah-hah!" moment? I had one of those today. I was sitting in English 1102 peer editing a paper. I got done before my partner did, so I was staring out the window watching people walking in and out of the library on this blue, blustery day when I realized: I am in college. I am on my own, starting my path towards the real world. What the heck?! When did this even happen? I feel like it was just yesterday that I got my acceptance letter to Davidson and I was getting Greer and Chelsea to draw me a map of the school so I didn't get lost. Now, I am navigating my way through Herty and Kilpatrick (which by the way...it's an IMPOSSIBLE building to find your way through and anyone who knows me knows that I get lost in my own backyard). But in all seriousness, this is pretty crazy. I am feeding myself (essentially), cleaning my own room, making sure I do my homework, and all without Mommy standing over my shoulder making sure it gets done. Now, I have to admit, I am still majorly working out the kinks of being a college student, but I am starting to figure things out. Of course, I don't have and will never have all the answers and I still go to the wrong classroom sometimes, but I have found out so many answers to questions I never even knew I had. I sit in a college classroom and listen to actual professors talk about actual things. Things like global issues, and racial challenges in elementary schools, and instead of 8 hours in the classroom, I get breaks and I walk places and I see people. I don't know why all of a sudden this is so new to me, but today was one of those moments. I am in college and I am a college student. Who knew?