I'M FINISHED! (mixed emotions)

I am officially finished with my college career.... AAAAAAHAHHHHHAHAHHHAHA! What a relief it was to take my last final and know that I will never have to study for an exam again; I will never have to write another 8 page paper again; I will never have to pull all-nighters for a class again (all-nighters for other purposes may still happen however). I had to seriously refrain myself from skipping down the pavement on my way back to the flat. What a glorious feeling! However, reality sort of came creeping in when I realised that I have no idea what I want to do with my life and now I don't have another semester to fall back on... I actually have to get a life. Weird! Anyway, those thoughts didn't bring me down too much because I'm done with school!

As a reward, I went to St. Paul's Cathedral for tonight's evensong. You know, the multiple times I've been here, I've never once gone to St. Paul's. I recall stopping the coach there on my first trip around, but I was so infatuated with the coach driver, I never even stepped off the bus. Then, on the other occasions, I remember peering at the building from across the Thames as I was going to the Globe Theatre, but never actually walking over to it. I didn't even take the time to at least go up the steps and sing "Tuppins a bag." How pathetic! I now realise how much I've been missing out these past 7 years I've traveled over here. This building is absolutely beautiful! There are gold-platted paintings all over the ceiling and everything is so ornate. One of my favourites was that going into the building, we walked through a revolving door that basically said that this was the entryway to heaven... who knew heaven was so easy to get into? And that it was in London? (actually I knew that latter one already). Aside from that, it actually was a great building and hearing the choral voices echo through the nave was beautiful.

I went to Avenue Q again tonight (just to get some perspective on life--yes, it has a great message for newly college graduates. The first line of the show is, "What do you do with a B.A. in English? What is my life going to be?" Pretty applicable if you asked me).

So this is my next to last night here before I go home and I have mixed feelings about it. Yes, I'm excited to see my family again, but this place honestly feels like home and I hate having to face the homesickness when I head back to the States. Each time I come, it's a completely new experience and I learn so much about life and about myself. I make new friends which I hate having to say goodbye to, but I guess that's part of life... a season, a reason, and a lifetime.