Graduation

   Nine days.  I have nine days left before I graduate high school.  As much as I try to convince myself that this isn't a big deal, (I'm graduating, along with 3 million other Americans, or about a whole 1% of the population of the country) I am still surprised that it's actually happening.  I've been in public grade-based school for twelve years, a whole two-thirds of my life.
   I recall starting high school after middle school and thinking something along the lines of "this isn't too different."  I can most certainly be sure that going to college will be different.  I'll be living on my own, for starters.  My classes won't all be in the same building, and they also won't be organized into a six-hour school day anymore.
   ... I have no conclusion for this.  I simply figured that since something is happening in my life that a lot of people may think is major, I should at least acknowledge that it's going on.  I'm graduating high school.  Woo hoo.  I think...