Dog Ear

I am off to St. John's College in Annapolis MD. I am lifting and turning and gently placing the last page in the most recent chapter of my life. St. John's is a school that few people know about, in a town that is popular, in a state that is very different from NH. It is a new horizon and a new home. I'm excited out of my scull and nervous and anxious... What if my classmates don't like me? What if I turn out to be stupid? Or the school isn't what I've been lead to believe... I'm afraid that I will wake up one day to realize that St. John's was too good to be true, that I was dreaming it all up behind closed eye lids.
It has been a long year. I traveled. I coached. I read. I grew. I have gained a lot from my gap year. It has allowed me to grow in ways that I never expected or fully understand now. I feel as though college will be the time for the dust from this last year to settle and for me to emerge as more of my own person than I have ever been.
Just three more days...