More Koolaid, Please

Ok. It can't be avoided. It is time to write the totally cliche blog entry about becoming a senior. Just inevitable. I mean, really. Just no way around it.

Last night was my LAST first football game. Oh goodness. There will be a lot of lasts this year. Most of them bittersweet. (There is a little bug flying around my head and it won't go away. Are bugs irritating on purpose?) I am extremely excited that the football season has started, as my high school career has resulted in a whole new world of football fanness, and even though we didn't come out with a victory, I know the secret plan. Not only am I a fan, but I am TOTALLY on to your strategy, guys. I'll keep the secret safe. Don't worry.

On a much deeper note, high school has transformed me. Not only the education, of course, but everything that comes with living and breathing teenage drama for (at least) 180 days of the year. Now, I know this coming year still has great potential to change me, and I'm actually hoping it will. But my experiences thus far, both inside and outside of Wausau East, have determined so much of who I am and so much that will be with me forever. Some of it, I'm extremely proud of, and some of it, well, I'm not. What would high school be, though, without a little bit of both? The past three years have taught me that EVERYONE has a few skeletons in their closet. No one is perfect, and everyone should be PROUD of that. Proud to be whoever they are, flaws and all. The reason that this is important, and being written about now instead of at the end of the year, is because these are the last nine months that we all have to influence each other. We may graduate and never see one another again, but these days are crucial when it comes to making someone feel important, motivating someone to succeed, or making sure people know how much they mean to you. Not only that, but having the opportunity to BE motivated, MADE to feel important, or told how much you've meant to your peers. We leave this place not so much with four years of math, or four years of english, but with four years of character, lessons learned, and struggles overcome. Four years of practice for bigger things to come.

So this year, SENIORS, be that person you want to be. Leave your mark. Make a difference. Make each second count. Because a year from now, we'll have to rely on that person we have become to carry us into the real world. The best of luck to you all, and most importantly, ENJOY IT!