Tomorrow @ MindSay

So yes, yes, yes! Graduation is tomorrow. I gotta say, I'm soooooo totally excited! I mean, I don't know what's going on ... But these past 2 days that I spent signing Yearbooks & getting my own signed ... I don't know. It didn't really have much of an impact on me. I got home & read everything that was written to me & yes, they were all sweet & sincere & what most people would consider as "touching" (I was very picky with who signed this Yearbook), but well, I didn't cry or anything. The most any of them got out of me was an "Aww ..."

Meanwhile, classmates, teachers, & staff have been coming up to me & telling me how great I am & how much they'll miss me, etc. etc. & I'm just all bright & cheerful looking & listening to them, nodding at appropriate spots & saying the right things, while they look like they're about to get all teary-eyed just talking ...

I'm guessing the deal is that it hasn't all fully registered yet, at least not in my mind. Maybe & most likely tomorrow during the actual ceremony, the emotions will catch up. But really, graduating from h/s isn't a funeral event like some people are making it out to be ... It's a chapter completed and done with. We move on. I knew this coming into h/s & was prepared to leave the 1st day I stepped foot into THS. Sure, I've made some extremely great friends & other awesome people (some of which will be attending the same college as me) but geez. I don't know.

But I'm all set for tomorrow. In a sense. I have a great burgundy dress & cute silver kitten heels (I decided to not go too high) ... I'm not sure what I'll do with my hair. I wanna get the tips cut at least. But time's ticking too fast ... I'll do my nails myself. I just hope tomorrow goes well (practices have been awful!) & I don't get lost on my way to the hall (Yikes! That'll totally stink).

TOMORROW MAY BE TOO LATE
TO TELL SOMEONE YOU CARE
TO UTTER WORDS YOU MEANT TO SAY
WHEN THEY'RE NO LONGER THERE

TOMORROW MAY BE TOO LATE
TO VISIT THAT OLD FRIEND
YOU SHARED YOUR LIFE IN YOUR DAYS
YOU THOUGHT WOULD NEVER END

TOMORROW MAY BE TOO LATE
TO DO SOME NOBLE DEED
TO SHARE THE BOUNTY OF GOD'S GRACE
TO MEET ANOTHERS NEED

TOMORROW MAY BE TOO LATE
TO ATONE FOR PAST MISTAKES
TO FORGIVE AND BE FORGIVEN
HOWEVER HIGH THE STAKES

TOMORROW MAY BE TOO LATE
AND YESTERDAY HAS FLOWN
SO WHY NOT GET IT DONE TODAY
BEFORE IT TOO, IS GONE?

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