big day
I received my diploma and official transcript from Pitt in the mail yesterday. I know that in this day and age the “pigskin” is really only a formality. Yet there is still something extremely gratifying to look at that piece of paper and to know that I've accomplished something that many people, including myself, never thought that I would do.
I pored over my transcript, beaming at the A's and cringing at the C's and D's (bad semester my sophomore year). I noticed the dramatic upward shift in my grades around the time that my son was born. It's an interesting phenomenon.
Five years, over 40 classes, countless hours of hard work, a few nervous breakdowns, three boyfriends and one son…I did it all. I finished college.
I'm not sure what path my life is going to take now. I'm pretty sure that I want grad school to be in my future. I just wanted to post to this community about this special occasion. I hope that this post can be a source of encouragement for all of you who are trying to get there and have moments when you're not sure it can possibly work. Just keep doing it.
