Back to school

We all remember the feeling of anxiety and optimism that accompany a new school year. It gives a chance for a fresh start, or maybe just means we are one year closer to being finished forever.

I'm getting old though, so I'm starting to think a little differently.

Am I nuts to not want it to be over? I have been in school since 1991 (excusing a couple financial aid caused "breaks") and i am feeling a little bit of dissappointment in the fact that this may be the last year of my academic life. Don't get me wrong, i am no nerd, class is not something I look forward to. But after several years living the college life and a summer break full of the real world, I am not so sure I wouldn't rather stay in school forever.

I miss the good old days of high school; basketball practice bright and early (ok, not my favorite part), hangin' out with the gang, and spending ZERO $ on living expenses.

And college has been even more fun. No curfew, no early classes, FREEDOM!!! And now it's down to this. One more year for it all, then on to quickly becoming a fat, bald, old man I will surely be.

My advice to those who have a little time left in HS or college, please please please leave your mark and do your best to have no regrets once it's all said and done. I wish I would have been where i needed to be in my life to be a witness at CHS back in the day.

If you are feeling down about the fact that your summer is gone and it's time to go back to school I say this; when life gives ya lemons, make lemonade... If there is a way to make your campus a better place than when you got there, do what it takes. I have always said I want my life to matter, i want to leave the world a better place. I want the small little dash on my tombstone separating my birth and death dates to be absolutely incapable of telling my story.

I want the same for you.

PS. I love my life and my wife and wouldn't trade them for the world, but my point remains; make the most of the time you have, and live life to the fullest!!!