THE JU: Coming to an End

Saturday night was my senior prom. Something insignificant and monumental at the same time. Senior Prom means different things to different people. Here's what it meant to me

It meant that Saturday I would get off four and a half hours early.

Pick Kate up from her house

Drive to a florist to pick up the boutonnieres

End up being late to get my hair done

Spend an hour getting my hair done

Thirty minutes getting my makeup done

Go back to my house

And have Kate tape me into a dress that I spent the entirety of my tax refund check on

It meant that

my Mom would take pictures of Oliver, Jim, Kate and I in front of the lilac bush

and my neighbors would instantly know what was going on when they turned on to our street

It meant that Oliver and I would stall at dinner for two and a half hours because there was no traffic

That we would tour the EMP for half the dance 

And Ollie would finally let me take him swing dancing when we got bored

But now that it's over, it means a little more than that

Not the dance itself, with so much build up and anticipation all I really care about is getting to wear my dress again

But my senior prom has come and past

And i have to admit I never thought I'd make it

Now I'm graduating in 2 1/2 weeks

And i will never have to go back 

I'll be 18 in three weeks, I'll get my nose pierced, and I'll get my birthday dance at swing

And I will never see some of the people i love again

So as this part of my life is coming to an end, I can't help but think about those I've lost, and all the things that were left unsaid and undone.

I don't have any regrets, but I wish I could say that my childhood was everything it needed to be. I guess I have the next 3 weeks to make it that.