My time here is winding up. I have six more class periods left of formal schooling in my entire life. In a couple of weeks, when finals are over, I will begin the next phase of my life, and nothing will ever be the same again.

I'm often a bit resistant to change. The worst day of my life was April 28, 1995--the day I left my freshman year at BYU to come home for the summer. I had made a whole lot of fabulous friends that year, and on that day, I knew that I wouldn't see them again for at least two years. As it's turned out, there are some I haven't seen in the ten years since. I was having so much fun as a freshman. Although I was excited to go on my mission, it was a little foreboding and a lot unknown. I was comfortable there in Provo in my dorm room, playing Risk and complying with the T. Stoddard Rule of Dating ("Never ask the same girl out twice in a row"). I cried a lot on April 28, 1995.

I'm probably not going to cry as much when I leave Harvard. The main reason, of course, is that the most important person in my life right now is coming with me when I leave, and I know that we'll always be together. But there are certainly friends here I'll miss. I'll miss the lifestyle of a student where I can study if I want, blog if I want, or just goof off if I want. I'll miss wearing jeans every day. I'll miss the funny culture of Harvard, even though I don't always find it all that charming now.

If I look back at who I was in August 2002 when I first came here, I'm very different now. A lot has happened. Most of it happened on December 20, 2003--the best day of my life. I'm glad I got to experience half of law school as a single person, and half as a married person. Both experiences helped me grow.

I'll probably write about this again in the near future (and again and again and again...). But for now, it's beginning to hit me that this is all coming to an end. Only one more week of class. It's warm in Cambridge (something that only happens when I'm about to leave Cambridge for the summer, only this time I'm not coming back). I'm starting finals prep. I've reserved my cap and gown and tickets for guests to attend the graduation festivities. It's almost over.

Time to move on...