So today, I came upon a sudden realization. Ok, maybe it wasn’t so sudden, but for me it kinda came out of nowhere. Summer, in my opinion, is a disconnect from school. I don’t take classes, but I work. So when I was thinking about school the other day, I realized that I’m gonna be a junior. Then I thought, “When did that happen?!”

Honestly, I can’t believe I’d completed two years of school. People tell you all the time that it will fly by, but most of the time you just take it in stride and give one of those “yeah yeah yeah” replies back. But then it hits you like running into a wall; you never saw it coming. I remember first semester freshmen year went by so slow, but looking back, it’s because it was new. Everything was so new, my mind didn’t know what to expect. Now, since I’m used to everything, it’s crazy how fast stuff goes by. I can’t believe how fast this past semester went by (I swear last week was snowpocalypse), and on top of it, sometimes I forget I’m 20! (sidenote; my birthday was amidst finals, and so I was way too busy to celebrate it as well)

While at work flipping patties and breading seafood (I still work in a restaurant!), I was thinking about how much I have actually learnt at school. I learnt about gear ratios, safety factors, how screws work, how to control a motor with an AC current, how to create a 3d model in autoCAD, how the powercycle on an engine works, how a gearbox works, how to dissect and reassemble a bicycle. Aside from all that engineering stuff, I learnt about animation, portuguese, and art concepts, as well as things that influence my life even though I had no idea. I’ve learnt a lot of things, and really grown. I never thought I’d be at this point to be honest, and it’s been a big blur. Hopefully the next two years won’t go by as fast!