Recently #furmanbound has been blowing up and my friends and I have been getting excited for everyone committing to Furman.
It started getting me thinking about the time when I was considering “furman bound”. I was rushing around busy doing nothing my senior year as any senior does. I was enjoying senior privileges and doing the least amount of homework to get by. I was also just talking about how “I just wanted to get out and go to college”. The funny thing is though I couldn’t decide which one I like best.
I just continued chugging along with my schedule of class from 8-3:30 and Music Man rehearsals every night, followed by volunteering in South Dallas Cornerstone Ministries on Saturday mornings, and procrastinating all my homework till Sunday afternoon (nothing about procrastination has changed unfortunately in college). The funny things is – the only thing I was focusing in on at the time was having fun which felt weird because the past years of my highschool experience was to focus on getting everything right so I could go to college. However, it was once I realized that I should stop and enjoy the great moments of highschool and cherish the time I spend with my friends and not worry about my grades that is when I realized what I wanted out of college.
I want a place I can call home, where I can have fun, celebrate life, and be challenged. I found that in Furman and it’s been the best times of my life ever since. I don’t know if this helps at all but I just wanted to share.
It’s been a great weekend already, I saw the baseball season opener against Akron, snow is in the forecast for this upcoming weeek, and I’m off to volunteer with my friends at the American Heart Association’s Ball in downtown Greenville tonight – time to put on the tux 🙂
– nm
