Graduation

As much of my time this semester has been overwhelmed with wrestling, I take as little downtime that I have to rest and often find myself pondering about life as graduation comes close to becoming a reality. Growing up as a kid I always wanted to get through and graduate high school so I could be moving on and live on my own/go to college/have a job but now that it is so close I wish it would go away and not be happening. As cliche as it is, I want to stay a kid forever. Moving on with life just seems so unreal. It didn't hit me this year until I was playing in my last game of football, a sport that I grew up playing, that I will soon be leaving for college and doing all new things. Now that I am in wrestling season, a sport that I only picked up on last year, and will be the last sport I will probably ever play as a teenager throws me into a tough situation. As a lot of kids grow up on sports, a lot don't follow through with them in high school but I chose to and they have been a huge part of my life. A big part of me will be leaving when I finish playing sports. It still seems unreal that within 4 months I will be graduating high school and within 6 or so months off to college and moving forward with life on my own. Time has really flown by and I wish it could slow down.