Co-workers & Classmates (entry no.47)

 Hello! It's been a minute, I know it always has been but I always feel the need to say that when I start an entry. I'm currently in my 10:00 am Web Technologies class, after today I only have to come two more times and I'll officially be done with this course. The same is true for my other Friday class on Microsoft Power Shell, I'm really nervous about that final exam. If I don's pass it I could very easily fail my class. I have NEVER failed a class, not in middle school, not in high school, not in college, and hopefully I never will. Long hours of studying await me to make the previous statement a reality. But my determination is just as strong as my fear and anxiety. If I want it enough I can have it, April is finally here, (not literally, but I'm trying to make a point).

Honestly, it feels surreal how close to the finish line I am, college has taken up two years of my life. I was 19 when I started. On week six of my first semester I started working at my current part-time job at the grocery store one week before my midterms. I memorized HTML codes while desperately trying to remember the PLUs for the different colours of bell peppers. Nowadays, I'm so good with the PLUs that when I go grocery shopping with my mom I like to freak her out by pointing at random produce and reciting the codes. She absolutely hates it but that just eggs me on. 

I can't help but smile when I also stop and think about all the people I've met along the way, both at school and at work. It's nice to have favourite co-workers and classmates, to have people to look forward to seeing. The beautiful thing about humanity is that we all have the opportunity to learn from each other, to change each other for the good (you get a gold star if you got that reference). I wanted to take the opportunity to briefly talk about two of these great people. I'll be very vague out of respect for others, in fact I won't even tell you where I know them from. 

What never ceases to amaze me about friendships is how with some, you were friends at first sight. While with others it took time, sinking into it slowly. That's what happened with one of these people that I've met over this two year journey. I remember well when we first met but it was rather uneventful, neither here nor there. In fact I don't think I actually got to properly know this person until September of this year and whenever I come in and see them it makes me smile and that's something I'll always cherish. One of the most giving people I know, and that's saying something cuz I know A LOT of givers. 

Another person I've met more recently, a few months ago in January. They have a lot of quirky hobbies and is a hard worker, but what I love about this person is the way they kinda forced their way into my life. It was one of those "you seem cool, we're gonna be friends", that was what our first conversation literally felt like. I'm so happy I accepted, these last few months would've been so dull and lonely otherwise. I guess this entry is the perfect continuation of the last, "it is truly people that make us brighter, not possessions or circumstances."

You're still here? Meet me at entry no.48 :)