In less than a week it'll all be over...

That's how I thought I would feel about this week...My last week of undergrad coursework...

Even going into this week...SWEET BEANS LAST WEEK OF STUDENT TEACHING...

Even arriving at the school  on Monday...ok self just one more week here

but...and there is always a but...it is different...

Now, I know what you are saying...it is only Tuesday, how did you already change your mind?

Well ...

in less than a week student teaching is over.

In less than a week there is no need for me to be on this campus anymore (ok, well I mean I still have my job for the rest of the semester and household...but still my education will be over)

In less than a week I will finish what I have been investing literally more money than I have into

What I have invested four and a half years of my life to...scratch that seventeen and a half (can't forget kindergarten...well and preschool so make that eighteen and a half years)

EIGHTEEN AND A HALF YEARS of my life have been leading up to this Friday, the day I complete the coursework for my Bachelors Degree

In less than a week I will be done working with these students. I will no longer be considered a part of this school.

And in less than a week I will no longer have the opportunity to make impacts on the lives of these particular children...I can only hope that in some way I did. That in some way they are better off because of something, some tiny thing I have done. I can only hope that they know I love them, and I expect great things from them.

In less than a week I won't see their little faces every morning, and receive their little hugs, or hearts drawn on the back of their assignments for me. I won't be able to dry their little tears when they fall, or give them a high five for being good.

In less than a week I will leave this school that I have been a part of for three and a half years. I could not be more grateful for the experiences I've had here, and the faculty and the students who have changed my life. I hope to hear great things about them in the future!