Keep Close | Lemaitre

Eight days and counting.

Two classes down. Two classes to go. And tomorrow is the big one.

Tomorrow is our venture presentation. The big daddy of presentations. The culmination of the past year of hard work and awesome collaboration.

It feels so weird to know that three years of grad school is coming to an end so quickly. I feel like I’ve been looking forward to it ending for so long. But now it feels different. Don’t get me wrong, I am done with school. But I think I had a different conception of what “done” meant.

I think I thought “done” meant that I cold put it all behind me and move forward. That I would never again have to focus on anything CCA related for the rest of my life. That I could drop the mike and walk off the stage…never looking back. But I’m realizing now, that is so far from what’s going to happen.

There are so many people I’ve met that are going to be permanent fixtures in my life. As colleagues. As mentors. As friends. As people who will constantly inspire me, motivate me, and make me smile. And they will always remind me that CCA was a part of making that happen. They’ll remind me of what I’ve learned, what I want, and what’s important. These people and these experiences aren’t going to be things I put behind me as I move forward. They’ll be right along side me reminding me of where I want to go.

And I think we’re going to go someplace awesome.