I can't even begin to tell you about the last few days.

After moving out of my apartment, turning in two term papers, taking a final exam, printing and turning in my thesis, and preparing a final presentation board...

Finally I can say that I'm done.

Tomorrow I'll attend my final thesis show, graduation rehearsal, and then my family will begin to arrive.

It's surreal. Yesterday I was a scared, confused, a freshmen being dropped of in (what I thought at the time) to be a big city. A place that was sooo different from where I grew up. It took me almost half the year to adjust to the idea that I wasn't home anymore. I didn't have all those friends I grew up with. I didn't have my mom and dad and big sisters.. I just had me.

I quickly began to adjust. After I got my footing away from home, I began to adjust to ART SCHOOL-yes the stereo types are true.. All of them. I quickly found my niche. It wasn't in architecture as I originally planned but in architectural history. And before I knew it I had changed my major, I was going over sees, and I was going

across the country...following this passion. Architecture filled the void of country mountains. There was no going back, just pummeling forward.

Today I turned in the final copy of my thesis. To be bound..

It was just over 30 pages, and I dedicated it to Mary, Stephen, and Dan. The two professors and the student who was with me the night I got sick in Barcelona.

The dedication read:

"To Mary, Stephen, and Dan, for being there for me the night that changed it all."

I wanted to make the three of them special copies. I'm happy with the final product. I feel like I could have written a whole book on the place, but what I wrote is adequate for an undergrad thesis. It has a practical application as well, which isn't always the case in architectural history.

Now I'm heading to graduate school, but first, My last nights in Savannah. I have a crazy fascination with this place. It has no doubt had a great influence on me as an individual. It has shaped me into who I am professionally and who I strive to be as a person.

More tomorrow.