I was talking to friend after an exam today.  He was talking about feeling the tinge of realizing that there are a lot of people he’s never going to see again now that he’s graduating (myself included probably).  He realized when another person left early after finishing the exam.  I realized that same thing, though yesterday while leaving a review.  It’s very odd to know that there are people that you’ve connected with that now will exit your life, probably forever.  

That happens so often that I don’t know that many people sit back and think about it.  For me, high school, tours and the ends of tours have all been such transitions.  For a long time, I was locked in the same place and routine with the same group of people.  You become close to some of them, and then that particular experience ends and it seems like everyone just kind of moves on.  It’s so strange, it’s so temporal.  And the more experience you get, the more you realize that it happens, and you can sit there and watch it all occur.  

Transitions are inevitable.  We all move between different social spheres and different parts of our lives.  There are always people we’ll miss, and the occasional person we’ll keep in contact with.  I know can hate on UMBC quite a bit, and my experience there has not generally been rosy.  But I think I’ll miss it in the end.