This is a long entry...stick it out.

Spring break in DC - Always makes me feel amazing, but this year I got to discover new things.

Like new places around the Mall that are so peaceful even in the middle of one of the most important cities in the world.

Or Fells Point. An absolutely beautiful place in Baltimore where I could definitely see myself living.

But I mean really this is where I'd like to live...jk.

People keep asking me if I'm ready to graduate. And typically I give one of two answers (depending on who asks):

1. YES!

2. Well, I am, but it's scary. But I think I'm more excited than scared.

One is the answer when I'm in President mode. Can you guess which one that is?

And the fact of the matter is that they are both true. Of course, there will be a million things I will miss about both college life in general and then very specific Meredith things.

And heavens knows I'm probably going to lose it on graduation day, but in the mean time I'm ready to be done.

I've been trying to understand my eagerness to graduate for sometime. Lately I've found myself telling people that "I'm tired of learning." But I've realized that is not true. I'm not tired of learning. Sure, I'm exhausted with the mundaneness of papers and homework assignments, but I do like learning.

I could never learn enough about the God, or weather, or food, or sports, or current events. And I long to have the time to learn all these things.

And that's why I'm excited about graduating. I'm excited to be able to read, and learn and absorb the world around me.

I'm excited to be able to take action, and do, and go. And live. I'm excited to live.

Not that I don't now. I have an excellent life that I live and enjoy throughly. But I'm excited to be able to live the life that I have been preparing myself for years now.

How exciting is that?! I get to take all of these skills and knowledge in to the world and apply them! Hopefully make a difference, change something! And then on top of that I get to keep learning! That's pretty cool to me.

I mean there is a real chance for me to finally move to DC and work and live there. I have dreamed of that since I was a junior in High School. That's a long time to dream, and for it finally to happen. That's SO exciting.

Everything becomes real. And yeah, that's scary. But there is whole world out there to move and shake and experience and be a part of. A whole new life to live. And man, isn't that just exciting.

I don't know what the future holds, but I know God does and that is all that matters.

Maybe my tune will change on May 8th, but for now all I can do is anticipate.

After all, you never know what dreams might come true...