a few more miles

i was sitting in the art department counselor's office on friday taking care of some paperwork having to do with graduation, and i got an odd feeling of deja vu while looking out of the venetian blinds in her office. it was like being back in 1997 taking care of paperwork to start school, and it really came to me that i'm almost done. there are only a few more miles to go. a few classes, a handful of assignments in each, and i'm done. i don't know what comes after that, but i'm not terribly concerned. there's just an interesting feeling one gets at the beginning of things and at the end of things. not quite sure what it is, it's part triumphant, a little regretful, poignant for sure.