I ran into a first-year friend of mine as I was leaving the O’Connor Campus Center.
‘Hey, are you done” he asked.
‘Yeah,’ I said ruefully. ‘I’m all done.’
‘When are you taking off” he asked as we started walking.
‘Well, after graduation.’
‘That’s right, you’re graduating,’ he said.
We talked a little longer and I watched him head back to his room, with three more years of 51 ahead of him, while I had about three more days.