Nostalgia

Decided to clean my room today. Well, one side of it at least. My main goal was to create some space and also give the room a more polished appearance. I took my reusable bag and started digging through the massive amounts of paper stored inside. Tons of post-secondary school work, with some high school work as well. A lot of memories came about... 

I have tons of papers from my Japanese courses. I still have a script of a presentation I did with my first university friend/Japanese course friend. The presentation was fun and we did well. I didn't keep up with her much since she didn't really attend class... but I still keep up with her from time to time online. I also found a script that I presented with my boyfriend. We did alright on the presentation, as it was a higher level course... but it was fun nonetheless. I told him that I had found it, and we agreed to act it out again sometime. :) 

I also found some not-so-good grades, etc. I didn't bother to put those in the recycling bag though. Tossed them right into the keep bin. :) There were a lot of notes that I decided to put into recycling, as well as research materials, etc. I think I have way too much paper from schoolwork that I could definitely do something big with it if I recycled it all. But the memories kept coming... 

I feel so nostalgic now. Just a few years ago I entered post-secondary, attending my first year. Then, onto my second year... and then third, now fourth. So many years have passed by, but the memories have been kept. I also have some work from high school subjects. Cards from friends, gifts, etc... and even notebooks that I knew existed in my room but had no idea where they were located. 

I miss attending the same school as my friends. But I also love making new friends and learning with new friends. I also try to keep in contact with them. It's a challenge sometimes, but it does work.