tales of a high school graduate

 Hello my muses, 

Today's blog post is a special one. We've just had our LAST week of high school, ever!!! It was bittersweet, it was chaotic and overall, it was full of love. Leading up to this moment, all I could think about was how this is really it. These are the moments I will be looking back on in the future and I will never experience something quite like this again. All these people won't be in my life as much as they have over the past 6 years and the thought of that has made me really sad. Although there's a lot I am happy to be free from, there's also SO MUCH I'm going to miss 😭

The week started off with a normal Monday, though many people partook in the forbidden gender bend theme which is a tradition the teachers try to kill to no avail. Anyway, it was quite entertaining to see all the boys get excited about wearing skirts and dresses and how poorly it fit them. In our second last free period ever, my friends and I decided to take a walk around the whole school, reminiscing about the different buildings and memories we have. We ended up at the basketball courts and spent the rest of the period shooting hoops #weball 

Tuesday was our last ever year 12 dress up day with the theme of future self. I wore my mum's business clothes and carried around my dad's briefcase to manifest my corporate/lawyer/business woman future. It's crazy to think that in 10 years, we will all be off on our own paths with only the memory of high school to keep us connected #scary

Wednesday was honestly so fun. We rocked up in our decorated dresses which took us ten years to make and trudged our way through classes. I had my last ever accounting class and it was so bittersweet. My accounting teacher is the best, she prepared presents and a speech for us 🥹 That was the first time I was truly holding back tears... Also, throughout the week and in all the final classes, I made thank you cards for my teachers and got people in my class to sign them which was kinda stressful as I lost track of where the cards were multiple times. It was so sweet giving the cards to my teachers though as they truly helped me so much throughout the year and even though I lowkey hated school, they made it a lil more bearable. Anyway, after classes ended, we had our year 12 soccer match!! Before we even got to the soccer pitch, the vibes were already so high; someone had a massive speaker blasting house music, the girls were in our decorated dresses and the guys were in their spray painted shirts, and we were all making signs to cheer on the players. The journey down to the soccer pitch was like a parade as our year level walked through the school and past all the younger year levels. The actual game itself was SO fun as well. I signed up to play and lowkey regretted it BUT Celine joined last minute which I was so grateful for as we stuck together the whole time #defenselockeddown. It was SO HOT and we were melting in the sun. We even got a few kicks to the ball and assisted our team massively of course. By halftime we were up 2-0 but ended up losing with a final score of 2-3 #rigged

Our last day of year twelve came around on Thursday. We celebrated all our lasts, such as putting on our prim and proper uniform for the last time and having our last classes. In period 1 and 2, I had back to back class parties full of snacks, shirt signing and karaoke. It was just so sweet and wholesome😭. My last ever class was maths in period 3 where we played our fav class game, WEREWOLFFF. It actually got really hype and heated, IT WAS SO FUN. Then at lunch, the school gave us a lil pizza lunch where we got to have two slices of pizza and a can of soft drink. After collecting my food, I went to the theatre for our little contribution to muck up day, a tradition where we would, I guess, muck up the school. The school is lowks traumatised from last year (very fair) so they were very strict about muck up day this year, however we got special permission to decorate the theatre to commemorate all our production mems. After lunch, we had this special assembly with the senior school to celebrate the year twelves. It was really sweet and ended with a 'signing out' video. Finally, the most anticipated moment of the whole entire day had arrived. We all headed out to the oval with a packet of coloured powder in hand to form a squishy clump. It was actually so crowded and people were moving all over the place, but it was also really fun being surrounded by the whole year level for this final moment. We counted down from 10 and once the bell rang, we threw up our powder and cheers erupted. As soon as it happened, all I could see was a cloud of yellow smoke and people were pushing each other all over the place. I honestly thought I was going to DIE. Despite the lack of control I had over my sight and my body, the whole thing was just pure joy. After the dust settled (literally), we went around celebrating and taking photos with everyone. This day will forever be a core memory of mine, it was so bittersweet and fun #imgonnamissthis:(

Well, that was our last week of high school done and dusted. On Friday, we were invited back for a chill lunch at the school which a lot of people rocked up to, surprisingly. The following week, we had SWOTVAC. It was such a stark contrast to the week before as all our time was now allocated to studying for exams. I came into school for a couple of days to attend conferences with my teachers which increased my confidence but also increased my dread for the exam season. I also got my braces off... kinda crazy timing and I lowks miss them💔#ihaveteeth?!

That leads me back to the present. It is currently the WEEK OF OUR FIRST EXAM. Like my first exam is literally in TWO DAYS. As you can tell, I'm kinda scared. It's English, which I'm buns at but I feel somewhat ready for it. Next week is going to be hell as I have 4 exams consecutively over 3 days #bigsigh

I guess I should stop procrastinating now (actually I put off writing this post for a while if you couldn't tell). Thanks for reading,

- Jessica 

#livelaughlove