IT IS FINISHED.
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I am out! Friday, December 15, 2006 was my last official day at Central Florida Community College as a student.
My final minutes of working in the science department that day were quiet and reflective. I walked around the labs and recovered memories of taking science classes. I looked in the physics lab and remembered the labs that I had, the tests that were taken and how hard that class was for me. I then looked in the chemistry lab where a lot happened. I stood at the lab stations where Erin and I first met in Chemistry I and worked together in Chemistry II. I went into the chemistry glassware room and remembered breaking nearly a whole box of glass by accident. That was embarrassing. I walked in all of the labs, turning out lights and saying goodbye to working and taking classes in the department.
I left at 4 p.m. and waited for Erin to arrive so we could get something quick to eat before graduation.
When we got to the church where graduation was held, we had 90 minutes before the ceremony started. Before 6 p.m., I went in to get my card and pretty much waited in a unorganized line for nearly an hour. I found one of my classmates from Western Ideologies and we stood around and talked for most of the time. Just a little after 7 p.m., the music started to play and the lines began to move. It was finally happening. My heart started to race a little bit. “This is it,” I thought to myself. As we walked in, I could see Erin trying to find me with my camera, but mom found me and took a shot with her camera. We all sat down, watched a speech or two and listened to the CFCC choirs. Afterwards, it was time to walk. Surprisingly, it was quick.
As I stood near the stage and waited for my name to be called, I thought to myself again “this is it.” “Charles Eugene Roop,” the narrator called. I heard some applause and some of the science professors on the stage shout my name. I got off the stage, got my picture taken by Bob Knight photographers and again from Erin. After the ceremony, my family and friends – mother, step-grandmother, aunt, cousin, cousin’s boyfriend, Erin’s mother and sister, and Erin – posed for pictures. We then took off to Steak n Shake for celebration.
It was a great night and very memorable.
Goodbye, CFCC. Hello, UF.
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