The Best Years?

So I'm walking around today and I overhear someone telling their friend that these are the best years of his life and he should want to stay here more than three years. Despite the fact that he had misread his friend's statement about being here three years (he meant three more years, not three in total) I had to think about that statement.

If I gained the knowledge that the 7 years I spent at Georgia Tech are going to be the best ones of my life, I would shoot myself as soon as I could find a gun.

Sounds harsh, but so these 7 years have brought me a LOT of bad. I mean, they brought some very good things into my life and built my character a ton, but I would not be able to go on if this was it. Sure, I wont get to be lazy all of the time and skip classes and sit at home all day anymore if I want to, but that doesn't mean it doesn't get better. I look at graduating from nerd hell like this: I'll be able to finally get a REAL job that pays REAL money (pending the economy, of course), I'll be able to spend that REAL money on something OTHER than bill all the time (vacations, house, pay off my car, ...), and whenever I finally get bored with being 'paperwork single' (single on paperwork but actually in a serious relationship) I can go ahead and get married and start my family. Or maybe just get a puppy. I look at it like I can finally work a job where my work is AT work and not at home as well (unless I decided to work from home, which I would like to be an option). My weekends are free unless I fill them up. No more grades..just money!

Maybe its just because of my experiences. I've have to work almost the entire time I was here and I had a ton of drama going on outside of school. Oh well, we can't all be frat boys I suppose.

While the prospect of graduation does still scare me a little because I don't have a solid job lined up and have loans to pay off, I know I'll be fine in the end. The year after this crap will be my good years, and I'm happily waiting for them.