…floating in a most peculiar way. And the stars look very different today.*
She can expect to experience 3Gs of gravity during liftoff followed by intermittent episodes of weightlessness.
Her name is Maya Vezner. And she is preparing to launch.
She is showing clear signs of the auto-immune response known as “senioritis” which allows even the most driven seniors to step back and stabilize before they step through the hatch.
Her hours for the most part be will her own. She’ll be freed from the class schedule she’s followed for years.
She’ll be as independent as she wishes to be. Reporting back to home base will depend on what she’s facing at any given time.
She’ll choose the diet she wishes to follow. She’ll manage her laundry.
Now a debit card, now a meal plan card, now a campus services account. Credit cards marketers will chase after her while student loan servicers will be circling in the waters around her.
Maya might meet lifelong friends on her first day in her residence hall, or not. First roommates are as random and they are important.
Her current plans are to pursue mathematics and engineering with an eye toward sustainable energy. In other words, you and I have a stake in her success.
Maya’s going to change. She’ll be free to reinvent herself. And as soon those know and love her become accustomed to the new Maya Vezner, she’ll change again.
* David Bowie
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Aren’t we all like Maya in out youth? Still haven’t stopped changing at this age, but my steps are definitely lighter. Beautifully capturing the first milestone metamorphosis for most of us.