TRANQUILITY ROUND TWO

by Shaeleigh Madan

Welcome to Tranquility round two! The first tranquility wasn’t bad because it was Week Four and no one really felt sad because we still had two more weeks of the program left. However, this week’s was a sob fest; actually that’s an understatement. The night started off like this, everyone was impressed after we came back from the Band show. People were going to the dorms to get ready to for bed and take showers but, then we heard the infamous words “Don’t take a shower, get into comfy clothes!” To everyone, this only could mean one thing, tranquility.

All of the girls gathered into the dining hall for what would become a wave of crying. Each floor leader gave a brief speech about how this experience and meeting all of us had impacted their lives in the best ways possible. Then, they had each picked out a song that they felt represented what PCC 2017 was all about. Honestly, I don’t know if anyone else feels like they were trying to makes us cry, but I do. Now I know that not everyone cried but for me, it was really hard not to. So, in the end I started balling my heart out because I knew that I most likely won’t see any of the proctors again and almost all of the friends I have made here are leaving next year. The last thing we did was listen to a song that Ms. Burns had picked out. When the song was playing, I looked up to see the proctors that were on the stage, including Ms. Burns, crying and hugging as they too realized that they weren’t going to see the girls that they grew so close to anymore. The entire tranquility was just an overwhelming wave of sadness that we all felt.

As we were getting up to leave every single person started hugging each other. I personally am not a big crier, therefore when I cry it has to be over something very meaningful and that what PCC is to me. When I hugged my two best friends that I have here, I once again started crying. By this point, if you couldn’t tell, tranquility is just a lot of people crying because this program is coming to an end. However, once we got back to the dorms, I realized that I don’t have to be sad about leaving the friends that I’ve made here because I can still be friends with them outside of this program, and that is what I hope everyone reading this understands that. So, instead of crying, be thankful for the friends you have made here.