Yesterday after I got word about my paper I had to go grocery shopping, so while I was out I dropped off the books I'd borrowed to make the revisions to my paper back at UT's library. That wasn't my last trip to UT -- I have one last appointment on Tuesday, I'll have to hit the campus bookstore for my cap and gown, and of course I have graduation a week from today -- but I did kind of catch myself saying some goodbyes to some of the places where I used to hang out. I'm sure the goodbyes will continue into this coming week as well.
That all being said, there are some things I'm not going to miss about UT, starting with their miserable IT department. Not only did I not hear about the revisions I needed to make to my paper for much longer than I should have because UT's e-mail system keeps blocking e-mails from the .org for some reason, but their online registration systems were what were causing the paperwork snafu that I became aware of last month. (It looks like that will be resolved, but not nearly to my satisfaction.) Especially this final semester, dealing with UT's computers has been a bigger pain in the neck than anyone should reasonably be expected to deal with. (Don't even get me started on how noisy the Student Union computer lab gets with conversations.)
Another thing I'm not going to miss are all the excrutiatingly bad puns on the "Rocket" nickname used to name seemingly everything on campus. When I first noticed a sign above the vending machine area in the Student Union labeling the place "Rocket Fuel," I thought it was cute. After about the hundredth different pun on rocket, though, I just wanted to scream. See, this is why I got along so well at Antioch: no sports team, no bad puns off the team's nickname.