Well a lot has happened in the last few weeks. Most recently, our power went out in our dorm, which was rather annoying, but not a huge deal. It’s hard to think that this time next week I’ll be home- the time has flown by. I feel like I was just home last week. I think today might have been the first time in my life that I ever found myself disappointed that it was snowing. There has been snow on the ground since the second week of the semester and most of the time I really don’t mind. It’s actually a lot of fun to be able to play in it whenever I want. Plus there’s always the chance that you’ll get thrown in the snow, or maybe I’m the only one that has this problem, but I’ve gotten to know some of these snow drifts pretty well in the last few weeks. We even got so much snow that our classes were cancelled for the first time in over 18 years and it added to what may have been the best Valentine’s Day I’ve ever had. Everyone makes such a big deal out of the holiday, but I can honestly say that being alone on Valentine’s Day isn’t such a huge deal if you have good friends.
On that note, I’d like to point out how much I love the people that I’ve gotten to know over the last six months. Everyone asks me what brought me all the way to Valpo from the beautiful state of Oregon, and I think the most honest answer is that I knew I would like the people I met here. And I haven’t been disappointed at all. In fact, in a lot of ways I couldn’t think of better people to be friends with at this point in my life. I can have an incredibly good time with these people while staying true to myself, and I’ve made some truly unforgettable memories in the last few weeks alone. For instance, my friend Lisa Bunn, who goes to Notre Dame, came to visit me last weekend, and while I was working went down to Phi Sig with James and Jon. First of all, most people I know wouldn’t be willing to go down to a frat house with boys they don’t know, but Lisa is totally one of those people, and I love that she’s so close. She’s that little taste of home that I need every now and then. I knew she’d have a good time- I’ve never been disappointed with the time I’ve spent with James and Jon. I knew they’d take care of her and make sure she was enjoying herself. And she had a good time, and so did they. Lisa and I also took our obligatory trip to the local Cold Stone, and while the service was good, the cake display was a little lacking. At least for Lisa, queen of the cakes.
This last Friday night Katie, Beth and I went to Red Robin for dinner before we went to see the Vagina Monologues. I don’t know if you’ve ever witnessed the Vagina Monologues, but I highly recommend it. I was a little awestruck, just because I wasn’t sure what to expect at all, but it was really funny and a good way to spend a Friday night. After that I went down to SigEp, which is the fraternity that most of my guy friends joined, for a dance party, which is always a good time. Last night was our last home basketball game, and I think we may have a chance at the Mid-Con Tournament next week- we’ll have to see. I can’t believe that March Madness starts so soon. After that I went down to Sigma Chi with a lot of my friends and unfortunately lost in Beirut, but seeing as my partner had to drink it all, I couldn’t really expect to win all the time. All in all, it was a good last weekend before break. I’m going to miss these people while I’m home, but I’m excited for a trip up to Seattle and down to OSU to see how college life is for those people.
On a complete side note, I was thinking today about how much I miss Uncle Paul. I was reading a book for CORE (the most worthless class ever) and one of the characters reminded me of him, and therefore how much I miss having him around. Uncle Paul was the kind of man that could get away with saying anything and everything, no matter how inappropriate it was, just because he was always doing it out of love. I can’t tell you how many times I’ve thought to myself “did he actually just say that?!” but with Uncle Paul it was always okay, and for good reason. I wish he could meet my new friends, and tell me what he thinks of them. He used to always tell me that he was going to give my eventual boyfriend the third degree to make sure that he was right for me, and I’m really disappointed that that can’t happen. I guess when I think to myself “uncle Paul would have really liked this one” then I’ll know he’s worth my time :)
Didn’t mean to leave on such a sad note, but it’s time to go show yet another prospective student around good ole Valpo in all it’s dirty, construction filled, snow-partially covered glory. I’ll see you soon!
Love and miss-
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let me know the dates you are planning on coming to visit because my schedule is crazy
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