I know it has been so very long since I posted last, I mean it is almost Christmas here and my last post was from New Mexico. There are so many things I could write about….school, soccer, my trip to Denver, the amazing Thanksgiving break I just had. These are all really great stories but I feel like it would take me forever to catch up. So I’m not even going to try. But I figured I would post about my night last night so that you all could know how much fun I have in college and why I love it so much.
It started when I got done working on a group project and went to work. Now whenever I say work and I am talking about college you should assume that I don’t really mean work because it isn’t. If anything they pay me to have fun around here. I started my job at the theatre up again this week because the soccer season is ended so now I have time. Yesterday at work I moved chair around for a performance tonight, then I got to climb up on the grid (the beams up in the ceiling with no harness or support and the possibility of danger everywhere) to rig up some curtains.
After that adventure I worked out with some of the soccer girls and I am very proud of the current sophomore class for stepping it up so much. I had alot of fun with them because it was so laid back yet we were pushing each other to do our best.
Next, was the third annual December 2nd tradition of PUMPKIN SMASHING! Yes, this mayor’s daughter drove around town (my city, not my dad’s) and stole pumpkins to throw out the dorm windows. (note for those of you who look down on this practice I justify it in several ways. 1. We always clean up our mess 2. It is after all December 2nd. I consider it an act of charity helping people dispose of their soon-to-be-rotting pumpkins so that they can start celebrating Christmas. 3. It is so much fun) The past two years we have always done it out of my 3rd floor window but this year my window screen is locked in so we had to go visit some friends on the 4th floor of Parsons. I must say the effect of the extra floor makes for a smashing good show.
After all of this activity I was feeling the need for a college burrito. I couldn’t find any pumpkin smashing friends or soccer friends to go with me to acquire said burrito so I wandered upstairs. Now, for most people upstairs is like, ok, another floor up. But this upstairs happens to be the honors floor, thus people who understand me for me. Now I found some friends with adventure hats and three of us went and got some delicious burritos. As I was sitting in the honors dorm surrounded by people of a like mind and a love for awesome, we got a brilliant idea.
What happened next brought so much joy to my heart. About 20 of us got on coats and hats and headed downstairs to….. the laundry room (of course). At which location we found a sock and lint and put the lint in the sock and proceeded in parade like fashion outside where……WE BURNED IT ALL!!!!!! (whooo loud applause). Ok so maybe the fire wasn’t that great and the lint really didn’t burn well at all but the company was amazing and fire never ceases to amaze me even if it is only a small flame and it was wonderful just to have that much excitement over fire. It reminds of one time with flour……
After the fire adventures we watched The Hunt for Red October, a comedy about how the US wins a “really big butt” from the Russians, then I watched a little Monty Python Ni! before going to bed having had a wonderful evening.
Note* This post was not posted until Sunday but there is no need for wars over the print date of this material and it lining up on some special timeline. Everything will be ok.
