Lately, my mind has been drifting to memories of college quite often. I don’t know why. Maybe it’s because I’ve been watching ASU undergraduates as they wrap up spring semester. Maybe it’s because I’m getting old and I need to reflect on what my life was like ten years ago. Maybe it’s because I miss my college friends. Maybe it’s because I went to the best college in the world…
Here is an example of one of my nostalgic thoughts recently. Yesterday, I was pondering the fact that I need more alone time than I used to. I’m still pretty extroverted and I love being around people, but I need days at home by myself to recharge. I don’t remember ever needing so much alone time in the past to feel healthy. Then I thought: “Did I need alone time in college?” And then I thought: “When was was I ever alone in college?” Not only did I have lots of roommates during college, but I lived in the same room with my best friend for three years straight – three and a half if you count the fact that we often slept on my single bunk in my dorm room together all the time during our freshman year. And we did everything together. We ate together, worked out together, and studied {and didn’t study} together. Our days were filled with antics, costumes, making friends at Starbucks, filling up our resumes with the strangest jobs {weird restaurants, camp counselors, nannies, car showroom receptionists, personal assistant to a real-life legally blond, filing paperwork for our old creepy landlord… what!?}, laughing, staying up too late, getting random piercings, scheming future tattoos, growing spiritually, serving at church, going to football games, driving around to buy carbohydrates for dinner, and the list goes on and on…
Gosh, those were good, crazy times.
I’m so thankful for them.
I miss my friends.
Texas forever.
The end.
So sweet! I miss college too!
Sometimes I miss college. But I was so lost back then. I would much rather be who and where I am now in life. But there were definitely some fun times and great people in my college life, and I do miss them!
My babysitter (who I used to baby sit & now she babysits for my kids!) is going to be a freshman at TCU this fall!!! She is so excited. We are in California, so going to TCU is going to be a big change for her. So fun!
TCU Frog for life!