College is unique for many reasons. One is expected to further their own learning through 4 classes a semester. That is all. Sure, people take on more responsibilities, but when else in your life can you schedule in a 3 day weekend every week and be given the opportunity for consistent daily naps? Additionally, when again will you be primarily surrounded by peers within 3 years of your age? And two-thousand of them (in my case) at that? The free time and massive amounts of peer-to-peer interaction can create interesting and unforeseen circumstances. Though life after college is empowering and responsibil-ifying, there is something incredibly nice about going back to a land with small personal responsibility and massive amounts of free time. Well, more free time than you'll get after college, anyway.
Dan and I did many important things that weekend. We dined at the student center snack bar on hummus and frosts (just like I was a real student!) We went sledding on a nearby mountain area quaintly called Sheeps Hill (though devoid of any ewe-like creatures. Maybe they hibernate). I visited (the only) my favorite coffee shop and walked down the streets where people stopped what they were doing just to say hi. It is how I picture my life to be if it were a musical. (Except less choreographed dances. Notice I said less.) But maybe that's what small-town life is like. We even had a fire in his houses's library to combat the freezing zero degree chill outside (why, Massachusetts, why?!) and hung out with some of his friends like Isaac the Mika lover and a kid who went by the name Fast Eddie. Sweet.
Some say that life is a highway. I think it's more like Sheep's Hill. Riding down sure is fun, but maybe you shouldn't have worn your running shoes. Hypothetically. Think about it.
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