Day Five
Only one more week to go before I graduate at Cal Poly as a high school student! (How impressive does that sound?) One thing I can say college students definitely don’t lie about is the ability to make such close friends so quickly. My roommates and I stayed up well past lights out last night (most likely the sugar high from the cake) laughing about the stupidest things, and though I woke up exhausted this morning, I know college will be just like this. I’ll also know to bring my own mattress to college, no matter how strange I look.
60th Reunion
Today confirmed what everyone has been saying this whole workshop, that after it’s over we’ll still keep in touch with one another. At the 60th Reunion I ran into my journalism adviser, and she had come with her friend that she made here twelve years ago when she was my age. To me, that’s crazy. People do tell high school students that no matter where they end up going to college, they’ll connect with people and make great friends, but you really don’t know how true that is until you see a classroom full of instructors who all kept in touch with each other after 30 years. Even though this isn’t really college, it still feels like it is, and I’ve made some of the best friends here.
Also, something everyone should know about dorm rooms–no matter how clean you are, it’ll start to smell after a week. No matter what. Leave your shoes in the bathroom, leave the windows in both the room and bathroom open constantly, and find a room freshener that your roommate(s) can all agree on. (Febreeze wares off pretty quickly, by the way.)
~RIP Amy Winehouse~