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September 18, 2006
The Students Are Coming!
I stopped by Tesco on my way home. We needed bananas, bread and yogurt (I forgot the yogurt). In my usual post-work daze it took me a few minutes of weaving in and out of the aisles before I realized that the place was just buzzing with conversation. All around I could hear chatter - the students were finding each other and wanting to hear all about this last summer. I heard one guy bragging to a couple 3rd Year co-eds that he was a 4th Year and had really seen all there is to see around this place. I heard another talking about the job placement he had managed to land in some far off, exotic place. No Scottish accents, but then that's normal in St Andrews. You're much more likely to hear Northern Irish, American or German.
As the autumn sets in and a new session starts at the University I'm somewhat nostalgic for my own college days which now seem very dim and far off (although my Orientation Week never included pub crawls, for better or worse). I remember throwing my arms around friends I hadn't seen all summer. I remember setting up our rooms and making decisions about whether or not to keep the beds in bunks. (I think I've slept in about as many bed configurations as is humanly possible - thanks, Jeannette!) I remember buying books and the thrill of a new class and a whole new topic. I remember the Great Hall buzzing with chat and laughter.
It almost makes me want to go back...almost...
Here's to memories and here's to those who made them with me!
| By j and b | 06:41 PM
Comments
Well, thanks for being such a good sport about some of them...even if it did require minor acrobatics every morning and evening.
Posted by: Jeannette at September 18, 2006 09:55 PM