third time's the charm

Well the estranged friends are back together again. At least temporarily. Blog and blogger have once more decided to put aside their differences and do their best to maintain a functioning relationship so that the masses can keep track of said blogger. It kind of feels like glorified stalking.

In any case, I am back at Davidson. The Beverly Hills adventure was incredible and maybe sometime I'll get around to telling more stories from the summer, but now is not the time. In my time since CA, I have also traversed eastern Canada and had a glorious week and a half in River Forest before making the epic journey southward by myself for the very first time. And now, here I am, a senior in college, preparing to embark on what promises to be a pretty insane year.

Beyond all of the ridiculousness of being perpetually overcommitted and overinvolved, I must say that so far, senior year has been a major laugh-fest. It's been a long time since I've had so many days of consecutive, intense laughter, and I'd forgotten just how wonderful that can be. Laughter, as they say, is the best medicine, and in terms of healing a very stressed student, I would say it does the job well. It tends to be the little things that get me going the most: a car ride, a text message, a slightly thwarted game. And sometimes its just being with people you love and taking the time to just enjoy life rather than trying constantly to get through it. So as I approach this fateful year and realize just how much work its going to entail, I hope to keep sight of the laughter. Those little moments will be so much more memorable than any assignment or job or test. They will be the moments that define my college experiences. The relationships that I have treated as secondary to my education are really what will be the things I love about this place I've called home. And therefore, I start this chapter with laughter. Its a reminder to myself of what is truly important in life. Because we all know things are unpredictable and situations can change in an instant. Sometimes all we can do is laugh.