Lukewarm Showers and Slaughter Street

In an attempt to not think about all the things and people that I will miss very dearly during my stay in Europe, I have compiled a list of things I will not miss.

- showers that are just slightly too short and water that turns lukewarm after about a minute and a half of showering
- the 186 stairs which I must climb on my way to tutorial every week
- people who somehow manage to screw up grilled cheese, aka: Jeff
- Renaissance Literature in general, and Edmund Spenser in particular
- the walk to First Street, and of course, Slaughter Street
- getting lost in sub-zero temperatures (see above)
- my freezer, which creaks awkwardly in the middle of the night
- the fact that I have to carry my keys/ID around with me everywhere I go lest I be locked out/abandoned
- driers that tend to eat and/or shrink and/or stretch and/or generally distort clothing
- a student health center that tries to kill its students
- the tuba player that practices two doors down from my favorite practice room, and the pedal that squeaks on my favorite piano

Unfortunately, in the process of compiling this list I found that none of these things are entirely negative. While it sucks to get lost in freezing temperatures on the way to First Street, at least it led us to Slaughter Street, the most ironic street ever. Yes, it's really annoying that my freezer squeaks, but at leas I have one. Not to mention, I have a refrigerator, a sink, air conditioning, and a relatively safe campus. Although walking up the 186 stairs to tutorial is really quite painful, especially on cold winter mornings, at least it leads to an hour of (generally) intellectually stimulating discussion. While the driers do like to warp my clothing, the monster the lives in all driers hasn't eaten too many of my socks. And while Hudson did try to kill me, at least they didn't succeed.

The thing is, I can't really think of a truly negative experience I've had here at OU. I mean, there isn't really anything positive that has come out of lukewarm showers (except for maybe water conservation), but I honestly can't complain. I guess I'm just destined to miss Athens and OU. I don't think that's necessarily a bad thing.