There's Nowhere Else Like It

In response to my last post, I've decided to compile a list of things I actually will legitimately miss. Hudson Health Center is obviously not included.

- looking down and seeing an abnormal amount of converse-clad feet, and other good shoe taste
- having a supply of good coffee at all hours of the day (and night)
- having a question concerning advanced French grammar and immediately thinking of several people who could answer it
- walking by The Other Place store and salivating over the wonderful dresses they always have displayed
- having at least three good burrito places at all hours
- getting free pizza from Good Fella's in the middle of the night
- finding random benches on top of hills
- getting lost and winding up in cemeteries
- walking along the river
- finding amusement by walking down Mill St. or Stewart St. in the middle of the night
- smelling cigarettes/hookah/weed/cloves when walking by any given dorm
- recognizing the smokers that sit outside of their buildings with melancholy expressions on their faces
- commiserating with friends about a common hatred for dining hall food, and avoiding it whenever the replacement is free
- seeing the apparent population of the campus double when the sun shines
- listening to good music all the times
- taking classes which I love (most of the time)
- complaining about papers, but knowing that the work I will produce will be worthwhile
- going to open jam sessions
- playing piano in the middle of the night
- having five milk options for all coffee drinks (skim, 2%, whole, soy, and organic)
- stealing irish cream creamer/cereal/apples/ice cream/muffins/sandwiches from the dining hall, because they overcharge us anyways
- becoming incredibly excited when achieving a free coffee at Donkey, regardless of the fact that 10 coffees were previously purchased to reach this point
- quoting Radiohead songs, having people recognize the lyrics, and responding with the subsequent lyric
- witnessing post-it note covered doors/chairs, newspaper covered beds/chairs, misplaced mattresses, and general shenanigans
- knowing many people who would willingly participate in shenanigans
- running into people I know on the street
- teaching small children (aka: 12 year olds) how to write creatively
- having pinot parties and watching movies
- not remembering the end of movies due to pinot parties
- playing strip p'diddle on the drive from Columbus to Athens
- taking long drives thanks to pharmaceutical crises
- watching Arrested Development and taking long naps instead of studying
- studying for a final simply by listening to music for two days
- doing research for a paper simply by listening to Radiohead for four days
- playing double solitaire in lieu of studying
- considering grilled cheese a full meal
- knowing that the word "holiday" just implies "drinking" (including holidays such as Halloween, Valentine's Day, St. Patrick's Day, Groundhog Day, National That's What She Said Day, President's Day, Memorial Day, Thanksgiving...)
- using the phrase "that's what she said" more than necessary
- replacing the phrase "that's what she said" with "are you talking about your/my penis?"
- overhearing things such as "But I gave up Asians for lent!"
- using the first floor Ellis bathrooms and finding remarkably intelligent graffiti
- not questioning people dancing randomly in restaurants/elevators/public
- paying the piano man in the middle of the night
- knowing the entrances to abandoned buildings, and to the steam tunnels, and to underground caves
- using real-life swords to cut pineapple
- having deep conversations until six in the morning
- writing papers to the light of the feet-lamps at Donkey
- walking around and taking pictures
- using an oven for heat on chilly nights
- taking the Stocker Walk
- being the honorary mother of capitol hill
- needing a pair of vintage ribbed leggings and knowing exactly where to look
- using words like "sprite" and "broom"
- taking friday-evening naps on the Muffin
- walking on college green on warm days
- receiving "12:10?" texts at least once a day
- commiserating with friends on how much we hate life, but love each other
- having incomprehensible inside jokes and code names
- finding new places, and finding new friends
- driving to Ohio University from Dalton and immediately getting the feeling upon arrival that I have arrived "home"
- being accepted for who i am

I'm being too darn sentimental.
Meanwhile, a GIANT pile of laundry is sitting in my living room. It's screaming "FOLD ME!" I should get to that...