A little over a month and a half to go until we are all reunited back in the bend…but yet, that seems just so far away! Football season, dining hall omelets, and runs down The Avenue are eating away at your memory. Much to the boys’ dismay, it isn’t the non-existent pillow fights that keep us up at night.
Although many Belles are jet-setting across the globe on abroad programs, killin’ it at awesome internships in the Big Apple or Windy City alike, or basking in the Florida sunshine, I’m pretty sure South Bend, Indiana is the one place we can’t wait to get back to.
Here’s proof that the “Smick Sick Syndrome” is a thing:
1) You miss rolling out of bed five minutes before class and looking like a hot mess gone wrong. Now you have to go to your summer job and actually brush your hair? What? And there will be males there…what? Why.
2) Your phone background looks something like this:
or this:
oorrrr this:
3) For those of age, rather than heading to Michiana’s hottest night club on Thursday nights, you’re on the couch watching Dance Moms. With a bowl of chocolate cookie dough double chunk ice cream obviously. What’s a mojito anyway?
4) You have no problem sporting this while travelling:
5) You miss having birthday cake after mass even when it wasn’t your birthday. Or milkshake masses with President Mooney. Though, Father John and the 9 p.m. Regina Hall mass make for a perfect start to any week. Now you’re lucky to get a doughnut from your home parish after Sunday mass.
6) You #tbt pictures on Instagram from Smick formal, that one time we had that awesome snow day, darties, and football games. (Because football season is SO CLOSE but yet SO FAR.)
7) The tornado warning call we all received on Monday ngiht (early Tuesday morning) didn’t frighten you, rather, made you miss Smcurity. And every time you see a white van drive by, your friends think the worst and you pipe up, “Blinky!” Nope. Not Blinky.
8) When you say “Go Belles” when you do something awesome or terrible and people give you a funny look… What have you never watched Saint Mary’s sports before? Our football team has been undefeated since 1844…
#LOL
9) You’re getting sick of telling everyone at home “No, my french cross necklace is actually NOT Tory Burch.” Yes, we do realize our logo is gorgeous and yes, we thought of it first. Also, yes, we DO have our own Alex and Ani bracelet.
10) You miss running down the hall to all your best friends and pouring your heart out about that annoying Domer dude across the street. Sometimes your high school sister just doesn’t understand.
Don’t worry Belles, only a little bit longer until we all gather around on our self-constructed futons, discuss our entire lives on our correctly-pegged, lofted beds, pregame with “Timber” playing in the background, and skip (not actually skip because we have wonderful professors who ALWAYS know) to class in our Lululemons and messy (not-so-cute) buns. I don’t know about you, but I’m feelin’ good vibes for this year at Saint Mary’s and am actually looking forward to de-briefing the new Belles allll they need to know about Domerfest.