It’s here… the end of the world as we know it. With all the news circling the coronavirus, I would be lying if I said I wasn’t a little freaked out. While some are celebrating the return home and break from long walks at eight A.M for their first class of the day, gross dining hall food, and stuffy dorms, I can’t help but feel a little sad to leave. This is home, after all.
Don’t get me wrong, I absolutely love where I’m from. I am excited to see my parents, my bed, and all my favorite places in my little town in Connecticut. It just feels wrong that sophomore year had to end like this.
These are some of the things I’m going to miss with my whole (luckily happy) heart:
1-Seeing my friends every 10 minutes. Breakfast at noon every Saturday morning looking like we all got ran over by trucks, crying and laughing from our Friday night adventures. Every girl’s night, that should have been endless. Living directly above some of my best friends, they can simply knock on their celling to signal “goodnight.” I cannot tell you how much I’m going to miss that!
2-All the late nights doing nothing, and everything. Doing cartwheels at 2 A.M down our hallways. Ordering pizza or Wild Kitty every night. Having my friends’ closets always ready for me to search through, trying to discover a cute outfit. Every wild night that we couldn’t even explain if we tried.
3-All the studying that turned into laughing sessions and “crack head” hours due to extreme caffeination. Running to my college friends to tell them right away that I aced my essay. All my favorite professors, the ones who always have my best interest and turned into friends of mine.
I guess this virus made me realize all the good times and how fast it can be taken away. It’s teaching me to appreciate everything and to never take anything for granted. You may have won this round, corona. But I’ll be back.