Spring Break, Babyyyy!

One of the most enticing things ever is the thought of going home after being trapped inside a 11x13 foot box with another person for seven weeks. I can honestly say that coming home for spring break couldn't have come at a more beautiful time for me. I love being at Mount, don't get me wrong. It's a blast being in a new place with the blessing of meeting new people yet seeing familiar, friendly faces daily, but nothing--EVER--beats being home.

 

It's so peculiar that a once empty building could end up meaning so much to one person. When I first moved from Carrollton to Leavittsville the summer between my sixth and seventh grade years, I was honestly so upset. I would be going to a new school, meeting new people, being in a new surrounding, and living in a house that didn't belong to me. But, moving... that was one of the best things to have happened to me. I've met the best people since moving to Leavittsville and severed some ties with older friends that actually acted as an anchor in my life, only wanting me for their own selfish design.

 

It is by far one of the best feelings to drag your duffel bag and two totes overflowing with clothing and hair supplies through the threshold of a home you've come to adore over seven or eight years. There's nothing more beautiful than walking down the stairs, dumping your bags onto the floor of your bedroom, left in mint condition, frozen in time like you've never abandoned it for a semester. Nothing more uplifting than sleeping on your bed after spending a semester and seven weeks resting on a mattress that once housed another body.

 

Being in college, as amazing as it is, is disgusting, if you think about it. Or at least your freshman year it is--public bathrooms, showers shared with the whole entire floor, living in a room with a complete stranger, sleeping on a bed that once belonged to someone else. It's rather revolting, so being home where everything is mine... it's so... nice.

 

Spring break couldn't have come at a better time. The weather here in Ohio is getting better, seemingly more spring in my area, and my motivation for doing school work was quickly deteriorating as I was only interested in going to lacrosse games and soaking up the semi-springtime sunshine. So, here's to the adventures of spring break.

Let's see where it takes this blog.