Most people probably wouldn’t consider a 3,600-mile cross country round trip in a Dodge rental van loaded with 7 college students, 1 ‘grownup’, 8 bulging duffel bags, and a guitar a dream vacation…especially if that ‘vacation’ involved sleeping and eating in a homeless shelter, building a homeless shelter, and listening to the Simpsons soundtrack the [...]
Posts Tagged as ‘college’
February 14, 2008
I Stole My Best Friend’s Care Package: Tales of a College Roadtrip
Everyone knows college was made for roadtrips. Some of my favorites were visiting my BFSK (best friend since kindergarten) at Purdue every fall. Erica, my WKU friend, always accompanied me on these northbound journeys to see Stacy and her roommate, Judy. Erica and I opted to make our freshman trip a platonic foursome, inviting friends Keith and Owen.
We [...]
January 5, 2008
Did Anyone Ever Have a Good College Roommate? Vol. 2
When freshman year ended, I said goodbye to my first roommate and her inflatable bikini top. Sophomore year introduced a more mature roommate of sorts. She was 23 years old and still pursuing her bachelor’s degree because she couldn’t elevate her GPA enough to student teach (she was an elementary education major.) She was nicer than [...]
January 1, 2008
Did anyone ever have a good college roommate? Vol. 1
I miss a lot of things about college life – carefree road trips, casual attire, posters puttied to cinder block. One thing I don’t miss about college is having a roommate. The prospect of living within the confines of a 16’x12’-cell with another girl literally sends chills down my back. An even stranger thought is [...]
