Diary of a College Senior

Sept 25 - Day Highlights

Monday, September 25, 2017

This morning I decided to drive to school again because I had agreed to go grab a drink with E in the afternoon. I wanted the option to drive home in case I decide to stay late.

Met up with Blair first thing when I got there. She was waiting for me on the second-floor computer lab, trying to finish a 400-word penalty essay. She had to write it because she missed the deadline to do an online quiz. 

Blair knew I was good with words so she asked me for help. The topic she had to write about was hilarious in a stupid way. It was something along the lines of "Discuss from an ethical perspective the implications when a colleague of yours declared: 'I would rather eat Fruit Loops all day and live to 50 than to go without it and live to 90.'". I had to read this topic several times because I just couldn't believe what I was reading!

"How can you take this assignment seriously when it mentions Fruit Loops?" I asked Blair.

"I know!" She said. "What the heck?"

"The only thing I can think of is short-term versus long-term corporate gains," I said after thinking it over for a few minutes. Blair decided that was good enough and ended up using my idea.

Since it is Monday, that means skating with Stella again. We try to match our schedule every semester so we can go to the rink together at least once a week. This is also how we keep up with each other's lives while studying in different programs.

Stella worked on her backward skating while I tried to work on my calf muscles since they still hurt when I exert too much force on them due to a summer of not being on ice. I still cannot stand on one foot for long periods of time either. Stella said it will take a while so I just have to keep practising. After I master that, I can move onto crossovers!

After skating it was off to lunch together. We are lucky because we both have another free block before I have to head off to my next class.

As we waited in the line to microwave our lunches, the guy in front of me stuck something wrapped in tin foil into the microwave. I didn't pay too much attention as I was telling Stella the story of Blair's hilarious essay topic.

Suddenly, sparks started flickering inside the microwave. I stopped talking as both Stella and I watched the microwave in shock.

The idiot guy before me was too busy playing on his phone to see the sparks. So Stella had to yell at him, "Hey! Your food is going to be on fire!"

"Yeah," I added. "I don't think you can put tin foil in the microwave."

The guy looked up and saw the sparks before quickly walking over to take out his food. There was a strong smell of burning when he opened the door. He then thanked us, smiling sheepishly. I thought he must be some naive first year who has never prepared his own food before moving to uni.

Stella and I walked away feeling proud of ourselves having 'saved' the school from burning down. (But more like teaching a freshman a lesson he'll hopefully remember for the rest of his life).

Anyways, those were the highlights of my day. As for seeing E, we had some nice conversations but I feel like I can only see him as a friend. Even though E is tall, lanky, and a 'sophisticated hipster' (which is a nice way of saying he is a total nerd) and so is supposed to be my type.

Perhaps I am still not over what happened this summer. Maybe I won't be for a long time now that I think about it. But at least I feel some sense of peace within myself now and no longer tear up at the most random times.