I was pretty excited to graduate in 2010, but I'm also pretty excited to head back for the weekend.
I have a weekend trip planned to head back to James Madison University, where I went to college. And anyone who has heard me talk about it in the past few weeks knows how excited I am.
It’ll be a fun combination of meeting up with a close friend, seeing “The Hunger Games” and heading to an a cappella concert later that night. But most of all, I’m headed home.
We have a lot of Penn State grads in the office, so I hear quite a bit about State College hangouts and the rampant football pride. I pretend to be annoyed, but I’ll be honest: I love JMU with the same ridiculous passion.
That’s not to say I had an easy four years, academically or socially. I had meetings with my senior thesis adviser seven days a week — and then twice a day — as my deadline got closer. I switched roommates (and apartments) for each of the four years as friendships changed.
But I also had a lot of fun, and thinking about returning to the Quad and eating the crepes that became an instant favorite on campus makes me giddy with anticipation.
Regardless of whether you’ve been an alum for two years or 20, do you still get excited about going back to your college or university? Any traditions you still adhere to? Share your story in a comment below.
I just really, really, really like this picture of happy-excited Sarah Chain!
Make the most of this reunion and every one after, Sarah. I never went to any of my York High reunions until moving back to the county 10 years ago and found out the 50th was coming up. I cannot tell you what it was like to walk into the ballroom at the Holiday Inn that evening and look at a few hundred people I had not seen in 50 years. (I did make sure I found a place on the reunion committee ahead of time so I wasn’t walking in there cold turkey! )
BTW–The reason I never attended any of those earlier reunions was that I was living in northern Virginia all those years and no one had an address for me. Be sure someone always know where your are!
Glad you enjoyed the photo, Jess
Jo, that is such great advice to remember — I skipped my five-year high school reunion because I don’t live near home anymore, and was a little sad to have missed friends I haven’t seen since graduation. I’m glad you got to attend your 50th!
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