I find myself getting nostalgic about college as I grow farther and farther from that era of my life. It’s been 7 years now since I graduated from Wofford College with my B.A. in English. And now that I have real responsibilities to little, dependent human beings, I realize just how precious & carefree those college years were.
I mean, at what other time in my life could I take a nap in the afternoon on the lawn of a gorgeously green college campus, go read & discuss Shakespeare, and then lazily traipse to the dining hall to be fed by someone else? And then someone else clean up my dinner dishes?
Dang, I miss that.
Oftentimes, dinner would be followed with a meeting. I was a sorority girl. Did I ever tell you that? True story. Nearly everyone at my school was “Greek.” I was a Kappa Alpha Theta. And still am.
So yesterday, I got a bit inspired and made this little homage to Theta:
I was going to share a metaphor about spools of thread being like students with all their potential or something, but it was way cheesy. Of course, I seem to have shared it anyway. ;) Please pardon my sentimentality.
Graduation season always makes me a bit nostalgic.
May 12th, 2010 at 1:19 pm
I’ve read your blog for so long and never knew you were a Theta—me too! It’s been a long time, but was so funny to come across your post today and see your thread spools spelling KAO…
May 12th, 2010 at 1:31 pm
Hi - I’ve been lurking for a couple of months now and enjoy your blog. You went to Wofford? Small world! So did my husband. Go Terriers!
May 12th, 2010 at 1:35 pm
One can always extend the responsibility-free life of college by going to grad school ;) It’s working out okay for me, haha.
May 12th, 2010 at 2:39 pm
I always get nostalgic for Graduation Season, too. Although, next year I’ll be at 10 years since I graduated. Gulp.
May 12th, 2010 at 4:22 pm
Like Pam said, it is a small world! My husband grew up in Spartanburg and his brother graduated from Wofford. The campus is so pretty!
May 12th, 2010 at 5:00 pm
What a lovely Theta-related post to see come through my Google alerts! I love the pictures, so colorful — and the nostalgia behind it. :) If there are women you want to particularly reconnect with or thank for your Theta experience, check out http://www.pansypatch.org. Thank you for being a credit to our sisterhood!
May 13th, 2010 at 6:03 am
I felt the same exact (EXACT!) same way this past weekend. Graduation season does that to me, too!
May 13th, 2010 at 8:45 am
i do too… i’m an Alpha Sigma Tau, 6 years out of college, and i’ve been feeling a bit nostalgic lately… those 4 years were blissful.
May 18th, 2010 at 8:14 pm
awww… we’re all little spools. And I did NOT have you pegged for a sorority girl (although having attended a college which frowned upon such conglomerations, I may be a little biased by movie stereotypes…hee)