The poster child for campus life
I just had the BEST weekend ever. My buddy Ryan gave me a shout to come hang out on campus in Indiana for a few days, he’s always talking up his affordable university. So I finished up a shift at the ol’ supermarket on Wednesday and hopped into my hand-me-down wheels. I was expecting to lay low and just play video games. You know, the basic idea for most of my plans. But man, was I wrong! This place definitely has a campus life. There were students milling around all over the place. Didn’t they realize it was the weekend? He told me to leave the game gear in his room and to grab my workout gear. Campus life has really changed him. First we joined some of his buddies for some intramural b-ball. We kicked butt! So we get back to his dorm he told me not to bother sitting down. We had more campus life activities. It’s like he is becoming a freakin’ poster child for this affordable Indiana university. I figured paying for college would be the same anywhere, but he is really getting a lot out of going here.
I remember when we were both graduating from high school he didn’t know what he wanted to do. His parents said that they wouldn’t help pay for college because of having younger siblings to worry about. He knew that his next move was to apply to an affordable university – paying for college felt impossible. Man, did he ever sweat over the student loans. Ryan met with a counselor and he made it sound pretty easy – he could actually pay for college, take out some student loans and still have cash left over to live on. So he went here and I guess he totally changed in the process.
I can’t get over how many new people he’s hanging with now. Campus life here goes all week long, every single day. So yeah we head back to the dorm and then grab outdoor gear. Ryan met some really hot girls who love hiking and so I tagged along. It was sweet! We found out that they were planning a campfire later on that night and of course we were going.
Ryan is loving life here. He found an affordable university in Indiana that offered his major, they hooked him up so he can afford paying for college, he is totally soaking up the campus life here and he is meeting lots of hot girls and hanging out with some really awesome people. He totally shocked me when he started to talk about becoming an RA next year. He is all about helping his fellow man, I guess. He is enjoying campus life so much that he wants to introduce new people to it – like his RA did at the start of school.
One thing for sure we barely sat down the last few days and never played a single video game, which is just crazy. There was no time. We caught a game with some of his buddies, went for a hike, had the campfire, hung out at the student union, met more hot girls. I sorta got a number… maybe I’ll be back for another visit really soon. You know to soak up the campus life and whatever. Now I understand why he’d rather stay at affordable university in Indiana that head home. Sure he is on his own with paying for college, but my man is livin’ the dream.
