Onto today's topic. A vivid memory.
The summer before college was one of the best of my life. I can't pinpoint exactly why, but it seemed to last forever, and it was filled with so many fun days.
But one of the greatest memories I have happened a few times in late summer, in the weeks before I left for school. I worked at a video store, and I often stayed until closing at midnight. On warm nights when the sky was clear, I wasn't always ready to go home. I'd recently gone through a break-up, and I wanted to do something on my own.
So what do you do on a weeknight after midnight? Well, you drive of course. You crank your freshly-made "Late Summer Tunes!" cd. And since I wanted a destination, I took myself to Steak-n-Shake for a chocolate milkshake.
Those were some of the best nights. On a very small scale, I got a taste of what it would be like to be on my own, no one waiting on me, no one texting me. Just me, my milkshake, my music, and the empty roads. I keep that memory handy when I'm feeling stressed out or worried about the future, because even though I was nervous about leaving for college, I completely embraced it. Even for that half hour drive.
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