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So I'm thinking of re-starting this journal as friends only. The odds of me actually doing this are probably 50/50, but if you want in on the friends filter and I don't have you on my friends list already, let me know.
I went back to Brandeis this weekend for the first time since graduation. At first I thought it was going to be really weird. It felt like it had been so long since I was there, since I was that person. But a few minutes after walking onto campus, it just all fell back into place. It felt so comfortable, so right for me to be there. I know I can never go back, but Brandeis will always be the place that I turned into the person I am today, the person I am so happy to be, and for that reason it will always be home.
I didn't tell many people I was coming, figuring I'd wander around campus and just see who I ran into, which turned out to be so much fun. I saw Steph, Alex, Ian, Sarah, Talia, Eli, Pete, Dave, Rebecca, Mark, Omer, Jay. I didn't even realize how many of the seniors I still knew. All my wonderful sophomore Orientation Leaders. Eighteen of them stuck with it and were third year OLs this year. EIGHTEEN!!! That's unheard of. Usually there's maybe six. I dragged Dan to the variety show Saturday night to see B'yachad perform. It was a long show, but totally worth the wait because my girls looked so good! I was so proud to be an alumni of the group.
As happy as I am in LA, as much as I love what I'm doing and love my friends, I know nothing will ever compare to those four years at Brandeis. We all complained about the bubble, but there are so many days when I just wish for that safety, security, fun, and learning. It was almost as hard to drive away from the campus this weekend as it was after graduation. A part of me will always be on that campus and I am so grateful to that place and those people for the best four years of my life.
I went back to Brandeis this weekend for the first time since graduation. At first I thought it was going to be really weird. It felt like it had been so long since I was there, since I was that person. But a few minutes after walking onto campus, it just all fell back into place. It felt so comfortable, so right for me to be there. I know I can never go back, but Brandeis will always be the place that I turned into the person I am today, the person I am so happy to be, and for that reason it will always be home.
I didn't tell many people I was coming, figuring I'd wander around campus and just see who I ran into, which turned out to be so much fun. I saw Steph, Alex, Ian, Sarah, Talia, Eli, Pete, Dave, Rebecca, Mark, Omer, Jay. I didn't even realize how many of the seniors I still knew. All my wonderful sophomore Orientation Leaders. Eighteen of them stuck with it and were third year OLs this year. EIGHTEEN!!! That's unheard of. Usually there's maybe six. I dragged Dan to the variety show Saturday night to see B'yachad perform. It was a long show, but totally worth the wait because my girls looked so good! I was so proud to be an alumni of the group.
As happy as I am in LA, as much as I love what I'm doing and love my friends, I know nothing will ever compare to those four years at Brandeis. We all complained about the bubble, but there are so many days when I just wish for that safety, security, fun, and learning. It was almost as hard to drive away from the campus this weekend as it was after graduation. A part of me will always be on that campus and I am so grateful to that place and those people for the best four years of my life.