davis
gosh i miss davis. it didn't hit me until this week when the new quarter started for the uc's. 'cause when everybody was around, it still felt like summer eventhough i had already started fall semester at the jc's. but it's really hitting me now.
and it doesn't help having facebook.
it's not that i don't like being home, but it's different (lack of a better word). i love my parents, but now that my sisters are married and my brother has his own place, i'm the only one left. kind of like an only child feeling. but yah, just me and my parents.
obviously, i love being home because i don't have to pay for anything. there's home-cooked meals all the time. and i can be lazy here and there (ie. not washing the dishes after using them, not doing the laundry).
but then i loved being on my own. not having to report to my mom everytime i go out. not having my parents telling what i should or shouldn't eat. not having them nag me to clean my room. i know they only do that because they love me and truthfully, it'll never end even after i'm married with kids. i can see it with my sisters.
what i miss the most about davis:
1. the marketplace: 5 minute walking distance from my apt stalked with peet's coffee (oh how i miss thee), jamba juice, blockbuster, dos coyotes, and my main food source - safeway. i think i spent the most money there while at davis besides tuition fees.
2. my own place and my roommates. we cooked together, ate together, took the bus together. shopped for groceries together.
3. friends who lived next door or in the same complex. same as #2. we cooked together, ate together, got rides from each other. hung out at each other's apts. went to arden fair mall together.
4. coho: the coffee house on campus. that was my main hangout spring quarter of my last year. the food was cheap. the internet was free. the people watching was entertaining. and the occasional naps.
5. fellowship: yah, there was intervarsity, but i miss the real fellowship i had with my sunday women's small group. digging into spiritual readings and having cooked dinner meals from my small group leader. i miss IV's bible study. just having the consistent study group was great and the people were awesome. i learned a lot from those studies.
6. davis the city. i learned to love the seasons. real hot summers. leaves changing colors in the fall. cold icy winters. fresh rainy springs. i miss seeing bikes and ducks. i miss seeing trees everywhere. i miss driving without traffic.
seriously, 4 years of college went by too fast. it's funny how ready i felt to get out of there during my senior year. but as of this moment, i wish i was back. back in my apt living room watching tv with friends and eating together. it was relaxed. it was a nice bubble.
i'm glad i had a "real" college experience. and now i'm experiencing the home college life. city college/jc is definitely different from your typical uc. it has a more intimate feeling, which i like because you get to know people in your class and the teacher.
oh the seasons of life. God is showing me just how big He really is to cover every part of life. wherever i end up, wherever i start, He is still there.
and it doesn't help having facebook.
it's not that i don't like being home, but it's different (lack of a better word). i love my parents, but now that my sisters are married and my brother has his own place, i'm the only one left. kind of like an only child feeling. but yah, just me and my parents.
obviously, i love being home because i don't have to pay for anything. there's home-cooked meals all the time. and i can be lazy here and there (ie. not washing the dishes after using them, not doing the laundry).
but then i loved being on my own. not having to report to my mom everytime i go out. not having my parents telling what i should or shouldn't eat. not having them nag me to clean my room. i know they only do that because they love me and truthfully, it'll never end even after i'm married with kids. i can see it with my sisters.
what i miss the most about davis:
1. the marketplace: 5 minute walking distance from my apt stalked with peet's coffee (oh how i miss thee), jamba juice, blockbuster, dos coyotes, and my main food source - safeway. i think i spent the most money there while at davis besides tuition fees.
2. my own place and my roommates. we cooked together, ate together, took the bus together. shopped for groceries together.
3. friends who lived next door or in the same complex. same as #2. we cooked together, ate together, got rides from each other. hung out at each other's apts. went to arden fair mall together.
4. coho: the coffee house on campus. that was my main hangout spring quarter of my last year. the food was cheap. the internet was free. the people watching was entertaining. and the occasional naps.
5. fellowship: yah, there was intervarsity, but i miss the real fellowship i had with my sunday women's small group. digging into spiritual readings and having cooked dinner meals from my small group leader. i miss IV's bible study. just having the consistent study group was great and the people were awesome. i learned a lot from those studies.
6. davis the city. i learned to love the seasons. real hot summers. leaves changing colors in the fall. cold icy winters. fresh rainy springs. i miss seeing bikes and ducks. i miss seeing trees everywhere. i miss driving without traffic.
seriously, 4 years of college went by too fast. it's funny how ready i felt to get out of there during my senior year. but as of this moment, i wish i was back. back in my apt living room watching tv with friends and eating together. it was relaxed. it was a nice bubble.
i'm glad i had a "real" college experience. and now i'm experiencing the home college life. city college/jc is definitely different from your typical uc. it has a more intimate feeling, which i like because you get to know people in your class and the teacher.
oh the seasons of life. God is showing me just how big He really is to cover every part of life. wherever i end up, wherever i start, He is still there.