23 is weird

Being 23 is weird. I don’t know if I like it. 21 is still my favorite so far, and then 22 is my number of choice so…. 23 had a lot to live it up to starting on July 20 of last year. I blame my age, but I think it is more of the season of life that is the real issue here. 23 just got unlucky enough to fall right in the middle of it.

From practically birth up until May of last year, each year carried the same structure. Birthday in July. Start school in August. Finish in May. Birthday in July. Start school in… It was comfortable, yeah, but I knew it would end one day. I knew one day I would wake up and my friends wouldn’t all be within walking distance. I knew sleeping in on a Monday would become a luxury. I knew I would have to grow up. So I did. And I was pretty cool with it until about two months ago.

So I woke up on my own at 6 a.m. this morning {WHY MAL WHY} and I’ve ultimately run out of things to do. I ran, made a cool breakfast and got coffee. So now I’m going to make a list of everything I miss about college. Right now. On this day, January 30, 2015. Well the top 50 things.

1. my friends, obivously
2. being surrounded by “my people” nearly every second of the day
3. walking to class
4. Saturday donut runs
5. late coffee runs
6. my favorite Greek restaurant
7. the hospitality of Ole Miss
8. afternoon jam sessions covering Taylor Swift medleys with Maddie
9. every single thing on the Square
10. hot art teacher
11. that one time I hiked 6 miles in Vans with Katherine
12. Ole Miss football every Saturday
13. while we’re on the subject, the Grove
14. pretending to read the Times and be sophisticated every morning in the journalism building (I did ACTUALLY read it, ok)
15. the BUS
16. our house, senior year
17. all of senior year
18. my shower (it was so pretty)
19. Buddy from Starbucks
20. our backyard
21. the neighbors
22. the vine wall we always took photos in front of
23. majority of the journalism school faculty
24. union pinkberry and the little quick shop thing with the best cookies EVER
25. running on campus
26. M/W afternoon bus driver on the green line
27. watching SVU bascially 24/7
28. the key holder Jess had hanging by the door that I never fully utilized
29. Jessica’s stuff always being all over the entire first floor of the house
30. FRIENDS marathons
31. climbing on the roof
32. eating proud larry’s at 3 p.m.
33. driving around oxford aimlessly just because it is that cute and perfect of a town
34. when the weather is literally perfect on the morning of a fall football game
35. katy perry in Ole Miss gear
36. yelling down the hall at each other in the house
37. being at the house of any of my best friends who didn’t live with me in less than 5 minues… now it takes hours.
38. just the Oxford Starbucks in general
39. pretending to do homework in public, aka at coffee shop
40. online French class, a tiny bit, TINY
41. Katherine’s alarm going off at 6 a.m. every morning for her 10 a.m. class that she would end up not making it to because still sleeping
42. weekend trips to Nashville
43. day trips to Nashville
44. emily’s all white bed spread, sheets, linens, towels, curtains, furniture, etc.
45. tofu from any Asian restaurant in Oxford because they are all incredible
46. Olivia’s cooking
47. did i mention the hot art teacher
48. art critiques, JK
49. the Library
50. EVERY SINGLE THING