Lived Experiences

Yesterday I felt very appreciative of my college experience. Around me I see groups of friends chatting toghether, couples riding bikes together, girls holding books and walking to class together. I imagine that there are college parties (even in Inner Mongolia), and that now is a ripe time for freshman to wipe their slate clean and be who they want to be.

I spent my weekend running around the track on North campus (where I live) reading, lesson planning a bit, writing, eating and bike riding with Ned, and meeting Sun Peng's parents and having lunch at their house on Saturday. My weekends now are very low key.

I do not go to parties, or meet with friends, or spend time in a big library somewhere with a thousand other students on a Sunday night doing homework for the next day. But that's okay. I've already done that.

As Ned and I took a late walk in the park, and then stopped on the side of the road for a whole watermelon I felt content knowing I had experienced the life these college students are having now, and that now my boat has landed on a much calmer shore.

My college days are over, and I embrace the next stage of my young life.