My Ode to Bridgewater... Go BC

So I know I promised the next part of my trip to NYC with Patrick and his family update, but I got struck by such inspiration that I felt it necessary to post about it before I got distracted or forget about it. So don't worry avid followers I will post part 2 very soon (with a little luck it will be later this week.)

I notice as I scan my Facebook newsfeed that it seems like just about everybody is going to school these days. Lots of friends returning to college and sadly for even more of my friends their children are heading to school (some even for the first time) So I wanted to take a moment a dwell on my time at Bridgewater and tell a little story.

I wouldn't call myself the best of students. I had a hard time keeping up my motivation to finish projects all the time and truth be told I would have much rather spend time hanging out with my friends then go to class or do work and so that is what I did. Overall I had a awesome college experience I would say I did just about everything you are actually supposed to do while in college we ate, we drank, we had road trips and spring break, we skipped class to play old school Nintendo, attempted to steal street signs unsuccessfully, and spent entirely too many nights driving to Sheetz... but most importantly I graduated.

One of the things that Bridgewater College asks of all students is that they require you to attend 7 convocations or symposiums every semester. They are at the same week and there are no classes scheduled at the time to give all the students plenty of time to attend without class distractions. Nobody really liked going to convos but I hated going to them and so I just didn't. For the longest time my convo truancy was no big deal to anybody else but me and my roommates, it was a bit of a joke. Turns out though that if you do not attend all required convos it is printed on your semester grades and after a couple of semesters my parents finally figured that all out. Needless to say my parents were not too excited to know that I have just been not attending something that they paid for.

Now that you know the backstory, let me tell you what happened last week.

In my office the administrative assistance (lets call her B) her daughter is off to Bridgewater this week for her freshman year, we will call her daughter, A. A is super duper excited to start off at college, even though we are close to Bridgewater she is moving on campus and can't wait to start her classes and experience. Every once in a while she comes in to the office to visit with her mom during her lunch. Last week I walked into the office A had come in and while visiting during lunch they were looking at some of her Bridgewater information and talking about convos, A was trying to pick what she thought might be interesting to attend and as I walked past them in conversation B says words she would later come to regret,
        B: "Kristin you went to Bridgewater, tell A about how the convos work."
                 ... I couldn't help but laugh
       Me: "I might be the worst person to ask about convos."
       B: "Why, is there something wrong with them?
       Me: "Yeah they are terribly boring and I never went and I still graduated."

Turns out I probably should not have said that in front of her daughter A. #oppsie

Good luck A, have a great time at Bridgewater and take it from me, go to class, it actually makes cramming for tests easier if you have an idea what they talked about it class in the first place.

And just in case you need a little proof that I actually did graduate,  well here you go.