Life After Christmas Break

January 2008

So, when I came back from Christmas break, I expected so much. I figured nothing would have changed, and everything would stay just the way I left it. Well, boy was I naive. To my disappointment, it felt like I was starting my freshman year all over again. People had changed; their hair was colored and cut, friendships had severed, mended, or blossomed. I was so confused and disappointed. I didn’t want anything to change, I had been so lucky to have the beginning college experience of a lifetime, just to come back and find everything different. My roommate and I had sort of parted ways, which to all was really surprising, but to me, hurt more than anything I could have never guessed. A lot had happened in my family over Christmas break (my grandfather became very ill around Thanksgiving, and still hadn’t gotten better) and I admit, I didn’t give as much attention to the friends I left down at school. But how could a friendship so pure, and so loyal… not be the same or even stronger after time apart? Either way, I had to jump right into a new semester, new teachers, and yes, even a new sport-Baseball. My boyfriend and his younger brother (a fellow freshman) are both on the baseball team, and I’ve always loved to watch them play. It was my get away from basketball and cheerleading; this time I could just watch. Little did I know, that this, along with many other things I had involved myself with, would take up a lot of time away from my friends. I don’t regret getting so involved with school, I LOVE being a CAB assistant, and I LOVE working as an OL leader for next school year, I even love watching the baseball team… but I don’t love feeling like I gave up my friends to do it.