Twenty-first Birthdays and Back!

My roommate, Shannon, turned 21 a few weeks ago. Now, 21st birthdays, being the last of the most important birthdays of your life cannot be ignored. So, in honor of that fact, and in honor of Shannon herself, we all descended upon her shore house in the beautiful state of New Jersey.

Sara and Kate carpooled from Boston. I picked Vicky up in Northern VA after work and we drove another couple hundred miles, survived Baltimore tunnel traffic, and eventually made it to Shannon’s around 3 in the morning. More friends from NJ made their shorter trips. In the end, it was an absolute whirlwind, but absolutely worth the drive.

We reveled in a midsummer reunion, showered the birthday girl with presents, and made all sorts of predictions about just what senior year will bring. We’re still not one-hundred percent sure which of the predictions will come true- I think it unlikely that we’ll all actually go from single to engaged, but a trip or two across the Crim Dell bridge would certainly add a little intrigue to the year.

Now, we are all officially back on campus and back to class. Senior seminars have commenced and we laugh (the cry) about everything being the “last” of its kind. “It’s our last first-day of classes. It’s our last September as Undergraduates. It’s our last Fall semester Screen-on-the-Green.” And on, and on, and on…

While the sense of nostalgia is certainly sinking in, the sense of excitement hasn’t been this palpable since freshman year. For starters, an epic Green and Gold victory is in place for Saturday in Charlottesville, with the Tribe descending upon UVA for one heck of a kick-off to the 2009 Football Season!

When we win, I’ll blog about it.

If we don’t, I’ll blog about beauty of the VA countryside. The latter is not nearly as likely to entertain. So I assume you all will be rooting for W&M based on that threat alone.

I cannot wait to see just what this Saturday and the entire year brings and will, of course, be sure to report anything particularly exciting along the way!