My freshman year college roommate was from Portland, OR. We went to college in MN, and Rukaiyah had come there sight-unseen; she'd never been in the midwest before she arrived for freshman week.
In early November, I took a shower, then came back to the room and got dressed for the day. Rukaiyah watched as I put my coat on and blurted out, "You're going to go out on a day like today with wet hair?"
I said, incredulously, "Why wouldn't I? Do you think I'm going to catch my death or something?" And then I grinned and said, "Just wait until January, when I'll go out like this and my hair will freeze into hair-sickles while I walk."
She said, "You're INSANE. INSANE! LA LA LA I DON'T WANT TO HEAR THIS!"
In retrospect, I'm amazed she made it through that first year at this college; she was not mentally prepared for the weather at all. (She did, and went on to become Student Council President and to graduate with high honors. But when she went to law school, she went to Stanford. And still lives in CA, not MN.)
(You went to Reed, right? I applied to Reed but wound up going to Carleton. I have a funny story about my Reed application essay if you wanna hear it.)
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In early November, I took a shower, then came back to the room and got dressed for the day. Rukaiyah watched as I put my coat on and blurted out, "You're going to go out on a day like today with wet hair?"
I said, incredulously, "Why wouldn't I? Do you think I'm going to catch my death or something?" And then I grinned and said, "Just wait until January, when I'll go out like this and my hair will freeze into hair-sickles while I walk."
She said, "You're INSANE. INSANE! LA LA LA I DON'T WANT TO HEAR THIS!"
In retrospect, I'm amazed she made it through that first year at this college; she was not mentally prepared for the weather at all. (She did, and went on to become Student Council President and to graduate with high honors. But when she went to law school, she went to Stanford. And still lives in CA, not MN.)
(You went to Reed, right? I applied to Reed but wound up going to Carleton. I have a funny story about my Reed application essay if you wanna hear it.)