As my first year at Miami University comes to an end, I’ve begun to look ahead to what this summer will bring! Here are the things that I am most looking forward to this summer:
Hot showers
I am a sucker for a boiling hot shower. Unfortunately, the dorm showers may as well be a freezing cold water hose with their freezing temperature and nonexistent water pressure. Showers are a personal unwinding time for me. If I can’t get a scalding hot shower, I go from a minor nuisance to borderline insufferable. It’s no surprise, then, that I’ve been prone to sending progressively more aggressive emails as the semester has worn on. Plus, I get to have my dogs out with me while enjoying my time in the wet chamber.
Seasoned protein
Oh how I will rejoice when I can taste my food again. Trying to get my protein requirements in the dining halls often feels like eating very, very dense air. I wised up a little for the second semester, and I’ve taken to carrying Trader Joe’s everything but the bagel seasoning around with me whenever I hit the dining halls.
Toasters
My biggest gripe with both the residence and dining halls is the unlawful seizure of all toasters. What’s worse, at the beginning of the year, my dorm had toasters! In a violation of our rights, they decided to remove them about a month into the school year (likely because Brad decided to put Kraft Mac and Cheese in it after a long night at Brick).
Perhaps you’re thinking there’s some sort of rationale behind this, but I’ve been through the fire reports from last year and there is no mention of a toaster-related incident. As far as the government is concerned, nothing actually happened. Someone stuck a sponge in a microwave, but nothing at all happened with a toaster.
It’s safe to say I will be extremely happy once I can have a toasted bagel with cream cheese for breakfast again (I will no longer have to pretend with the crappy dining hall chicken).
Free laundry
This is also synonymous with “free loading,” aka, the practice of leeching off of your parents while you still can. I absolutely plan on being a little parasite for as long as humanly possible (dad, this is a joke, I swear). I don’t care if it’s undignified; I think it’s dumb to pay to wash my clothes.
Fewer EMS vehicles
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I wouldn’t say I get a lot of sleep while I’m at school (see Eliza’s article), but I try to at least aim for a deep sleep if nothing else. Unfortunately, that gets complicated when the ambulance gets called to the dorms about three times a night. I can’t wait to fall asleep without the blinding red and blue lights shining through my windows and shattering any hope I had of eight (ok, more like six) hours of sleep.
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