Things that would seem weird to anyone who's not on a campus every day are just another Wednesday to me, to be honest. There are just things we accept as normal, and I'm still undecided about whether that's a good or bad thing.
1. Fire alarms going off at any time
Boy do I not miss living in the dorms because even though I was accustomed to it didn’t mean I liked it. Every time I heard that dreadful alarm my heart would stop. It’s even better waking up to it….
But a sad truth is even though this past school year I didn't live in a dorm, I lived in the university owned apartments we still had fire drills *cries*
2. The smell of burnt popcorn
Like yeah it smells bad, but when I was living in the dorms and I went a day without smelling burnt popcorn I knew something was off.
3. Staying up at hours people normally sleep
Being back home, I’ve had people say that they go to bed at 10pm and I’m like….how? What magic powers do you possess to achieve such a thing? At school, although I say I want to be in bed by midnight, that usually doesn’t happen. I’m normally awake until 1-2 a.m. and that’s if I’m not doing work.
4. Having to jump into a bush to avoid bikers…
Or skateboarders/long boarders. Sometimes even people. They don’t care about your life. You have one job and that job is to survive by all means necessary. Even if that means is jumping into a bush to avoid getting run over. There's not a day at school where I don't face this possibility
5. Seeing people wearing shorts no matter the temperature
It can be -20 degrees out and I promise you there will always be that one person guy who will still be wearing shorts. I lied, I’m actually not accustomed to this one. I just don’t get why guys do this. Just put some pants on.
6. Hearing drunk people yelling
If I don’t hear drunk people yelling outside my apartment Thursday-Saturday then I know the apocalypse has happened and I need to find a safe room. Because there is nothing, and I mean nothing that will keep people from going out and partying and getting drunk.
This one night I heard a fight going on outside my window and I peeped it. But then I got really paranoid about them being able to see me and wanting to come and fight me so I had to be secretive about it.
I feel like there are a lot more but I guess you can say I’m too accustomed to it to notice.
