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5 Thoughts All Former A&M Students Have

What do you mean I can't sit in the student section now?!

Megan Coltharp

Sep 16, 2018

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Megan Bradow

It's been literally ONE MONTH since I graduated from Texas A&M and I already miss College Station... this could be a problem.

It's one of those things that you don't realize how amazing somewhere and something is until it's gone. I thought that I knew how much I loved A&M when I was there, I thought I appreciated every game, every tailgate, every Midnight Yell... but I don't think I truly realized how special they are until I had to move back to Houston and say goodbye to it all. Now, seeing all my friends posting about going to games and being on campus, my heart aches with longing to be back in my home away from home. I know I'm not the only alumni who is dying a little on the inside watching everyone else cheer on the best team in the SEC (I don't want to hear your negativity).

So here they are, the ten thoughts that continually cross my mind, and I know to cross the mind of every other new alumnus.

1. "It's just not the same..."

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Yes yes yes, I am aware you can watch Aggie football on TV. No, it is absolutely not the same thing. There is NOTHING like seeing a game live from Kyle Field. It's honestly just disappointing watching it on TV from home. You tend to look a little crazy doing the yells by yourself in your living room, but maybe that's just me.

2. "How do you start a professional email?"

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Seriously. I have no idea how to start an email with any word other than "Howdy"... You would think they would eventually like wean us from the word but I actually use it to start every professional email. I mean my resume says I graduated from TAMU so hopefully they understand... I can't help myself.

3. "What do you mean no t-shirt Tuesday?!"

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So apparently in the "real world" you don't get to wear your frumpy t-shirts to the bar district... I'm honestly upset by this. I really looked forward to drinking without having to put on make up... This is something I TRULY didn't know how much I appreciated until it was gone.

4. "I miss Gig 'Em week"

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First off, YES IT IS CALLED GIG 'EM WEEK. Anyone who disagrees can take their new army somewhere else. Anyways, in the real world, they don't give you one last week to get drunk before the real work starts. They just start giving you work. Let me tell you, not nearly as fun.

5. "I want to go home"

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I love being home and closer to family, don't get me wrong. But part of my heart never left College Station and I will take every possible opportunity to go back to my home away from home!!

Texas A&M, you are loved, you are missed. I can't wait until I get to come back to Aggieland.

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Summer is hot and humid, and it's almost like summer was made specifically to drink the refreshing, cold, crisp wonderful, delicious, nutritious nectar of the gods. Which is none other than beer; wonderful cold beer. With summer playing peek-a-boo around the corner while we finish up this semester, it's time to discuss the only important part of summer. And if you haven't already guessed, it's beer. There are few things I take more seriously than my beer, in order are: sports... and beer. Here are my favorite summer brews:

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5 Thoughts All Former A&M Students Have

What do you mean I can't sit in the student section now?!

1. "It's just not the same..."

2. "How do you start a professional email?"

3. "What do you mean no t-shirt Tuesday?!"

4. "I miss Gig 'Em week"

5. "I want to go home"

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Appreciation for some of life's most discredited pleasures.

1. Sun showers

2. Smiles

3. Tight hugs

4. Discovering new foods you like.

5. Laying in bed after a long day.

6. And being completely relaxed

7. "This reminded me of you"

8. Breakfast foods

9. Over-sized clothes

10. Contagious laughs

11. Car rides with that one person

12. Random (I miss you/ I love you) texts

13. The city at night

14. Surprises

15. Blanket cocoons

16. Good hair days

17. Really good coffee

18. Days where you're in a good mood naturally and for no particular reason

19. Conquering a fear

20. When they give you a lot of guac at Chipotle

21. Being so comfortable with someone that you can literally talk about anything

22. Home-cooked meals

23. Tattoo stories

24. Leaves changing color in fall

25. Butterflies in your stomach

26. Peanut butter & jelly sandwiches

27. When you can't stop laughing

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Coors Light Summer Brew:

Leinenkugel Summer Shandy

Leinenkugel Sunset Wheat

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Sam Adams Summer Ale

Hell or High Watermelon

Blue Moon Summer Honey

LandShark Lager

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75 degrees and sunny, plus, no humidity. I mean do I really need to say more?

Perfect Weather

You'll get an effortless tan

You can exercise with a view

You don't have to worry about bug bites

In n Out all day, every day

We have outdoor concerts

We live where people vacation

Because let's be honest, we all use lyrics.

1. “Don’t get too close, it’s dark inside. It's where my demons hide.”

2. “Tonight, we are young.”

3. “Cuz I may be bad, but I’m perfectly good at it.”

4. “Tell me how they got that pretty little face on that pretty little frame.”

5. “I can’t wait to fall in love with you, you can’t wait to fall in love with me.”

6. “Sweatpants, hair tied, chillin with no makeup on.”

7. “Why you so obsessed with me?”

8. “We ain’t ever getting older.”

9. “I didn’t know that I was starving until I tasted you.”

10. “Didn’t they tell you I’m a savage?"

11. “I’m gonna make you miss me.”

12. "Cheers to the freakin weekend.”

13. “Love’s a game. Wanna play?”

14. “You don’t know about me, but I bet you want to.”

15. “Let’s set each other’s lonely nights, Be each other’s paradise.”

16. “Trippin’ on skies, sippin’ waterfalls."

17. “Wish we could turn back time, to the good old days.”

18. “But you will remember me for centuries.”

19. “Something about you makes me feel like a dangerous woman."

20. “Don’t act like it’s a bad thing to fall in love with me.”

21. “Darling, I’m a nightmare dressed like a daydream.”

22. “Find me where the wild things are.”

23. “I’m high on lovin’ you.”

24. “If you’re gonna be somebody’s heartbreak, somebody’s mistake, if you’re gonna be somebody’s first time, somebody’s last time, be mine.”

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Try to make it real
You wake up in the night
With a fear so real
Spend your life waiting
For a moment that just don't come
Well don't waste your time waiting." (Badlands)