I have been informed by UNI that somehow, someway they are going to let me graduate in a little under a month. Yeah, I am just as concerned with their idea as you are. There is absolutely no way I am capable as entering the real world as a functional adult in a month. If only they knew that just last week my buddy Seth and I bought superhero masks and nerf swords. Yes, that really did happen. Don't judge. This whole graduation thing has got me thinking and reminiscing on my past four years of college. Being the manly man that I am, I would never feel sentimental about these past four years, but I thought it might be kind of fun to share a few of my top favorites. Warning: These stories very well could be "you had to be there" type stories.
- Probably one of my favorite memories of college is the spring break trip of my junior year. For spring break a bunch of my friends and I made the fantastic choice of taking a cruise to the Caribbean for a week. During our cruise we traveled to Honduras, Belize (well most of us made it to Belize), Grand Cayman, and Cozumel (Mexico). Rum punch, the near death experience on our plane ride home, Brady's monkey call, the cougar, eating Chinese food in a Latin American country and the extremely inappropriate couple at Senor Frogs are just a few of the very fond memories I have of this trip.
- Double Rainbow. If you haven't seen the video, "Double Rainbow", on Youtube please watch it. You will not regret it. My roommate, Taylor, and I had an extreme obsession with this video our Junior year of college, and one night while heading to Cedar Rapids for one of our many many many Buffalo Wild Wings trips we just so happened to see a double rainbow. To make a long story short we ended up dying laughing looking at this double rainbow. As tears streamed down our face our other friend, Tim, had no idea why we were laughing so hard. This is probably one of those stories you would have to be there for.
- Club Zeal. Club Zeal was a bible study that I went to my Freshman year. It was at this bible study that I met some of my closest friends in college.
- Brodates. Oh, I have been on many brodates throughout my college career.Probably my favorite brodate included Taylor (whom was in attendance for most of my brodates) and I going to dinner and then seeing Bridesmaids in theater. From answering "no" to every inevitable "are you two together" question all the way to sharing popcorn and laughing louder than any female in that theater, this was definitely a favorite of mine.
- The trip to my house in Oskaloosa. A couple of my friends and I had this great idea to take a trip back to the good ol' town of Oskaloosa for a weekend. Tim, Seth, and I set up an awesome tent in my front yard to sleep because we are men, and that is what men do while Molly and Sarah decided that they liked the comfort of the house much better. Terrible choice. Speaking of terrible choice, they decided that they wanted to go to Pella for Happy Joe's Pizza (the only good thing about the choice) and to spend a few hours forcing me to remember exactly why I hate Pella. Yes my hatred for Pella was instilled in me at a young age, and was only increased during my sporting years at Osky, but I am still not ready to give up that deep hatred for the Dutch. My dog, Tucker, also decided that he liked my friend Sarah on the trip, and tried to consummate their relationship several times during our trip.
- The trip I took with my middle school students in theROCK to Worlds of Fun and Oceans of Fun in Kansas City
- Living with my current roommates. So many good memories that I will not begin to even try to list them all. Just know that I had a ton of fun with you guys, and will always remember 3029 Cottonwood Ln.
- The dorms. Most people consider the dorms to be one of the worst parts of their college experience....not this guy. Playing pranks on Tim, shaving my head, Taylor's Asian flag, The Prank (Taylor, Cassie, Boaty, and Hannah know what I'm talking about), long hair don't care, the tree in our bathroom, and the tootsie roll poop are just a few on the list of my favorites.
- Trips home. The best part about college, is going home. I remember leaving for college, and thinking how excited I was to be out on my own and to not have to answer to anyone. Boy was I sadly mistaken. I soon found out that home was a place I felt safe, a place I was always welcome, and home to my favorite people in the world. There is nothing better than coming home from college and entering your house to a big hug from your mom, a shrieking "Preston" from your sister, and a smile on your dad's face. Ahhhhhh.......home :)
- Sunday morning church with Tim and Sarah.
There are many, many more memories that I have from college, but these are just a few of my favorites. Sorry if this was boring for you to read, but I imagine if you were involved in these memories you may have enjoyed this as well. Hope all is well with you all!
Preston Sereg
