It’s an interesting feeling visiting your old high school. Lots of memories come flooding back. Fierce nostalgia, strong feelings of things I can’t describe, and a lot of sweetness. Thankfully I’ve nothing but thankfulness, esp considering in 15 minutes I’ll be meeting some childhood friends I went to this school with.
But for a few minutes I feel content sitting here, thinking of all the time and events that have happened between then and now.
Deep feelings of gratitude and self congratulations of everything I went through those times
It’s been what, a couple of months? I still can’t believe it. Maybe even more so than football. I still sometimes think, damn, we won it all, and can’t help but smile.
I’m sure I’m far from the only student who spent time in the Michigan dorms, cold weather outside, watching the usually kind of bad team with a couple of friends who came uninvited but you were happy to see them nonetheless. I really wasn’t into basketball much, not that I was into much anything back in those days, including things and people I should have been into, but still it was a reprieve from time to time.
After graduation and life… happened I’d lost interest pretty quick. Didn’t exactly cheer you up when things were going on that utterly relegated sports to a tiny corner. Still I’d watch the couple of Final Four runs they made. It’s something magical advancing through a do or die bracket. …Only to get our hearts broken at the end.
So even this time, with an undeniably great team, I’d steeled myself for the inevitable loss. Which never happened. Again, I still can’t believe it. In fact I think I feel much happier these days than the actual day of victory, when it felt surreal.
So, thank you Michigan for the great memories. A benefit of that #1 public school tuition I suppose. Too bad I only keep in touch with a couple of folks from Ann Arbor. But hey, that’s life. I’m sure we all smiled wherever we were.
Isn’t too bad I guess. Never was a big fan of indoor swimming pools, but its just large enough, with rides that I confess I had fun with. Not to mention just floating in water is always a welcome feeling. Crowded but not too much, and everyone is nice and having a blast.
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