Child's Play

I meant to take time to write about this two weeks ago, but once again, time got away from me.

Final exams seem to cause chaos at college. For about a week, NGU witnessed 2500 students cramming, staying up late, and stressing out about tests that were an astronomical portion of their final grade. So what did my friends decide to do Saturday night? ...Take a study break. Most of us had only one exam left, so we gathered together in Admin to watch a movie and blow off some steam. And from there, the most spontaneous adventure of the fall semester began.

It just took two people to decide that they wanted to slide down the hallway in their socks. That started a conversation, and it snowballed into ideas about how to slide down hills. Well, after an alarmingly short amount of time, we were all in a car headed to Dollar General to find cardboard boxes that would become makeshift snowless sleds.

After commandeering a few spare boxes, we were soon *trying* to ride them like bobsleds down rough, dew-covered hills. Much bruising and laughter followed. Then someone got the bright idea to duct-tape a small whiteboard to the bottom of one of the boxes.... I know that nothing can travel faster than the speed of light, but I gave it a real good run for its money.

So we spent the evening laughing our stress away and taking some time for a much-needed break. In the end, we went back to finish watching the movie and warm our borderline frozen bodies with hot chocolate.

What's the point? There really isn't a big one. Just to remember that sometimes a good, laughable bout of child's play can be exactly what we need to make the rest of our lives bearable. Memories are indeed priceless.