Freshman Finale

*Insert stereotypical quote about nature and freedom*

For those of you that haven't been keeping up: I just finished my first year of college. Now, I've been out of my dorm since Friday around noon, but I won't be returning home for a few more days. I have some other obligations here and I wanted to soak in the area without having any commitments or responsibilities. This weekend has been a very eventful and bittersweet ending to my first year as a college student. Someone once told me "college is the pinnacle of your youth." and I never truly understood how correct they were until recently. I will be telling you wonderful people what I did this weekend, and some backstory to why it was so great.

Friday: I woke up at about seven because my last final was at eight. The final was in a very easy class and I was able to finish the two hour test in about a half hour. After the test, I went to pack up the rest of my possessions from the dorm room and moved them out to my car. My stuff had been mostly taken care of, I just needed to find a place to keep my television and futon. Luckily, a good friend of mine was able to watch over them for me for the next month - until he moves them into the house we will be living in for the next few years. During this entire day I had been messaging a girl on facebook, I had recently discovered that she would be attending the college I go to in the fall. I met her last summer for just a week, but never actually knew her that well. We talked about music, movies, books, etc. and realized we had a lot in common. After some more conversation we found out that we will both be in a town in a different part of the country at the same time this summer, too much had been happening for it to be coincidence. Anyways, I then went to meet with the only friend I had at school who was from the same city as me; he and I were going to be taking the trek back to Colorado in the coming days. I helped his roommate and him unload the rest of their bags and gear into a trailer they had built for a road trip that his roommate had planned. Eventually we finished all the moving and we went to hang out at one of their friend's houses. They were super chill guys and we had a great night, ended up crashing at the friends house after some Super Smash Bros and a movie.

Saturday: After waking up in someone else's couch at about 9, my friend (Devon) and I proceeded to go back to his apartment. We showered, made some bacon and egg sandwiches, watched Big Hero 6, then went on a hike. The hike wasn't really planned ahead and we just drove up a road until we decided a spot seemed nice enough to stop and hike. It was great because we took some cheesy pictures at the spots with excellent views of the mountain chain we were in. We hiked up and sort of spiraled the entire way up - this was an awful idea. We made it to the top of the mountain and eventually decided to head back down, the path we took down led us about a mile down the road of where the car was parked. It was the opposite side of the mountain. After the hike we went and changed, then went to hang out with his friends again. Another great night of just hanging out, guys doing guy things. About halfway through the night I started talking to that girl from before on the phone, and continued to do so for 6 hours. She eventually was falling asleep on the phone so we said our farewells but it was one of the most fun and engaging conversations I have had in a long time, and she is definitely one cool cat.

Sunday: I never woke up because I stayed up from Saturday. It is now 8 am and I am doing everything in my power not to fall asleep.

Please note: I am writing this with very minimal sleep - but I felt I owed you guys a post since it's been a couple days.

-Umar