This is nothing but freaky. I’ve living “under the bridge” for the past one and a half weeks for very good reason. The student accommodation on campus was already overwhelmed with requests when I decided to return here that there was no single spot for me or for anyone else for that matter. Don’t get me wrong. This “under the bridge” accommodation came with free breakfast, lunch and dinner, free laundry, free movie night and a ton of free goodies and pampering that I can’t quantify. It’s been a kind of overwhelming love that is not only rare, but genuine and delightful, and I can not thank the Schaefers enough for that. But trying to get back into the campus, rather than the spoilt student, mode of existence required a space among real students and it became quite an ordeal. By the time I put down my name to the list of waiting applicants, I was on number twenty or something.
What’s freaky then is the call I got from University Housing a few days ago that went like this:
“Hey, is that…”
“Yes,” I replied. “It’s me.”
“I got good news for you. I’ve found you a space on campus.”
“Really? That’s super. Where is it?”
“It’s at Cougar Village.”
“What?”
“At 431.”
“You’re kidding.”
“And at your old room. The same place you were earlier when you came here. You can move in from tomorrow.”
How it happened, I have no idea except that some mischievous spirit has put a hand in returning me to a spot of very many interesting memories. Sitting down here now on my old bed with a view of the surrounding trees, I write a post that has been dying to be written. Ah, ah, I’m home, and it feels good to be back. Now, you mischievous spirit, please show yourself now or forever remain silent. :o.
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Clarissa at http://clarissasbox.blogspot.com/
You got your old room back??? That is a sign from the higher powers, indeed.
I’m very happy for you, my friend!!!
Posted at August 28, 2010 on 4:23pm.
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Tolu Ihidero at http://www.vibes-extra.blogspot.com
Kola, keep blogging. I enjoy your blog posts and get to read them when I come across them on my Facebook page. Welcome back to civilization. Cheers.
Posted at August 28, 2010 on 4:57pm.
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Clarissa at http://clarissasbox.blogspot.com
“Welcome back to civilization”
-Erm. . . have you been to Southern Illinois? Because in terms of civilization, I’d have to be very optimistic to find it here. 🙂
Maybe Kola will help. 🙂
Posted at August 29, 2010 on 1:25pm.
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Kola at http://www.ktravula.com
LOL. The thing is that my Nigerian friends like to think of the US as civilization as compared to where we’re coming from. I beg to disagree with that, all the time, but with a wink thrown somewhere in-between.
Posted at August 29, 2010 on 6:37pm.