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April 16, 2004
My senior fair story continues. Yesterday I told you about the
unplanned fun I had during senior week. My tip was to go sumo wrestling and
do other fun, strange activities. My next tip: don't get carried away.
I had barbecue, coleslaw, cookies, lemonade, beans....free! It was sooo good.
At least the few nibbles of it I had were good. I wouldn't know how the whole
meal tasted because I lost my keys. That is a horrible feeling. It's not like
losing a book you spent $14.95 on, or like losing the remote. You are losing
a set of objects that open up your private life. The only thing I could do was
be calm about it.
There went my barbecue. The food turned cold as I worried about my keys, and
I lost my appetite. I'm still thinking about how good that food would've been
in my belly. I wandered around the fair grounds asking supervisors if they had
seen my keys. They were nice enough to let me back into the fair (I didn't know
I lost them until I was locked out of my dorm), but one supervisor wouldn't
let me into the bell tower to retrace my steps. I didn't even want to go into
the bell tower, so I don't know why he was telling me this. If I honestly thought
my keys were up there, do you think I'd be asking permission to walk up there?
I think not. I'll just go in, thanks. Everyone for the most part though was
extremely kind and sympathetic.
My next tip: be calm in college. Panicking only delays your assignment. It's subconscious procrastinating. I stayed calm, and was convinced the keys were in the sumo wrestling area. After I bothered the sumo wrestle supervisors several times (they were nice each time by the way), they eventually found the keys. If I hadn't have kept pressing them about it like the journalist I am, I'd still be sitting on the stoop.
Phew, glad that's done. I still made it to the gym in time for spinning class. In the end it was a great day.
LAST UPDATED: April 16, 2004